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Northeast Ohio shelter takes in 7 neglected dogs abandoned within in 3 days
WARREN, Ohio (WOIO) – The Healthy Hearts and Paws Project is desperate for help after taking in five malnourished puppies and two dogs with untreated tumors within three days – all neglected and abandoned.
Founder Jason Cooke stated funds are already depleted with 127 animals in their care, on top of the veterinary bills, operating costs, and the construction costs of the new shelter.
Scroll to the bottom of this story to see a list of resources that can help those struggling to care for a pet, and how you can help those in need.
Cooke said the Warren City Health Department called him on May 7 about a dog who was allegedly abandoned at a Palmyra home in Warren.
The dog was spotted through an open window “extremely underweight” with a “had a large, oozing mass on her side with insect activity,” Cooke described.
There was also no food or water in sight, according to Cooke.
Warren City police and Warren City Animal Control helped remove the dog from the residence “which was in deplorable condition,” said Cooke.
Warren police said no arrest has been made at this time.
Cooke said the dog, who rescuers named Beatrice, was immediately brought to Countryside Veterinary Service in Kinsman.
Beatrice was described by Cooke as malnourished and anemic, and suffering from the “extremely large mass on her side that was left untreated and has since become infected.”
Veterinarians had her undergo chest x-rays, blood work tests, take fluids, antibiotics, and pain medications to treat her in an attempt to build up strength and get the infection “under control,” according to Cooke.
Unfortunately, vets saw Beatrice’s health was even worse than they hoped once she underwent surgery, and she crossed the Rainbow Bridge.
Cooke shared the following explanation:
“Beatrice had a very proportionally large mass on her side, at the junction of the chest and abdomen. The mass was extremely painful and infected, even after a course of antibiotics. In an attempt to remove it surgically, it was found that the mass extended all the way through the body wall. This made the option of surgical excision impossible, so it was decided to euthanize her.”
WARNING: The photos of Beatrice’s neglect may be disturbing.
Within hours of first finding Beatrice, Cooke said he was notified that five malnourished puppies were found abandoned in a box in front of a vacant home on Tod Avenue in Warren.
He arrived to find all five puppies were also dehydrated and covered in their own urine and feces.
Cooke said he called police and rushed the puppies to Countryside Veterinary Service in Kinsman to save their lives.
Sadly, the puppy they named Rocky did not survive despite his valiant fight, and crossed the Rainbow Bridge on May 9.
The other four were brought back to the shelter, and three are still up for adoption: Liberty, Skye, and Zuma.
Three days after finding Beatrice and the five puppies, Cooke said a “severely neglected dog” was again found on Tod Avenue in Warren on May 10.
Cooke said she too was immediately rushed to Countryside Veterinary Service in Kinsman where “it was determined that she is extremely malnourished; matted beyond belief; and has a large, painful mass on her mouth that is also infected…”
She was named Emerson, given pain medication and antibiotics, and was groomed by Dog House.
Emerson is scheduled to have surgery to remove a mass on her mouth as soon as next week, depending on how she recovers, Cooke shared.
She is currently in the care of a medical foster, however, she is still available for adoption.
Cooke said the veterinary care the dogs and cats of the Healthy Hearts and Paws Project received last week alone totaled $3,055.
This included exams, testing, medication, antibiotics, spays, neuters, and vaccinations, Cooke listed.
The project typically rescues dogs who test positive for heartworms because the cost of treatment is unfortunately expensive, which is why heartworm-positive dogs are more likely to be euthanized.
“Our mission is to promote animal welfare through education and by providing care and temporary placement for heartworm positive and emergency medical-needs dogs to give each dog a second chance at a positive outcome,” founder Jason Cooke stated.
Once the heartworm-positive dogs are successfully treated and cured, they are put up for adoption.
If you want to open your hearts to the joy of adoption by giving the gift of a “fur-ever” home, here is the link for dogs waiting for you at the shelter.
Click here to view adoptable dogs.
One of which is Nitro, who has spent over 2,000 days – most of his five years of life – without a permanent home to call his own.
[Adopt Nitro: Northeast Ohio dog spends 2,000+ days waiting in shelter ]
If you would like to adopt Emerson, Liberty, Skye, Zuma, Nitro, or any other four-legged best friend, click here to fill out an application.
Even if you aren’t able to adopt at this time, but still have some room in your home and heart, you can click here to learn about fostering.
You can help save a life even if you can’t make make a lifelong commitment.
For those who are unable to adopt or foster at this time but still want to help, you can donate necessities for the shelter and presents for the animals there.
Click here to donate.
If you are unable to donate money or items, consider donating your time by volunteering at The Healthy Hearts and Paws Project.
Click here to learn how to become a volunteer.
The Healthy Hearts and Paws Project is located at 909 Martin Luther King Blvd. SW in Warren.
Call 234-855-5847 with questions.
City Dogs Cleveland listed the below information on pet pantries and programs that may provide free and low-cost pet care in Northeast Ohio.
“There is absolutely no shame in reaching out during times of hardship,” City Dogs encouraged.
- Services: Pet food pantry, low-cost pet supplies, low-cost vaccinations and vetting, microchips, and more.
