| Rilo |
Date: Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 8:01 AM
Subject: "BEATEN DOG DIES MON" - GREENVILLE, SC - Rilo the Underdog has been BEATEN DAILY HIS ENTIRE LIFE Doesn't know he is special. DIES MONDAY!!
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 4:31 PM
Please cross-post for abuse victim! - GREENVILLE, SC - Rilo the Underdog has been beaten daily his whole life - Doesn't know he is special - Dies Monday!! L
I am writing to you about a very special Pittie boy named Rilo, who has no idea just how wonderful he is.
This is because for the entirety of Rilo's 2 years of life, he has endured countless beatings at the hands of his monstrous owner. This is not speculation. When poor Rilo was dragged into the shelter to be surrendered, head hanging low and defeated, his owner informed the shelter that he was fed up with Rilo who kept escaping the fence. This moronic SOB stated that he attempted to teach Rilo to stay in the fence by beating him, but the dog "wouldn't listen" and "kept escaping".
Gee, I wonder why this poor, poor animal would be trying with all his might to get away from a man who would beat the tar out of him regularly?????? Is this guy KIDDING me, or are people really this stupid? ARRRGHHH!!!!
Now Rilo is sitting in a dark cement cell depressed, but grateful, I'm sure, not to have his body physically racked with pain each day and night. The problem is that Rilo is completely out of time at the Greenville Shelter and can be put to sleep at any time. What a horrific waste of a sweet soul this will be. Rilo is an awesome dog IN SPITE OF his awful former owner, certainly NOT because of him.
Rilo has passed all temperament tests with flying colors. He is kind to other dogs and very submissive. He winces sometimes when you go to touch him, but when he discovers that your touch is gentle, he lifts his sweet face and a twinkle of life and happiness flashes across his eyes. There is a special soul living inside his beaten body. Won't someone please nurture it and help him blossom even more? He REALLY deserves a break, poor boy.
This is my UNDERDOG PICK OF THE WEEK and I am begging one of my terrific rescue contacts out there to save Rilo before Monday. His life has been so atrocious.....one nightmare day after the next. I'd say it's time we all band together and change his luck, wouldn't you?
To save Rilo, please email the shelter rescue coordinator, Taryn, at: animalcareservices@greenvillecounty.org (at greenvillecounty.org).
Time is of the essence!!
Thank you for considering Rilo the Underdog!!!!
Shelter notes:
NAME: Rilo
ANIMAL ID: 12830575
BREED: pit bull
SEX: male
EST. AGE: 2 yrs
EST. WEIGHT: 50 lbs
HEALTH: appears healthy, is low heartworm positive
TEMPERAMENT: friendly, passed all temp tests
ADDITIONAL INFO: owner surrender -"escapes" - I did the intake on this dog and the owner stated that Rilo would not stay in the fence, and that every time he got out, he would beat him, and Rilo would just get out again.
RESCUE PULL FEE: $65
AVAILABLE DATE: now
UPDATE: space is limited!!!
