South Lyon Murphy Lost Animal Recovery

26/11/2024

If you’ve not watched this movie yet, you should.

This is a great movie about humanity and loyalty.

I hope if you do watch it- you enjoyed it as much as we did. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Watch Trailer | 2:33

25/11/2024

💜💜 GIVING TUESDAY💜💜

Giving Tuesday is Dec 3rd.

It’s the single largest day of the year for giving to non-profits. This day is huge for little people like us. This day provides rescues the opportunity to get ahead. To get past bills paid off, to get equipment or things needed like stick mounts, tree mounts or supplies that we don’t normally ask for help with.

It’s the biggest day of the year to show the rescues YOU support, the LOVE!! ❤️‍🩹💜❤️‍🩹

We will have our go fund me and out info for anyone who’d like to help us. We gave the below if you’d like to send before then.

This day is huge and it’s the one time of year when we’re not panicking and looking for funds for the emergencies we run across everyday. Support a rescue, if not us, one of your choosing. It’s likely these people have 40 animals or more and worry everyday how they will get simple things like food and vet care.
This is your time to show the LOVE!!

PayPal [email protected]
Our Venmo is
Our cash app is $southlyonmurphy

As November winds down, the countdown to GivingTuesday begins. Over the past 12 years, GivingTuesday has developed into a global movement...

22/11/2024

I felt this.
Hard in my soul. Every rescue is full.

We need so much more help.

17/11/2024

Just a reminder!! Possum, raccoons and skunks do not hibernate and will look for a place to warm up. Please let them warm if they are near your house. Please leave them scraps or better yet, they love grapes, bananas and hot dogs. If we help them through the winter they will thank us by eating our ticks and other annoying bugs and critters.

ALL LIFE MATTERS!!!

Be kind.
If you can’t be kind then don’t be mean. 🐾🐾❤️❤️🌈🌈🌟🌟🐾🐾🐾

08/11/2024

Please if you can help us. We are still a long way from our goal. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

07/11/2024

We are still a lonnngggg way from our goal. Hoping we can make it. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

06/11/2024

❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 This old founder of SLM just had a birthday and this year I’m asking for help with 2 things that will help us immensely.

We owe a lot to our amazing vet and can’t take any more as our bill is $2,542.06.

Each year we try to get 100 pails of litter to make it through the winter so we don’t have to move the heavy pails in the bitter cold. We are hoping to get enough for some after the vet bill.

Any help we can get right now needs to go to Mitten Vet first as we still have a few sick animals. They are ALWAYS ready to see us and I hate being poor and not able to pay at the counter but I am grateful they understand and are willing to work with us.

We have a go fund me, for the vet bill and a little extra for litter.

Donations can be also be called in directly to

Mitten Vet at 248-617-3127.

We have TWO accounts, Kitty Paws and Heather Ineich.

❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹We are begging for any help ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

We are praying we can reach our goal and are so very thankful for everyone who wins, loses and struggles with us. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Go Fund me:

https://gofund.me/ac714822

We also have these methods to send donations to:

PayPal [email protected]

Our Venmo is

Our cash app is $southlyonmurphy

Any help is appreciated and we will continue to share and update. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

27/10/2024

Just checking- is anyone out there?????

Were trying to get to 20K following-

Can you click on the follow button??

27/10/2024

Happy Gotcha Day Missy!!!

This little lady wondered off and no one knows why. Brian reached out last night and I assured him, Missy WAS OUT THERE. She has a huge tumor on her neck that’s scheduled for surgery this week and Dad was worried!!!!

So many families feel their beloved fur baby is gone forever. It’s our responsibility to make sure these families know, not only are they out there, but they are looking for home.

We spoke in length last night and today, but I knew she was coming home. This evening around 7:20, she was being pursued by 2 cars and running down Tower rd when mom was outside and she saw mom and hot footed it over. By 8:00 pm she was knocked out on the couch!!!!

Congratulations Brian and Amanda!!! And Happy Gotcha Day Missy!!!!

26/10/2024

Happy Gotcha day Catillac!!!

This little fluffy fluff decided to run out the door when the dogs were let out and went on her own adventure!!! Austin and Claire looked and searched for a few days to no avail. They were calling everyone and ended up getting in touch with us. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 of course we will help find Catillac!!

We set up a perimeter to see what was out there. 3 very big coyotes, 7 possums, 3 raccoons and 2 skunks. That’s what was out there. 😃 You’ll see these beauties in the video below.

