Spotlight: Have A Heart, Save A Life

Have A Heart, Save A Life is a non-profit animal rescue group that saves cats and dogs from “death row” at the Baldwin County Animal Shelter, which is a kill shelter for the animals that get dropped off there. 

Due to limited space, the animals are killed within 24 hours. Buckley and her team of volunteers at Have A Heart, Save A Life rescues the animals in the shelter that are on “death row.”

The organization relies on the community for volunteers, donations and supplies.

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Every Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., Have A Heart, Save A Life hosts an animal adoption day in front of the old Bruster’s Real Ice Cream on North Columbia Street. There is no adoption fee for puppies and kittens. Animals that are updated with shots or that have been neutered only require reimbursement for the veterinarian fees.

Charlie Vaughn, who has been working with Have a Heart, Save a Life for about a year, is currently fostering six dogs. Vaughn also has 12 dogs of his own, along with a quail and several chickens.

“Forty-seven foster dogs have gone through my house,” Vaughn said.

Kyle Kelly, a freshman pre-nursing major, just started volunteering for Have A Heart, Save A Life. Kelly learned of the organization through classmates, who were discussing adopting a puppy through the organization.

“I am looking into fostering or adopting, but I can not really have a dog in the dorms,” Kelly said.

Kelly plans on adopting or fostering a dog when he moves out of the dorms.

For more information about Have A Heart, Save A Life or for questions about how to get involved contact Valerie Buckley at vbuckley@wildblue.net.

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