Dear Friends and Supporters of Maine Sheltie Rescue,

For years Maine Sheltie Rescue has had a special relationship with our friends in Collie Rescue League of New England. We have provided transport and have done home visits for each other. We even have foster homes who foster for us and for Collie Rescue. We received an email from their executive director, Cathy Vellucci asking for help. I thought I would pass it on to you as every bit would help our friends in Collie Rescue of New England. 

Sincerely,  Holly Fent

Good afternoon,

This is an important message from Collie Rescue League of New England and eastern New York.  As some of you may know from our Facebook page, we rescued 19 collies this week.  We received the call on Friday evening that the owner was no longer able to care for them, and we arrived on Sunday to transport them.  Regrettably, some of the collies did not survive, and it was an utterly heart wrenching experience to come upon.

All of the 19 rescued will need to be spayed/neutered and will require full veterinary care including vaccinations and grooming.  Additionally, 11 of the collies to date have tested heartworm positive, and not all of them have been tested.  The cost of the treatment range from $3,200 to $4,000 per collie.  At a minimum, we are looking at $35,200 to $44,000 for the heartworm treatments alone, and we do not yet know the status of those collies still untested.  This is an enormous outlay for us.

Moreover, we were just beginning to recover from the Solon rescues in August only to be hard hit with this emergency.  We still have a few of the Solon collies left to place, and one handsome young lad has a seizure disorder that we are working toward getting to the bottom of so that he may live a relatively full life.

Please donate what you can–no amount is too small.  As always, we are committed to making sure these collies get the help they need.  We must be the champions for those that have no voice.

Donations can be made through our website  collierescueleague.org

Or sent via PayPal to either:
CRLNETreasurer@gmail.com  
CollieRescueLeague@gmail.com

Or mail a check to:

Collie Rescue League of NE
P.O. Box 3689
Cranston, RI  02910-0689

Thank you for your kind support from all of us on the Board of Directors of CRLNE – Sherry, Chris, Sue, Janet, Michael, Stuart and Cathy.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Collie Rescue League of New England, Inc. is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization serving all of New England and eastern New York. The League is dedicated to the preservation and well- being of the breed of dog known as the Collie. It is the mission of the Collie Rescue League to provide rescue, placement, problem intervention services and education for and about purebred Collies. This mission is fulfilled by taking in homeless and unwanted Collies from private sources as well as pounds and shelters, providing them with all necessary medical care including spaying or neutering and evaluation within the safety and comfort of screened foster homes. It is further the mission of the League to accept and screen adoption applications to ensure the appropriate adoption of each Collie into a loving and responsible household.