THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN ZITA'S ARC (ANIMAL RESCUE CENTER). ON THIS PAGE YOU GET TO MEET ALL THE ANIMALS WHOM I HAVE RESCUED OVER THE MANY YEARS. MOST OF THEM ARE STILL HERE ENJOYING A GREAT FREE LIFE AT THE CENTER. EACH OF THEIR STORY IS UNIQUE AND SAD, BUT THEIR PRECIOUS LIVES HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED OR HAVE BEEN SAVED DUE TO THE A.R.C. ONCE AN ANIMAL GETS RESCUED AND ARRIVES AT THE CENTER THEY BECOME AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF THE LARGE LOVING ANIMAL FAMILY AND THEY STAY HERE FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIFE. OCCASSIONALLY WE RESCUE WILDLIFE WHOM GET RETURNED TO THE WILD AFTER THEY RECOVERED.
PRINNY WAS RESCUED IN SPRING 2000. SHE WAS ABANDONED IN THE WOODS AND WAS INJURED, BLOODY, SKINNY AND SICK. HER HAIR WAS ALL MATTED AND SHE WAS BARELY ALIVE. SHE WAS NURTURED BACK TO HEALTH AND NOW SHE IS THE QUEEN OF THE A.R.C. PRINNY ENJOYS SUN BATHING, CAT NIP TRIPS, SNACKS, LOUNGING BY THE WOODSTOVE IN THE WINTERS, GOING FOR WALKS ON THE PROPERTY INSPECTING EVERYTHING AND CUDDLING. SHE ALSO ENJOYS HANGING OUT WITH HER GAL PAL MOLLY AND SHE ALSO LIKES TO PUT OLIVER IN HIS PLACE AT TIMES (WHEN HE DESERVES IT). NICKNAMES: PRIN PRIN, HONEY BUN, PRINCESS, SWEETIE GIRL, CUTIE PIE, HONEY CHILD, BABY GIRL, PRECIOUS, HEART BREAKER, HONEY LIPS, CUPCAKE, SWEET CHEEKS, HEART MELTER, BABY DOLL, HONEY POT, ANGEL, ADORABLE ONE, QUEENY, CARE BEAR, CHUBBY CHEEKS, CHEETAH CUB, CRUMPET, TEDDY BEAR, BUTTERCUP, BELLY DANCER, SHORTY, MISSY, BEAUTY QUEEN, BABY CAKES, ...
OLIVER WAS BORN IN 1999 AND JOINED OUR FAMILY IN 2006. HE ARRIVED FROM A HOME WITH 4 DOGS WHO DID NOT LIKE HIM, WHICH CREATED A HOSTILE ENVIROMENT FOR ALL. OLIVER DOES NOT TOLERATE HARASSMENT AND WILL PROTECT HIMSELF IF NEEDED. HE IS QUITE THE CHARACTER AND WILL OFTEN ACT THIS OUT. AT THE A.R.C. HE NOW ENJOYS WALKS, BATHING IN THE SUNSHINE, HANGING OUT WITH THE WOLVES, EATING CATNIP, LOUNGING BY THE WOODSTOVE IN WINTERS, LOSING HIS COLLARS, AND SHOWING OFF TO THE GIRLS BY CLIMBING TALL TREES AND GOOFING AROUND. NICKNAMES: BRAT, TUXEDO BOY, CRUMPET, CRICKET, MUNCHKIN, SQUIRT, SHORTY, SMARTY PANTS, SPORT, CHEETAH CUB.
