>> KENTUCKY'S HOOIEST PEAK AT

 

BLACK MOUNTAIN AND A MAN

 

DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SAVING

 

ABANDONED ANIMALS.

 

PLUS A PHOTO MONTAGE FROM THE

 

SCENERY OF ONE END OF KENTUCKY

 

TO THE OTHER FROM PHOTOGRAPHER

 

STEVE SCHAFER, ALL COMING UP.

 

>> HELLO, EVERYBODY, I'M DAVE

 

SCHUFFETT.

 

WELL WELCOME TO KENTUCKY LIFE.

 

UP FRONT.

 

WE ARE HEADED TO KENTUCKY'S

 

HIGHEST PEAK.

 

BACK IN THE 1960S, THE KENTUCKY

 

CHAPTER OF THE STATE NATURE

 

CONSERVANCY WAS FOUND THE,

 

PUTTING TWO PLACES AT THE TOP OF

 

THE LIST FOR CONSERVATION.

 

ONE WILL BE FEATURED IN AN

 

UPCOMING SHOW, THE OTHER ONE IS

 

BLACK'S PEAK, AND YOU WILL SEE

 

WHY THIS AMAZING PLACE SHOULD

 

ALWAYS BE PROTECTED.

 

I VISITED BLAKE MOUNTAIN SEVERAL

 

YEARS AGO DURING THE TAPING OF

 

"KENTUCKY'S LAST GREAT PLACES"

 

AND BLACK MOUNTAIN WASN'T

 

FEATURED ON THAT SHOW, BUT IT

 

COULD HAVE BEEN.

 

IT HAS ASTONISHING BEAUTY WITH

 

SHARP, DEEP SLOPES AND VALLEYS,

 

THE CARPET OF LUSH VEGETATION,

 

MOSTLY WILDFLOWERS.

 

AND THE GREAT MASSIVE TREES

 

STRETCHING INTO THE SKY.

 

IT IS SAID THE MOUNTAIN, BECAUSE

 

OF ITS HE WILL ADVICE, HAS ITS

 

OWN UNIQUE WEATHER PATTERNS.

 

WHILE MARC HE HAVE CANS IS WITH

 

THE STATE NATURE PRESERVES, THIS

 

MOUNTAIN IS NOT A PRESERVE.

 

EVEN SO, HE WILL SHOW US RARE

 

PLANT SPECIES OCCURRING NOWHERE

 

ELSE THAN ON BIG BLACK MOUNTAIN.

 

>> WE ARE ON BLACK MOUNTAIN, AN

 

INCREDIBLE PLACE IN KENTUCKY.

 

WE ARE SEARCHING FOR RARE

 

PLANTS.

 

WE HAVE COME TO SEE SEVERAL OF

 

THESE RARE PLANTS.

 

ONE IS RIGHT HERE, ONE OF MY

 

FAVORITE WILDFLOWERS, THE

 

PAINTED TRILLIUM, AND WE HAVE A

 

NUMBER WHICH OCCUR IN KENTUCKY.

 

THIS ONE IS ONE OF THE MOST

 

RARE.

 

THE PAINTED KIND YOU CAN TELL BY

 

THREE WHITE PETALS, LIKE MANY

 

OTHERS, BUT IN THE CENTER IS A

 

CHEVRON, THESE RED MARKINGS.

 

IT ISN'T BEAUTIFUL FOR HUMANS,

 

IT IS THERE FOR INSECTS TO LAND

 

AND POLLINATE THE FLOWERS.

 

BLACK MOUNTAIN IS IN HARLAN

 

COUNTY, ONLY ABOUT A MILE FROM

 

THE VIRGINIA LINE.

 

THIS MOUNTAIN IS THE TALLEST

 

MOUNTAIN IN KENTUCKY, ELEVATION

 

OVER 4,500 FEET.

 

BLACK MOUNTAIN IS UNLIKE ANY

 

OTHER PLACE IN KENTUCKY, KIND OF

 

LIKE AN ISLAND STICKING UP IN

 

THE SKY.

 

THERE ARE NO OTHER COMPARABLE

 

PEAKS WITH REGARD TO ALTITUDE IN

 

THIS PART OF KENTUCKY.

 

BLACK MOUNTAIN IS A PART OF THE

 

CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS.

 

ALL OF THOSE MOUNTAINS ARE VERY

 

RICH AND UNIQUE IN KENTUCKY.

