The dogs are much more loyal that you would expect because they want the companionship. They are more loving. These are all animals that want to be indoors with you, that want to play and not have to worry about life anymore.

As we are rebuilding, it seems that the hurricane is so far behind us. But these animals still haven't found the stability they have been lacking for so long. Those animals lived through a horrific situation and were in very bad condition when we got them. Now they need to know that they are safe and cared for. This is why they need a permanent home.

The big dogs next door could have run her up the tree.

I used to walk my dogs down that road just about every evening, and I'd see her (Ms. Evans) sitting alone at her kitchen table reading. Anybody walking or driving by could see an elderly woman living alone in a big house. You just have to wonder if someone needing drug money saw it as an opportunity.

The dogs with the loudest bark are the ones that are most afraid.

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, the whole world would be vegetarian.