TEXAS- SPINDLETOP REFUGE- WILLS, TEXAS

On July 17, 2012, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department served warrants and raided Spindletop Refuge Rescue in Wills, Texas.  

Spindletop was well known is the rescue community as maybe the largest Pit Bull rescue in all of Texas, owned by Leah Purcell.  When raided, there were over 300 Pit Bulls, and Pit Bull types that were living in deplorable conditions that needed to be seized.   Well, if you rescue in Texas, or if you rescue Pit Bulls and other Bully type breeds, I am sure you have heard this story.  

So instead of me rehashing the details many of you already known and some saw first hand, I will share the links below for you to browse through and read the details of the seize and the efforts after the seizure to help these 'rescued' dogs find rescue once again.

Here is a quote copied from one of the articles posted below: Kim Gavens, who had given a stray dog named Sweetie to the refuge, said she was stunned when she heard the news.

“I had originally heard they only had 57 dogs,” Gavens said. “The place had such a good reputation among people I had talked to. We had no real reason to distrust what anyone had said about it.  Purcell seemed so genuine.”

So please BE INFORMED and check out all rescues and people you send any dog too.  Do not rely on others to do it for you, and do not always rely on personal references.  What at one time was a great rescue, for whatever reason, quickly became hell on earth for many of these animals that were saved from kill shelter and other sad existences only to be handed over to another person who allowed them to live through hell once again.  

http://www.dfwanimalrescue.com/2012/07/authorities-in-wills-texas-seize-300-pit-bulls-seized-from-spindletop-refuge/

http://www.examiner.com/article/more-than-300-dogs-seized-from-spindletop-refuge-alleged-animal-hoarding-raid

http://www.examiner.com/article/spindletop-refuge-no-refuge-at-all-300-rescued-dogs-now-safe

http://philosophermouseofthehedge.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/update-spindletop-dog-rescue/

http://main.montgomerycountypolicereporter.com/?p=48602

http://www.ohmidog.com/2012/07/24/questions-swirling-around-spindletop/

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/07/26/spindletop-pit-bull-rescue-scandal-where-did-all-the-money-go/

http://www.houstonpress.com/2012-08-16/news/spindletop-dog-refuge/

http://www.examiner.com/article/last-of-spindletop-raid-dogs-need-rescue-1