 

AS A BIOLOGIST, THE CUMBERLAND

 

MOUNTAINS HOLD THE HIGHEST LEVEL

 

OF BIODIVERSITY AND DIVERSITY OF

 

SPECIES WE HAVE IN THE STATE.

 

BLACK MOUNTAIN IS THE ICING ON

 

THE CAKE FOR THE CUMBERLAND

 

MOUNTAINS BECAUSE OF THE HIGH

 

ELEVATION, SUPPORTING MORE GREAT

 

RARE PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND THE

 

UNIQUE NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST

 

THAT OCCURS HERE.

 

AS A FOREST ECOLOGIST, IT IS

 

IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS THE

 

ONLY PLACE IN KENTUCKY WHERE

 

THIS FOREST OCCURS.

 

THIS SMALL TREE IS ANOTHER VERY

 

UNUSUAL TREE ON BLACK MOUNTAIN.

 

THIS IS THE STRIPED MAPLE.

 

IT IS A TREE THAT DOESN'T GET

 

VERY LARGE, NOT A CANOPY TREE.

 

IT IS UNDERSTORY TREE,

 

RESTRICTED IN RANGE.

 

IT LIKES THE COOL SLIME ITS,

 

HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND HAS THESE

 

PRETTY MAPLE-SHAPED LEAVES SO

 

YOU CAN TELL IT IS A MAPLE.

 

HERE ARE THE FLOWERS: HERE IS A

 

BEAUTIFUL WILDFLOWER TROUT LILY,

 

YOU CAN SEE IT IS PRETTY YELLOW

 

FLOWERS.

 

ONE OF THE THINGS MOST

 

INTERESTING ABOUT IT ARE THE

 

LEAVES.

 

THEY ARE REALLY THICK AND SUCK

 

LENT.

 

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE

 

ORCHIDS AT FIRST SIGHT.

 

54 SPECIES OF RARE PLANTS

 

CURRENTLY KNOWN FOR BLACK

 

MOUNTAIN.

 

THAT IS WITHOUT EVER HAVING DONE

 

THOROUGH INVENTORY.

 

WE HOPE SOMEDAY TO DO A

 

COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY BUT EVEN

 

54 IS A HIGH NUMBER.

 

SOME OF THE RARE PLANTS INCLUDE

 

A REALLY INCREDIBLE ORCHID,

 

PURPLE-FRINGED ORCHID, OCCURRING

 

NOWHERE ELSE IN KENTUCKY.

 

THE RED ELDERBERRY ALSO ONLY

 

OCCURS AT BLACK MOUNTAIN.

 

TURK'S CAP LILY, A BEAUTIFUL

 

LILY MEMBER, HUGE POPULATIONS

 

OVER THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SUMMER.

 

THERE IS A WILD LILY OF THE

 

VALLEY TOO, WE MAY HAVE A CHANCE

 

TO SEE THAT TODAY.

 

THERE ARE SEVERAL SPECIES OF

 

BIRDS, ROSE-BREASTED GROSS-BEAK

 

ONLY REST ON THIS MOUNTAIN.

 

THIS BIRD SPENDS ITS WINTERS IN

 

BRAZIL AND FLIES ALL THE WAY

 

HERE TO NEST IN KENTUCKY.

 

HERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE

 

REALLY COOL RARE PLANTS

 

OCCURRING ONLY ON BLACK MOUNTAIN

 

AND NOWHERE ELSE IN KENTUCKY.

 

SOME MAY RECOGNIZE IT OR THINK

 

IT LOOKS FAMILIAR.

 

THIS IS AN ELDERBERRY, BUT

 

OPPOSED TO THE COMMON ONE WE SEE

 

ALL OVER KENTUCKY, THIS IS THE

 

RED ELDERBERRY.

 

THIS FLOWER CLUSTER PRODUCES A

 

CLUSTER OF RED BERRIES, WHICH IS

 

HOW IT GETS ITS NAME.

 

THIS PLANT, A SHRUB, ONLY GROWS

 

ON BLACK MOUNTAIN.

 

YOU CAN TELL MY ABOUT CONICAL

 

INFLOURESCENCE HERE.

 

IT IS A PLEASURE TO SEE THIS

 

PLANT, IT EVEN HAS A WONDERFUL

 

AROMA.

 

WE WILL SEARCH FOR SOME MORE.

 

HERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE RARE

 

PLANTS OF BLACK MOUNTAIN.

 

THIS IS A REALLY KILL PLANT.

 

IT ISN'T QUITE IN FLOWER.