IN 2008, MOLLY WAS ABANDONED BY HIS PREVIOUS OWNER WHO WAS TAKEN INTO A MENTAL INSTITUTION. SHE WAS LEFT ALONE IN A RURAL AREA FOR 3 MONTHS TO FEND FOR HERSELF. THAT YEAR WAS A VERY BAD WINTER WITH COLD DAYS/NIGHTS AND 2 FEET OF SNOW FOR MONTHS. WHEN I FOUND HER SHE WAS SICK WITH EAR MITES, WORMS AND A COLD. SHE WAS AT THE VERGE OF STARVATION WITH HER RIBS SHOWING. I QUICKLY WRAPPED HER IN MY WARM COAT, PUT HER IN THE TRUCK AND BROUGHT HER HOME. HER FAVOURITE PLACE NOW IS IN FRONT OF THE WOOD STOVE IN THE WINTER MONTHS AND BASKING IN THE SUNSHINE IN THE SUMMERS. SHE IS A LOVELY GIRL WHO LOVES TO CUDDLE AND PURRRRRR.........NICKNAMES: SNUGGLE BUG, CUDDLE BUD, MOLL, MOLLY DOLLY, PRINCESS, LITTLE GIRL, SWEETIE PIE, MISS DIABLO, CAT GIRL.
PRINCESS WAS RESCUED FROM PARKSVILLE, BC IN MAY 2015. SHE IS A FLAME POINT RAGDOLL WHO WAS BORN IN 2010. ALL THE ARC ANIMALS WELCOMED HER NICELY AND SHE HAS ADAPTED REALLY WELL TO THE ARC LIFESTYLE HERE. SHE GETS ALONG GREAT WITH EVERYONE. PRINCESS LOVES TO CUDDLE AND FOLLOWS ME AROUND EVERYWHERE. HER FAVOURITE ACTIVITIES ARE BIRDWATCHING, SWATTING AT DRAGONFLIES AND CHASING ANYTHING THAT MOVES. SHE IS A REAL PRINCESS AS HER NAME INDICATES IT. NICKNAMES: MISSY, PRINCEY, BRAT
GEITKO WAS BORN IN JULY 1999 AND HAD A ROUGH LIFE BEFORE HE WAS RESCUED FROM ABANDONMENT AND NEGLECT. HE WAS EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT, STUNNING AND SMART. HE FATHERED GIGI AND GINO WITH A FEMALE COLLIE IN 2009. HE ENJOYED DAILY WALKS, TRUCK RIDES, HANGING OUT WITH ALL THE ANIMALS AT THE A.R.C. GEITKO HAD A JOYOUS HAPPY LIFE TOGETHER WITH HIS 'KIDS' IN THE PACK UNTIL HIS RECENT PASSING DUE TO A LONG BATTLE WITH DEGENERATIVE MYOLAPATHY. HE IS DEARLY MISSED BY ALL HERE AT THE A.R.C. R.I.P. GEITKO, I LOVE AND MISS YOU WOLF PUP.
IN LATE AUG 2008, AT AGE 6 MONTHS, ZABA AND HER HALF BROTHER ZULU WERE RESCUED FROM ABANDONMENT AND NEGLECT. THEY WERE LEFT UNATTENDED AND ALONE AT A CABIN WHERE A LOCAL COUGAR VISITED DAILY PLANNING HIS ATTACK. SINCE THEN HERE AT THE A.R.C. ZABA HAS MADE SOME GREAT FRIENDS WITH COOPER AND AUSTIN. ZABA ENJOYS BASKING IN THE SUNSHINE, SNACKING ON CARROTS, APPLES AND BREAD, AND HANGING OUT WITH HER 'BOY'FRIENDS. NICKNAMES: GOAT GIRL, PRINCESS, CUTIE GIRL, LITTLE GIRL.
IN LATE AUG 2008, AT AGE 6 MONTHS, ZULU AND HIS HALF SISTE ZABA WERE RESCUED FROM ABANDONMENT AND NEGLECT. THEY WERE LEFT UNATTENDED AND ALONE AT A CABIN WHERE A LOCAL COUGAR VISITED DAILY PLANNING HIS ATTACK. SINCE THEN HERE AT THE A.R.C. ZULU HAS MADE SOME GREAT FRIENDS WITH COOPER AND AUSTIN. ZULU ENJOYS BASKING IN THE SUNSHINE, SNACKING ON CARROTS, APPLES AND BREAD, AND HANGING OUT WITH HIS WOLFDOG FRIENDS AS HE BELIEVES HE IS ONE OF THE PACK. NICKNAMES: GOAT BOY, IVY LEAGUE STUDENT, THE 4TH WOLF, BAD ASS, COOL GUY.
