Oct 18 2009

Are You Passionate?

Published by at 5:02 pm under Uncategorized

MegProtestMegan (center) at the protest today.

My sister is.

Her week started with the usual twelve-hour night shifts from Monday through Wednesday. On Thursday, she took her husband to Ukiah for a medical appointment, a four hour trip. On Friday, they went to Willits (home of Seabiscuit!), another long drive, to see the neurosurgeon and determine if Rob’s spine has fused properly (thank goodness, it has) after his surgery earlier this year. On Saturday, she gave CPR classes all day and then went to the shelter to help in getting the last two available puppies adopted*.

On Sunday, she and several friends drove to Oakland to protest Michael Vick, who was playing his first road game with the Philadelphia Eagles. I planned to join them, but my plans got derailed by work-related matters, so I wasn’t free to go until the protest was over. Imagine my surprise when I checked sfgate.com for coverage and saw my sister extensively quoted!

I immediately called her and was able to read it to her before her cell phone cut out on the long drive back to Albion. She was astonished.

I am incredibly proud of her. She had such a long week, but nothing would stop her from spending eight hours in the car to spend two hours protesting. Pit Bulls of the world, you have a pit bull of your own on your side. And she will never stop fighting until every single one of you is in a safe, loving home.
UPDATE: The story has been picked up by the Associated Press, including the LA Times!

*It’s official: Lu is adopting Harlow! So we can watch her grow up!

4 responses so far

4 Responses to “Are You Passionate?”

  1. # Guyon 19 Oct 2009 at 4:03 am

    Good on your sister for fighting for the animal cause I wish more people would get involved and I agee about with your sister on Vick, it’s because of people like him that these animals get this bad rap.

  2. # joyon 19 Oct 2009 at 5:18 am

    Full of admiration for your sister….. there are few things worse than animal cruelty in my book.

    jx

  3. # Deborah Nicolon 20 Oct 2009 at 6:49 pm

    Kudos to your sister, and her taking such a public stand. I own a pitbull who was unjustly treated by the Animal Bylaw officers in Calgary. It was a long fight to keep him, but we are happy to say he is enjoying the west coast and loves the beach. These dogs are very wrongly discriminated against. Many thanks to your sis for taking thier side.

  4. # suzyon 20 Oct 2009 at 7:06 pm

    Hi Deborah – Thanks for your comment! I remember Amber writing about your battle against BSL. Incredible that Canada, such a beacon of tolerance otherwise, should allow such persecution.

    Pit bulls are incredibly misunderstood and discriminated against. Yet I have never met one who wasn’t affectionate. Even pit bulls who are rescued from horrible situations go happily with their rescuers, no protection or special equipment needed.

    Thanks again for your comment and for being a champion yourself! ~hugs~