When a rescue or sanctuary takes in an animal, most of the time we’re stepping into a story that’s already bee

AUG 31 2026

When a rescue or sanctuary takes in an animal, most of the time we’re stepping into a story that’s already been written without us. We don’t get the footnotes. We don’t get the context. We just get the animal standing in front of us. We always knew pieces of River’s story. He was born in a holding facility, wasn’t adopted until he was seven, and the person who finally adopted him neglected him. What we didn’t know was everything in between. While digging into the history of our late senior mu