COOPER WAS BORN AROUND 2002 AND CAME TO LIVE WITH US IN SEP 2008. HE WAS RESCUED FROM ABUSE, NEGLECT AND CONFINED LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE LOWER MAINLAND. HIS BROTHER AUSTIN WAS ALSO SAVED FROM THIS AT THE SAME TIME AND THEY ARE NOW LIVING WITH US HAPPILY HERE AT THE A.R.C. COOPER ENJOYS BOSSING AUSTIN AROUND AND SNACKING ON CARROTS, APPLES AND GRAZING IN THE SUNSHINE. NICKNAMES: POOPER COOPER, COOP, BLONDE SURFER BOY.
AUSTIN WAS BORN AROUND 2003 AND CAME TO LIVE WITH US IN SEP 2008. HE WAS RESCUED FROM ABUSE, NEGLECT AND CONFINED LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE LOWER MAINLAND. HIS BROTHER COOPER WAS ALSO SAVED FROM THIS AT THE SAME TIME AND THEY ARE NOW LIVING WITH US HAPPILY HERE AT THE A.R.C. AUSTIN ENJOYS BREAKING BUCKETS, RUNNING AROUND WITH COOPER, HANGING OUT WITH ZABA AND SNACKING ON CARROTS, APPLES, BREAD AND GRAZING IN THE SUNSHINE. HE ALSO LOVES HUGS AND KISSES.
LILI WAS RESCUED AS A 2 MONTH OLD BABY BUNNY IN MAY 2008. HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE LIVING IN A FIELD THAT WAS READY TO BE BULLDOZED FOR A CONSTRUCTION SITE. DOZENS OF BUNNY FAMILIES WERE LIVING IN THIS AREA AND THEIR FUTURE WAS DOOMED. SO I RESCUED LILI AND HIS BROTHER LULU TOGETHER (I THOUGHT THEY WERE FEMALES AT FIRST). LILI NOW ENJOYS CUDDLING WITH LILIANA, MUNCHING ON CARROTS AND STRETCHING OUT IN THE SUNSHINE. NICKNAMES: BUN BUN
LULU WAS RESCUED AS A 2 MONTH OLD BABY BUNNY IN MAY 2008. HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE LIVING IN A FIELD THAT WAS READY TO BE BULLDOZED FOR A CONSTRUCTION SITE. DOZENS OF BUNNY FAMILIES WERE LIVING IN THIS AREA AND THEIR FUTURE WAS DOOMED. SO I RESCUED LULU AND HIS BROTHER LILI TOGETHER (I THOUGHT THEY WERE FEMALES AT FIRST). LULU HAD A BIRTH DEFECT IN HIS INTESTINES WHICH CAUSED HIS SAD DEATH DURING SURGERY IN AUG 2009. LULU IS GREATLY MISSED AS HE WAS VERY AFFECTIONATE AND LOVED TO KISS AND CUDDLE. R.I.P. CUTIE.
LILIA WAS BORN IN MARCH 2008 AND SHE JOINED OUR TEAM IN AUG 2009. SHE CAME FROM A FAMILY WHO COULD NO LONGER LOOK AFTER HER. ONCE SHE ARRIVED HERE SHE INSTANTLY BONDED WITH LILI AND THEY LIVED A GREAT LIFE TOGETHER CUDDLING, KISSING, AND SNACKING ON CARROTS AND LETTUCE. LILIA HAD A SUDDEN HEART ATTACK IN MARCH 2012. IT WAS VERY SAD AND WE MISS HER SO MUCH. SHE WAS MISSY WITH AN ATTITUDE BUT WE LOVED HER DEARLY. R.I.P. BABY GIRL.