- Address: 3711 E 65th St., Cleveland, OH 44105
- Phone number: 216-505-5853
- Website: https://www.neighborhoodpetscle.org/
- Email address: info@neighborhoodpetscle.org
- Services: Pet food pantry, pet supplies, help with vet costs
- Address: 5376 Ridge Rd., Parma, OH 44129
- Phone number: 216-307-7814
- Website: www.companionpetsofcleveland.com
- Email address: CompanionPetsOfCleveland@gmail.com
- Services: Low-cost vet services with financial assistance available
- Address: 1729 Willey Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113
- Phone number: 216-771-4616
- Website: https://clevelandapl.org/community-pet-clinic/
- Email address: contact@clevelandapl.org
- Services: Pet food pantry open from 10am-12pm on the second and fourth Sundays of the month
- Address: 10015 East River Rd., Columbiana Township, OH 44028
- Phone number: 440-243-2034
- Website: https://www.bereaanimalrescue.com/pet-pantry/
- Services: Pet food pantry for residents of Cuyahoga County. Please see the website for the client application for a monthly food pick-up.
- Address: 9500 Sweet Valley Dr., Valley View, OH 44125
- Phone number: 216-706-9363
- Website: https://fccas.org/what-we-do/pet-pantry-program/
- Email Address: pantry@fccas.org
- Services: Low-cost spay and neuter services. Spaying or neutering your pet is a critical way to help curb the animal shelter overpopulation crisis!
- Address: 885 E. 222nd St., Euclid, OH 44123
- Phone: 216-732-7040
- Website: https://www.petfixnortheastohio.org/
- Email: appointments@petfixnortheastohio.org
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Out of prison, Indiana’s caviar king back on Ohio River to find fishing holes taken
David Cox, of English, Indiana, says once he began setting his nets again after a two-year prison sentence and a three-year ban on commercial fishing, all of his once-secret spots were taken.
Can you eat fish from the Ohio River?
In 1975, future presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, then governor of Massachusetts, bet 20 pounds of New England cod that the Red Sox would defeat the Reds in the World Series. If things went south for Boston, Ohio governor James Rhodes promised to send Dukakis 10 pounds of Lake Erie perch and 10 pounds of Ohio River catfish. The Reds ended up winning and the cod was sent to the Convalescent Home for Children, in Cincinnati.
At the time, people were still eating catfish from the Ohio without too much concern. The fish were also served at several restaurants along the river.
There were warnings in 1977
But two years later, in 1977, The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission released the results of a study of contaminants found in the tissues of Ohio River fish. They warned anglers in cities such as Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, Wheeling and Gallipolis that man-made chemicals known as PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, had been discovered in the river fish. Later, high concentrations of mercury were discovered in the fish, too.
Thanks to the Clean Water Act of 1972 and the environmental regulations that followed, the river is now cleaner than it was in the seventies. And it’s still teeming with a variety of fish, including catfish, striped bass, drum and black bass, among other species.
But even though PCBs were banned by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1979, they are still found in fish, since they remain in the sediment in the bottom of the river. “Organisms live in the sediment and fish feed on them,” Rich Cogen, the executive director of the Ohio River Foundation told The Enquirer. Mercury is also a big problem, according to Cogen.
So the question is: Can you eat fish caught in the Ohio River?
The short answer is yes. But it depends on what species you are eating and where along the river you caught it.
There are also very strict limitations on how frequently you should eat them, according to the web site for the Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory, part of the Ohio Department of Health.
In areas of the river between the Belleville Lock, located 204 miles downstream from the river’s origins in Pittsburgh, to the Indiana border, the advisory agency currently recommends consuming Ohio River fish no more than once a month max. That area includes Adams, Brown, Clermont, Gallia, Hamilton, Lawrence, Meigs and Scioto counties.
Here’s where to check
Recommendations change throughout the year, but you can keep up by visiting the Ohio Department of Health’s Sport Fish Consumption Advisory page, which provides updated information on when certain fish, usually bottom feeders such as carp, are deemed too dangerous to eat at all.
Here’s who should take a pass on Ohio River fish
The agency also warns that people who are more likely to have health effects from eating contaminated fish, includingchildren younger than 15 years old, pregnant women and women who are planning to become pregnant to avoid Ohio River fish altogether.
Just because you have to limit the amount of fish you eat, doesn’t mean the river is a bad place for fishing, as long as you limit your intake or do catch-and-release fishing. Just make sure you have a proper fishing license before casting your line.
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It isn’t over until it’s over. That’s the case for both the UCLA Bruins football program recruiting and for quarterback Brady Edmunds. Edmunds is currently committed to head to Ohio State but he took a visit from UCLA offensive coordinator Dean Kennedy earlier this week.
Kennedy met Edmunds on Thursday despite the fact that the quarterback has been committed to the Buckeyes since December of 2024 but could the UCLA Bruins be making a run at flipping the quarterback?
Edmunds has only had an official visit with Ohio State but could UCLA heave a heat check on the 6’5” quarterback? New UCLA head coach Bob Chesney is off to an unbelievable start to his recruiting with the Bruins and flipping a recruit of Edmunds’ caliber would be his most impressive move yet.
247 Sports has Edmunds as the No. 16 quarterback in the class, which would give UCLA a clear predecessor for Nico Iamaleava whenever the Bruins current starting quarterback decides to head to the professional level.
It’d be a full circle moment for the Bruins, as Edmunds was originally recruited to Ohio State by former UCLA head coach Chip Kelly, who bailed on UCLA to go run the Buckeyes offense. Ohio State is a great spot for a developing quarterback, as the Buckeyes produce tons of NFL talent, especially at the wide receiver position, which would help Edmunds put up some gaudy numbers in Columbus.
Chesney and the Bruins have geography on their side, Edmunds attends Huntington Beach High School in Southern California, which could potentially become a factor if Edmunds views UCLA as a program on the rise that’d be much closer to his friends and family than out in Ohio.
Time will tell if Kennedy’s visit will make a difference but UCLA’s recruiting has made waves in the first offseason under Chesney and the new regime.
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