The coyotes found the food pretty quickly and hung out for a few days. They found 3 of the stations and another the following day. We pulled the food at 2 to get them to move on. Yup in order to get them to go, you gotta pull food, only inexperienced people continue to feed the threat. 🤣

They passed through the first night and moved on quickly and then a no show on day 2. That’s when we got our little girl on cam. I sent it to mom and dad to confirm it was her, I knew it was but still ask, and they confirmed. I had them check the house surveillance and she was at home a few times!!! She jumped to the window to try to get in but it was closed. 😞

Last night we went in heavy and ready. 2 traps, 5 live feeds, 5 cell cams and 2 piles of food we were ready. I already knew how she’d get in- the window. But in case we all missed it, we had traps set and ready. I knew she’d return earlier the next day, one coyote showed up on the path she was spotted but this little minx was a ninja. She showed around 11:30 and mom and dad got a little excited and turned the outside light on, whipped the door open, clicked the window light- all of which scared her away. 🤣 So of course I call immediately and tell them to follow the rules. Poor Autsin got stuck in the kitchen after turning the light off and shutting the door. But our Claire bear couldn’t hear Austin telling her to shut the light off and get back in the window. 🤣🤣Once I calmed them down with a quick lashing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 our little ball of fluff jumped onto the window and then you can see mom grab her.

And that my friends, is how Catillacs adventure ended!!!!

Welcome to our Gotcha club Austin, Claire and family!!!! And if course- HAPPY GOTCHA DAY CATILLAC!!!!

24/10/2024

❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 Happy Gotcha day Tommy!!!! ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

This is a tail of 2 cities. He lives in Florida but travels with his mom and they were here in Michigan for work. Mom wanted to get him some fresh air so she found a park that had a fenced area for him to stretch his legs in when he found a small hole and ran into, a disc golf park that was huge. 😞😞😳😳😳 Cindy not being from here didn’t know what to do.

So reading things online she began to try to recover him. The great people of Holly and the Sorensen Disc park caretakers were absolutely amazing. There was a super awesome fella named Rick that helped Cindy as he was 5 mins from the park and Cindy’s hotel was in Brighton. All of these beautiful people were key in helping us recover Tommy. Cindy went it alone for quite a few days. The disc players have a Fb group and reported if they saw Tommy to Cindy. Theresa were sightings but sporadic. Then someone told her to reach out to us. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

We got cams out immediately. Nothing for 2 days!!! Then day 3 he was on cam!!! The next day we set the trap. Tommy is a long boy though and when he found the trap that next day, he just went half in and didn’t trigger the plate.

Our WORST Nightmare!!!! ☠️☠️☠️

We set up the next day, and got the next 3 days, Tommy was a no show. However- we did have another cat hanging around. I suspected this cat was keeping Tommy away!! So he went in the trap last night and we released him. He was super mad and did give us a bad review on Cat Yelp but we are ok with that.

So 1 feral cat, 3 possums abd 11 days later, we are are to tonight. After clearing all the riff Raff out it was a quiet night right until 10 pm. That’s exactly what time he came on previous days but when I checked the cams it was the possum. 😳😳😳

Right after switching to the other cam BAM Tommy came pouncing out the woods!!!! He sat and walked around the traps for 34 mins, even going in and then back out but that last time, he messed around and found out just what recovery stands for.

Welcome Cindy to our gotcha club!!! A new member that lives in Florida!! And of course- Happy Gotcha Day Tommy!!!!❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

15/10/2024

💜💜💜Happy Gotcha Day Peter!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️‍🩹

This lil guy is being fostered and decided to run out of the doggie door and start his own adventure. He just arrived in MI from TX last Friday. Super scared and not familiar- he decided to run!!!

Yesterday he was engaged all over. He stopped at Bartlett elementary. He was hiding in those woods most day. He’d pop his little head out from time to time but wasn’t letting anyone near him.

Once everyone calmed down and the humans got tired, it was time for the big dog to move. I set up quickly and got out. He had just been spotted and popped back into the wooded area.

We had the cams running and waited. Nothing for awhile, I decided to drill in and see what was happening. Well he was barking his full head off, (First video) so I went to the location. Saw him barking and running around, used the night vision to see, then moved the trap to that spot. Sat far away, I watched a herd of deer and a full grown coyote walk right one about 10 ft from me. It was a beautiful moment. ❤️‍🩹

Coyote sees me after awhile and hits the exact woods where Peter is. Now I’m like I gotta get in there. The woods were wayyyyy to dense for humans and the only things getting through were small guys. However- Nikki gets a call that an hour earlier small black dog seen running through town. 😳
Ughhhhh

I pulled everything and set at the list location. Nothing over night but this am, he’s in the move. People chased him and Nikki was telling them not too. They didn’t listen and he ended up at the school next door to where it all began for us- Millennial. This is where Murphy ran for those weeks years ago during her recovery. ❤️‍🩹

Nikki got the trap over there w the cam and then we waited. Not more than 20 mins later, Peter was looking for snacks and the bacon that was offered earlier. Within a few minutes he was secured!!!!!

Nikki our longggg time follower- welcome to this exclusive club. Now you, first hand, know what we go through and it’s hard. And of course- HAPPY GOTCHA DAY PETER!!!! ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹💜

11/10/2024

Please vote for Greater Flint Dog Outreach & Rescue 501c3 to win the double donation!!!!!!

Write their name in the comments!!!

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We ran into a couple hiccups last month, but we are back on track with a DOUBLE DONATION! Cast your vote in the comments and share with your friends! On the ballot for this month's 10% profit sharing donation>>>>>>>>

1. Charlie’s Forever Farm
2. Adopt A Pet of Fenton, Michigan
3. LosGatos Foster Animals
4. Cass River Pet Friendz
5. Greater Flint Dog Outreach & Rescue 501c3

One winner will be selected on October 17, 2024!