LILIAN WAS RESCUED FROM A PLACE OF OVERCROWING, NEGLECTFUL CONDITIONS AND IMMINENT PREDATOR ATTACKS. SHE ARRIVED HERE AT 8 MONTHS OLD IN MAR 2012. SHE IMMEDIATELY BONDED WITH LILI WHO ENJOYED LOTS OF CUDDLES AND KISSES TOGETHER. THEY LIKED GROOMING EACH OTHER AND SNACKING ON LETTUCE, CARROT AND APPLES. LILIAN PASSED AWAY OF A SUDDEN HEART ATTACK IN OCT 2012. WE MISS HER BADLY AS SHE WAS REALLY SWEET AND CUTE. R.I.P. DOLL.
LILIANA CAME TO US FROM A PLACE OF OVERCROWING, NEGLECTFUL CONDITIONS AND IMMINENT PREDATOR ATTACKS. SHE ARRIVED HERE AT 8 MONTHS OLD IN OCT 2012. SHE IMMEDIATELY BONDED WITH LILI AS NOW THEY ENJOY LOTS OF CUDDLES AND KISSES TOGETHER IN THE SUNSHINE. THEY ALSO LIKE GROOMING EACH OTHER AND SNACKING ON LETTUCE, CARROT AND APPLES. LILIANA IS A REAL CUTIE PIE AND SHE KNOWS IT. SHE'S QUITE THE ACTRESS TOO.NICKNAMES: INTERIOR DECORATOR
DONNA WAS RESCUED FROM BEING KILLED FOR FOOD AROUND 2005 AND CAME TO LIVE WITH US IN 2010. DUE TO THIS SHE HAD A SMALL PERMANENT KINK IN HER NECK. LUCKILY THIS DID NOT EFFECT HER HEALTH AND THERE WERE NO LONG TERM CONSEQUECES OF HER INJURIES AND TRAUMA AS SHE WAS A HAPPY AND HEALTHY DUCK FOR MANY YEARS WITH US. SHE ENJOYED HANGING OUT WITH THE REST OF THE RESCUED DUCKS, HENS AND PIGEONS. SHE PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY OF A HEART ATTACK DUE TO OLD AGE BACK IN FEB 2014. SHE IS DEARLY MISSED BY ALL BUT ESPECIALLY GINO. R.I.P. DOLL. NICKNAMES: MADONNA, PRIMA DONNA.
DORA, DORIS AND DONALD ARRIVED HERE IN MAR 2010. THE DUCKLINGS CAME FROM AN OVERCROWDED PLACE WHERE PREDATOR ATTACKS WERE IMMINENT. THEY NOW ENJOY THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE A.R.C AND THE COMPANY OF WOODY, DIXIE, DOLLY, DONNY AND DANNY. THEY LOVE SWIMMING IN THE POOLS, PLAYING IN THE MUD, HANGING OUT IN THE SUNSHINE, SNACKING ON LETTUCE, BREAD, CORN, AND SUNFLWOER SEEDS.
DONNY AND DANNY WERE SAVED FROM BEING HIT BY CARS ON THE ROAD, CHASED BY LOCAL LOOSE DOGS AND BEING KILLED BY PREDATORS. THEY NOW LOVE THE COMPANIONSHIP OF WOODY, DOLLY, DIXIE, DORA, DORIS AND DONALD. THEY ENJOY SUN TANNING, SWIMMING IN THE PONDS, PLAYING IN THE MUD, BATHING UNDER THE SPRINKLERS, CLEANING THE GARDENS OF SLUGS, SNACKING ON LETTUCE, CORN, BREAD AND SUNFLOWER SEEDS. WHAT A LIFE! :0) NICKNAMES: CLASS CLOWNS.