 

THIS LITTLE PLANT RIGHT HERE IS

 

WILD LILY OF THE VALLEY.

 

IT ONLY OCCURS IN A COUPLE

 

PLACES IN KENTUCKY.

 

THIS IS CLOSELY RELATED TO A

 

PLANT MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR

 

WITH, THE WILD LILY OF THE

 

VALLEY, BUT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL

 

POWER PLANT.

 

IT PUTS UP A SPIKE OF BEAUTIFUL

 

BELL-SHAPED DANGLING WHITE

 

FLOWERS.

 

HERE WE HAVE A VERY IMPRESSIVE

 

TREE.

 

THIS IS A YELLOW BIRCH.

 

WHAT IS SO INCREDIBLE ABOUT IT,

 

BESIDES IT BEING A CO-DOMINANT

 

OF THE FOREST ON THE TOP OF THE

 

MOUNTAIN, THIS IS THE STATE

 

RECORD YELLOW BIRCH TREE FOR ALL

 

OF KENTUCKY.

 

WHAT IS SO IMPRESSIVE, YELLOW

 

BIRCH ARE NORMALLY MUCH SMALLER

 

AT NORMAL ELEVATIONS.

 

I HAVEN'T EVER SEEN ONE THIS

 

SIZE IN MY WHOLE LIFE.

 

LOOK AT THIS.

 

IN THE SHADOW OF THE ANCIENT

 

YELLOW BIRCH IS ANOTHER ONE OF

 

KENTUCKY'S INCREDIBLY RARE

 

WILDFLOWERS.

 

THIS IS FANTASTIC.

 

THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE PLANT

 

RIGHT HERE IS THE VERY RARE

 

ROSY-TWISTED STALK OR STRIPTOTIS

 

LANCIOLATIS WITH BEAUTIFUL

 

DANGLING FLOWERS IN THE AXILS OF

 

THE LEAVES.

 

THIS PLANT OCCURS NOWHERE ELSE

 

IN KENTUCKY EXCEPT RIGHT HERE ON

 

BLACK MOUNTAIN.

 

SO MANY INDIVIDUAL PLANTS UP

 

HERE CARPETING THE GROUND IN A

 

SOLID AREA OF WILDFLOWERS, WHICH

 

IS VERY UNUSUAL IN MOST PLACES.

 

IT IS REALLY, REALLY NEAT.

 

>> TO THINK WE'VE SEEN LESS THAN

 

TEN OF THE 50-PLUS RARE SPECIES

 

KNOWN ON BLACK MOUNTAIN.

 

THAT IS JUST A SMALL PART OF THE

 

MANY THINGS THAT MAKE THIS

 

MOUNTAIN SO UNIQUE.

 

IT IS TRULY A NATURAL WONDER OF

 

INCREDIBLE SIGNIFICANCE.

 

ONCE YOU HAVE SEEN IT AND

 

EXPERIENCED IT, YOU NEVER FORGET

 

IT.

 

REMEMBER BLACK MOUNTAIN IS NOT

 

PROTECTED BY THE STATE NATURE

 

PRESERVE COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER

 

LAND CONSERVATION GROUP.

 

RIGHT NOW IT IS PRIVATELY OWN.

 

BUT IF YOU WANT TO VISIT THE

 

SUMMIT, JUST SIGN A WAIVER AT

 

THE COAL MINING MUSEUM IN

 

BENTON.

 

NEXT ANOTHER PART OF EASTERN

 

KENTUCKY IN ELLIOT COUNTY.

 

THE DEVOTION AND HARD WORK OF

 

ONE MAN MAKES A SAFE HAVEN FOR

 

ABANDONED AND MISTREATED

 

ANIMALS.

 

AND A NEW AWARENESS IN

 

KENTUCKY'S STRAY ANIMAL

 

POPULATION.

 

>> ABANDONED ANIMAL, THAT IS ONE

 

OF THE MOST CRUEL FATES YOU CAN

 

IMPOSE.

 

WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE I WOULD

 

FIND THEM STANDING ALONGSIDE THE

 

ROAD, LOOKING AROUND WONDERING

 

WHERE THEY ARE, WHY WAS MOM OR

 

DAD, THE PEOPLE THAT JUST

 

DROPPED ME OFF, WHAT DID IT DO

 

WRONG TO BE ABANDONED IN THE

 

MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

 

I JUST COULDN'T GO HOME THINKING

 

THEY WERE GOING TO BE STANDING

 

THERE WITHOUT ANYTHING.

