Anara's story

Anara’s story is like most of life. On the surface, her story is simple.  Delve a little deeper and you fall into the depths of a political and social nightmare. Beginning with society’s lack of moral responsibility for the animals in our care and custody and ending with a system so politically and morally bankrupt it self justifies its barbaric nature by complete denial. In the perfect world, Anara would have been spayed. Her suitor would have been neutered. They both would have been loved and cherished. In the perfect world, NYC ACC wouldn’t ever have been created.

Anara arrived at the shelter pregnant. Despite claiming to care about their animals, claiming they don’t kill for space, claiming they don’t perform late term abortions, they do all these things and more. Why they do them is anyone’s speculation. If the shelter found out Anara was pregnant, they would try to spay her. This would result in the full term babies dying and most probably Anara bleeding out. A group of dedicated volunteers stepped in and tried to negotiate for Anara.  They successfully prevented Anara’s spay but couldn’t get the ACC to step up their efforts to move Anara quickly out of the germ laden environment.

Anara contracted Kennel Cough. Anara gave birth to six puppies. Two were either still born or died at birth. Anara was emaciated, malnourished and so nutritionally deficient that she was unable to produce milk. Anara was not given supplemental food to help her, she was not given bedding to keep the puppies warm nor were the puppies given supplemental milk. Chances are not one person at ACC even checked on her or the babies. She wasn’t seen by a veterinarian. She was released a day later, with four puppies. One puppy died shortly after they were pulled, one puppy died a day later at a veteriarian’s office. Despite feeling sick, despite not having any milk, Anara still tended to her babies.

Volunteers and rescues stepped forward to help her and the babies. It is the people that choose to change the world, choose to inconvenience themselves, choose to do what is right, it is those people we chose to recognize. It is the people with a moral compass, the people that despite the odds still try, the people that give with their heart and speak with their actions. It is those people this blog is written for. It is a testimonial to Anara, her pups, and the countless number of dogs fighting for their lives across the country.

Anara is here. Her pups are here. And this is their story.