DIXIE AND DOLLY CAME TO US FROM AN OVERCROWDED PLACE WHERE THERE WERE IMMINENT PREDATOR ATTACKS. THEY WERE ALSO BEING CONSIDERED FOR SALE FOR THE DINNER TABLE. SO THEY HAD TO JOIN OUR DUCK GANG HERE WHERE THEY ENJOY SUNBATHING, SWIMMING IN THE POOLS, HANGING OUT WITH WOODY, DONNY AND DANNY, SNACKING ON CORN, LETTUCE, WATERMELON, ETC...THEY LIVE A HAPPY AND SAFE LIFE HERE AT THE ARC.
WOODY HATCHED ON 25 MAY 2014 AND GOT SEPARATED FROM HIS FAMILY DURING WHICH HE WALKED INTO THE MAIN BUILDING AT THE ARMY BASE. SOLDIERS THERE FOUND HIM WONDERING THE HALLS AND CALLED ZITA'S ARC FOR HELP. ZITA CAME AND PICKED HIM UP AND HAND RAISED HIM. WOODY HAS NOW JOINED THE REST OF THE DUCKS AT THE ARC AND ESPECIALLY HAPPILY HANGS OUT WITH THE LARGE MUSCOVY GIRL, DIXIE. HE ENJOYS SWIMMING IN THE PONDS, SNACKING ON LETTUCE AND BUGS, AND FLYING AROUND. HE IS VERY TAME AND A REAL CUTIE.
IN MAY 2008, THE PIGEONS CAME FROM A PLACE OF OVERCROWDING AND DANGER OF DAILY PREDATOR ATTACKS. MANY OF THEIR 'FAMILY MEMBERS' WERE KILLED OR INJURED THERE BY HAWKS AND OWLS, SOME OF ALL PIGEONS' WORST ENEMIES. HERE AT THE A.R.C. THEY ENJOY A SAFE AND PROTECTED ENVIROMENT FULL OF JOY AND FREEDOM. THEY ENJOY TAKING BATHS IN THEIR SHALLOW WATERTUBS IN THE SUNSHINE, SNACKING ON MAPLE PEAS AND CORN, AND HANGING OUT WITH THEIR FRIENDS.
IN DEC 2010, MYRNA, GRETCHEN AND MILDRED WERE RESCUED FROM A BEAR ATTACK ON THE REST OF THEIR FLOCK. THEY LUCKILY SURVIVED UNHARMED BUT HAD TO BE RE-HOMED DUE TO UNSAFE HOUSING CONDITIONS. THE 3 GIRLS JOINED OUR FLOCK HERE WHERE THEY LIVED OUT THE REST OF THEIR LIVES IN SAFETY AND HAPPINESS. THEY ENJOYED SNACKING ON LETTUCE, CORN, SUNFLOWER SEEDS AND BREAD. ALL 3 WERE VERY SWEET AND SMART AND WE MISS THEM DEARLY AS THEY HAVE NOW PASSED ON DUE TO OLD AGE.
IN MAY 2008, MYRTLE, GERTRUDE AND PHYLLIS WERE A YEAR OLD AND THEY WERE RESCUED FROM BEING KILLED AT AN EGG FARM. WHEN THEY ARRIVED HERE THEY WERE VERY SICK, COULD NOT WALK AND IT TOOK THEM MANY WEEKS TO BE NURTURED BACK TO HEALTH. ONCE THEY LEARNED HOW TO WALK THEY BECAME VERY HAPPY. THEY WERE VERY SMART AND HAD LOVELY PERSONALITIES. NOW THEY ARE IN 'HEAVEN' WITH SOME OF THEIR FRIENDS AS THEY HAVE PASSED AWAY DUE TO OLD AGE. THEY ARE SADLY MISSED AS THEY WERE SO BEAUTIFUL! R.I.P. GIRLS, WE MISS YOU. NICKNAMES: SURFER GIRLS.
GWEN AND HELGA ARRIVED HERE IN JUNE 2013. THEY WERE BORN IN AUG 2012 SO THEY ARE THE 2ND YOUNGEST GIRLS HERE AT THE A.R.C. THE 2 GIRLS CAME FROM AN OVERCROWDED PLACE WHERE PREDATOR ATTACKS WERE IMMINENT. THEY NOW ENJOY THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE A.R.C AND THE COMPANY OF MATILDA, GRETA AND MURIEL. THEY LOVE DUST BATHING IN THE SUNSHINE, SCRATCHING FOR BUGS, SNACKING ON LETTUCE, BREAD, CORN, WATERMELON AND SUNFLWOER SEEDS.