06/10/2024

❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 Happy Gotcha Day Charlie!!!! ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Charlie lives in Unadilla with his family who was going for a walk by one of the lakes a few miles from their house. Charlie likes to carry his own leash at times and in doing so this time, he walked himself right into the woods and kept going. Dad shouted for him to come on back. Charlie came walking back out of the woods, looked at dad , and turned around and walked right back in. And this, my friends begins Charlie’s recovery. 🤣

Mom and dad search the rest of the night as much as they could during the night hours, and then we’re hard at it again the next day. They finally reached out to us next evening, which was last night, when they finally realized that they needed a little bit more help than what they were doing. so we immediately jumped on things and got things moving. We had a Feeding Station set up but didn’t have our cams out there as this is an hour away for us. It being so late at night, we had to ride it out. So we was pretty sure he was going to return and he would find something familiar.

Today we set up the Feeding Station at the location from last night and we were preparing to make the flyer to get that part of the recovery moving. I wanted the Feeding Station set up as early as possible because I knew he’d still be wandering around during the day. With that said, it’s now hunting season and this was making dad very nervous as he’s a big brown fella.

Nonetheless, we focused on the task at hand and sure enough a few hours later I started getting pictures that Charlie was at the Feeding Station . I was calling dad but dad had already had a call from another person who had seen Charlie and did not engage him. Dad drove out there as I was calling him telling him he was at the Feeding Station and we found him right on the side of the road and dad simply said hey Charlie and Charlie just about jumped through the car window!!!!

Charlie did run and had his leash attached because he was walking himself so there was a lot of variables in this case that made us just a little more nervous than normal. But he acted just like all the rest of them and he did what I wanted to do so we’re happy to say, happy gotcha day Charlie!!!!!!

Congratulations Rod and Pam and welcome to our Gacha club. I’m glad to say that Charlie behaved like he should and he was a very good boy and he has your regrets. 🤣

05/10/2024

We recommend Young’s all the time!!! Like us, they rely on donations to help families and they go all over.

If people are paying $250 for a drone service- they can donate that amount to good folks like us.

Just sayin……

The calls for cat rescues are becoming more frequent, and while we’re always eager to help, we rely on our tree-cutting work to make a living. It’s never easy to choose between working and responding to a rescue, but we have to prioritize our livelihood. This decision is made even harder because so few people donate to support our rescue efforts, even though so many ask for our help. We want to continue serving the community, but without more support, it’s a constant challenge to balance both.

We’re considering starting a GoFundMe so that we don’t have to constantly ask for help or put the burden of a financial responsibility on those in need when they’re already feeling helpless. Our goal is to make sure we can continue offering free rescues without having to worry about balancing our work with the increasing demand for cat rescues. With enough support from the community, we can focus on helping without attaching a cost to those we assist.

We understand that some may criticize us for asking for help, but honestly, those opinions don’t matter. We're focused on continuing to serve the community, and we appreciate those who support us. We’re here for those who understand the value of what we do, and that’s what counts.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-young-masters-tree-services-rescue-efforts?modal=share&source=fundraiser+sidebar

05/10/2024

Adopt. Don’t shop.

You can make a difference.

03/10/2024

Happy Gotcha Day Benji!!!!

This beagle was out messing around 8 days ago when mom heard him scream twice- then nothing. Frantic, everyone rushed to the area where they thought he was but nothing. They looked and searched and found nothing. Then they gave us a call.

Getting the details of the case, we were all nervous about his screams and not knowing what happened. But we’ve done this a longgggggg time and we knew- Benji was in fact out there.

For 2 days he didn’t return and we had no leads. Then Zac got some pics sent from a farmer who caught something on cam. Well it was our boy Benji!!!!!! This was the confirmation the family needed to know he was out there and alive!!!!!

We had a bit of a hiccup with the rules not being followed but I understand how emotional this is for families, and to make it worse- this family had just lost a son/brother and his death was making it hard as rocks. We are truly sorry for your loss. 💔

Now confirming he was out there and getting the family all aboard with rules, we got to work. We got more cell cam pics from another family that were sent so we knew the area roughly. Problem was- he was in nothing but 100 acres of land. We set up cams and feeding stations. Knew he was wandering the area as another sighting came in but this person chased him and tried to get him. 😳

Last night around 2am, a lady reported to her neighbor about a doggo in her pole barn, she went out this morning and Benji being tired, he decided to go with her into her house for some breakfast! She was then told by the neighbor that he was missing, she had named him Dan already- that Dan was actually Benji and his family was missing terribly. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Mom got him today and he’s at the vet. We aren’t sure if he was attacked but his eye has a cut and looks like it hurts. He’s got a bunch of ticks but other thst is super excited to be the 1 place he’d been looking for the last 8 days- HOMEEEEEE

Welcome to the club Kim, Zac and Zac’s dad and family!!!! Anddddd HAPPY GOTCHA DAY BENJI BOY!!!!!!!!