Hay isn’t only for horses
Toward the end of May, officials with LifeLine Animal Project, the nonprofit in charge of DeKalb and Fulton County Animal Services, made an unusual request through social media: a whole bunch of hay.
According to a post on the nonprofit’s Instagram on May 27, LifeLine’s Chamblee location suddenly became the temporary residence of more than 30 goats and sheep.
“They are part of a court case and until they are cleared to leave for foster care, we are in urgent need of hay, halters and other livestock supplies,” explained the post.
While details about the court case were not provided at publication time, LifeLine has a long history of being caretakers for animals that have, unfortunately, been subject to abuse or neglect. Most often, animal intake involves dogs and cats, though other pets such as bunnies, birds, rodents, reptiles, and more have made their way through LifeLine animal shelters.
“As an open-intake county shelter, we take every animal that comes through our doors, including livestock,” stated the nonprofit’s Instagram post, in part.
While many DeKalb County residents may not have hay lying around to donate, that shouldn’t stop the community at large from making other donations through money or volunteering hours, both of which go a long way in LifeLine Animal Project’s mission to save healthy pets and place them in loving homes.
Every little bit goes to enriching the lives of animals in DeKalb and beyond – and hey, for those readers who do have hay to spare, drop it off at DeKalb County Animal Services shelter located at 3280 Chamblee Dunwoody Road in Chamblee. The sheep, goats and hard-working staff and volunteers will be grateful.
