June 19 2012
Muttville Throws Senior Dogs a Bone
Pet overpopulation is fed by unregulated or illegal puppy mills, and often results in unwanted pets being dumped in animal shelters or simply abandoned in the streets. …
The most fortunate of rescued senior doggie citizens end up in the care of Muttville Senior Dog Rescue, a nonprofit founded in 2007 by Sherri Franklin to improve the lives and welfare of senior dogs.
Franklin is known in the animal welfare community as the “fairy godmother.” Among animal enthusiasts, she is an angel who has changed many lives, humans and dogs alike.
Equipped with a few crockpots in her kitchen, she cooks organic and healthy food for the dogs daily.
Franklin has converted her Potrero Hill home of 20 years as Muttville’s headquarters which houses up to ten rescue dogs. The backyard has special ramps and comfy beds for the dogs to enjoy the warm sun, with up to five volunteers per day who dedicate their time.
She gets inundated with hundreds of e-mails a week, yet Franklin is relentless in her crusade: “Senior dogs get euthanized. They get to shelters and nobody adopts them.” …