GRETA AND MURIEL ARRIVED HERE IN SEP 2013. THEY WERE BORN IN JUNE SO THEY ARE THE YOUNGEST GIRLS HERE AT THE A.R.C. THE 2 GIRLS CAME FROM AN OVERCROWDED PLACE WHERE PREDATOR ATTACKS WERE IMMINENT. THEY NOW ENJOY THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE A.R.C AND THE COMPANY OF MATILDA, GWEN AND HELGA. THEY LOVE DUST BATHING IN THE SUNSHINE, SCRATCHING FOR BUGS, SNACKING ON LETTUCE, BREAD, CORN, WATERMELON AND SUNFLOWER SEEDS.
MATILDA CAME TO US IN 2009 AT THE AGE OF 3, FROM A NASTY PLACE OF OVERCROWDING, DISEASE AND ROOSTER ABUSE. SHE IS A VERY HEALTHY AND HAPPY GIRL NOW WHO ENJOYS DUST BATHING IN THE SUN WITH THE OTHER HENS, SCRATCHING FOR BUGS, SNACKING ON YUMMY TREATS AND HARASSING EVERYONE AS SHE IS ON TOP OF THE PECKING ORDER. SHE'S THE SMALLEST OF ALL THE HENS BUT SHE'S BEEN HERE THE LONGEST, GIVING HER THE "TOP DOG" ADVANTAGE. NICKNAMES: NURSE MATILDA (AS EVERY TIME SOMEONE IS SICK SHE SITS WITH THEM AND KEEPS THEM COMPANY - QUITE REMARKABLE ACTUALLY).
IN FEB 2009, THE PEACOCKS WERE RESCUED FROM BEING KILLED DUE TO THEIR NOISE MAKING. THEY ONLY VOCALIZE IF THEY SENSE DANGER OR DURING MATING SEASON (APR-AUG). THE 3 MALES AND THE 3 FEMALES HAVE BEEN HAVING MANY NICE PEACEFUL YEARS AT THE A.R.C. THEY ENJOY DUST BATHING IN THE SUNSHINE, SNACKING ON LETTUCE, BREAD, SUNFLOWER SEEDS AND DOG KIBBLES.
MANNY AND WILLOW HAVE BEEN AT THE ARC SINCE THE FALL OF 2014. THEY WERE BORN IN THE SPRING OF 2013. THEY ARE A HAPPY COUPLE WHO ENJOY FLYING AROUND IN THE AVIARY, TAKING LONG SWIMS IN THE PONDS, SNACKING ON GRAINS, GROOMING, BASKING IN THE SUN AND HANGING OUT WITH WOODY AND THE OTHER DUCKS.
FINNY AND PHILLY CAME FROM A PLACE OF OVERCROWDING, IMMINENT PREDATOR ATTACKS AND POTENTIALLY BEING SOLD FOR DINNER MEAT. SINCE THEN THEY HAVE BLOSSOMED INTO A COUPLE OF GORGEOUS BOYS WHO ENJOY HANGING OUT WITH THE HENS IN THE CHICKEN COOP, SNACKING ON YOGURT, SPROUTS AND SUNFLOWERSEEDS. THEY ALSO LIKE SUNBATHING IN THE SUMMER RAYS AND VOCALIZING THEIR INTERESTING SONGS. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THEM AS THEY DO BRIGHTEN UP THE PLACE.
SIMON IS A BABY SEAGULL WHO WAS RESCUED FROM THE CLAWS OF A RED HAWK IN THE MIDDLE OF A CITY STREET ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON IN JULY 2015. I HAD TO CHASE OFF THE HAWK IN MID-DAY TRAFFIC SO HE LETS GO OF SIMON WHO COULD NOT FLY JUST YET. HE WAS BROUGHT TO THE ARC TO RECOVER FROM THE ATTACK AND WAIT UNTIL HE COULD FLY. HE SPENT A WEEK HERE AMONG THE REST OF THE BIRDS THEN WAS RELEASED BACK IN THE WILD. A GREAT SUCCESSFUL RESCUE AND RELEASE STORY!
EDNA AND ERNA WERE TAKEN FROM A PLACE OF OVERCROWDING AND IMMINENT PREDATOR ATTACKS. THEY WERE ONLY 4 MONTHS OLD AT THE TIME. DUE TO THEIR GREAT PERSONALITIES THEY INTEGRATED INTO THE FLOCK VERY WELL. THEY ENJOY HANGING OUT WITH ALL THE OTHER HENS, DUCKS, PIGEONS AND PHEASANTS AS WELL AS SNACKING ON LETTUCE, YOGURT, BREAD, WATERMELON AND SPROUTS. THEIR UNIQUE COLOURING IS AN ASSET TO THE FLOCK. WE LOVE HAVING THEM HERE.
DOUGLAS HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE DEC 2016. HE WAS SAVED FROM BEING KILLED FOR DINNER. HE IS A TAME, AFFECTIONATE AND STUNNING BOY WHO JOINED THE MALLARD FLOCK HERE WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. HE IS WORKING ON GETTING ALONG WITH THE OTHER DUCK RESIDENTS AND IN THE MEANTIME HE ENJOYS SITTING ON THE HEAT MAT, SNACKING ON CORN, LETTUCE AND BREAD. HE IS SURE A LUCKY DUCKY!
MISTY SHOWED UP AT THE ARC HERE IN DEC 2016. AFTER MUCH FRUITLESS SEARCHING FOR HER OWNERS I CONCLUDED THAT SHE WAS A STRAY. WITH COUNTLESS HOURS OF COAXING, LOTS OF PATIENCE AND MANY BAGS OF TEMPTATION TREATS, I MANAGED TO TOUCH HER IN APRIL OF 2017. SHE LET ME PET HER ONCE IN MAY AND I PICKED HER UP AND BROUGHT HER INSIDE ON 21 JUNE 2017. SO IT TOOK 6 MONTHS FOR HER TO TRUST ME ENOUGH TO COME CLOSE. NOW WITH DAILY GROOMING, PLAY AND INTERACTIONS, MISTY IS BLOSSOMING INTO A LOVELY LITTLE GIRL WHO LOVES TO NAP IN THE SUN, PLAY, CUDDLE AND PURR. AFTER READING HER EAR TATTOO WE TRACED HER STEPS BACK THROUGH NANOOSE AND PARKSVILLE. IT TURNS OUT THAT MISTY IS 3 YEARS YOUNG. WE SURE WELCOME HER TO OUR ARC FAMILY. NICKNAMES: MISTY MOUNTAIN, MISSY, MISTRESS
DARO IS A 4 YEAR OLD, PURE BRED, HEALTHY, FULLY TRAINED, INTELLIGENT, AFFECTIONATE, KIND AND CARING GERMAN SHEPHERD WHO I RESCUED ON 01 JUNE 2018 FROM BEING EUTHANIZED. AFTER A MONTH OF BEING AT THE ARC, DARO WAS ADOPTED BY A LOVELY ACTIVE LOCAL FAMILY WHO ADORE HIM. THEY OFTEN GO HIKING, CAMPING, SWIMMING, ETC. HE LOVES HIS NEW FAMILY OF 3 OTHER LARGE DOGS, 2 CATS AND A FEW HUMANS. THANK YOU TO THIS CARING FAMILY FOR GIVING DARO A WELL DESERVED, LOVING, FOREVER HOME.
"THE GREATNESS OF A NATION AND ITS MORAL PROGRESS CAN BE JUDGED BY THE WAY ITS ANIMALS ARE TREATED." Mahatma Ghandi