 

TRIXIE IS MY LITTLE NORWEGIAN

 

ELKHOUND.

 

SHE'S BEEN WITH ME FIVE YEARS,

 

AND SHE DIED IN MY ARMS ON

 

JANUARY 15TH OF 1998.

 

ONE WEEK LATER TO THE VERY HOUR

 

OF HER DEATH, I STARTED TO HELP

 

OTHER MAN MALLS LIKE I HELPED

 

HER, IN HER MEMORY.

 

OUR PHILOSOPHY IS THAT ALL LIFE

 

IS PRECIOUS.

 

I DON'T DISTINGUISH A PURE BRED

 

OR AN OLD DOG OR A YOUNG DOG,

 

THEY ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE

 

AND THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME FEARS

 

AS YOU AND I.

 

THE TRIXIE FOUNDATION IS LOCATED

 

IN ELLIOT COUNTY.

 

THEY TELL ME WE ARE THE LARGEST

 

NO-KILL ANIMAL SHELTER IN

 

KENTUCKY, QUITE POSSIBLY

 

APPALACHIA.

 

WE ACCEPT ANIMALS GIVEN THE ROOM

 

WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THEM.

 

WE STARTED OFF WITH THE SEVEN

 

THAT WERE HERE WHEN TRIXIE WAS

 

HERE.

 

SINCE THEN WE'VE GROWN

 

SUBSTANTIALLY AND HAVE OVER 200

 

DOGS, SOME CATS AND SOME

 

CHICKENS.

 

MOST ARE SPAYED OR NEUTERED.

 

LAST SPRING WE HAD SIX FERREL

 

CATS WE COULDN'T CATCH, THEY HAD

 

KITTENS.

 

WE MADE A BIG POLICY TO BEFRIEND

 

THEM TO GET THEM SPAYED.

 

THE TRIXIE OBJECTIVE FOUNDATION

 

IS TO HELP ALL SPECIES OF

 

ANIMALS, NOT JUST DOGS OR CATS.

 

ANY LIVING CREATURE WITHOUT A

 

PLACE TO GO IS A CANDIDATE FOR

 

THIS PLACE.

 

OUR FUTURE HOPES ARE TO BE A

 

FARM FOUNDATION.

 

WE HAVE BOUT ANOTHER 30 ACRES ON

 

THE HILL BEHIND ME.

 

ORIGINALLY WE WERE GIVEN THE

 

OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THE

 

SURROUNDING PROPERTY WHICH

 

AJOINS THIS PROPERTY WITH THE 30

 

ACRES WE HAD.

 

IF WE COULD ACQUIRE THE MONEY TO

 

BUY THE PROPERTY WE WOULD HAVE

 

ENOUGH LAND TOE EXPAND AND

 

INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE

 

COMPOUNDS, EXPAND THE AREAS

 

WHERE ANIMALS CAN GO.

 

WE ARE GAUGELESS, DON'T KEEP

 

THEM CONFINED.

 

WE ALLOW THE ANIMALS TO PICK

 

THEIR OWN FRIENDS, JUST LIKE YOU

 

HAVE FRIENDS YOU PARTICULARLY

 

LIKE, SO DO THEY.

 

THEY GET TO CHOOSE WHO THEY

 

PARTICULARLY WANT TO BE WITH.

 

WE ARE THE ONLY PACK-ORIENTED

 

FACILITY I KNOW OF IN THE UNITED

 

STATES.

 

THAT MEANS WE ARE BROKEN DOWN TO

 

VARIOUS COMPOUNDS WHERE ANIMALS

 

CAN INTERMINGLE, GO VISIT THEIR

 

FRIEND IN THE NEXT COMPOUND, BUT

 

THEY STAY WITH THEIR OWN PACK.

 

THERE ARE ABOUT SEVEN PACKS HERE

 

NOW.

 

EVERY ANIMAL IS UNIQUE IN ITS

 

STORY.

 

EVERYBODY HAS A REASON FOR BEING

 

HERE.

 

BUT THEY ARE ALL JUST AS

 

PRECIOUS TO ME AS THE ONE THAT

 

WILL COME NEXT WEEK.

 

THEY ARE ALL MY BABIES.

 

THEY WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF.

 

I GIVE THEM THE BEST FOOD AND

 

THEY GET THE BEST MEDICAL

 

ATTENTION ON AND A PLACE THEY

 

CAN CALL HOME FOREVER, GIVING

 

THEM THE SENSE THEY ARE

 

IMPORTANT, THEY HAVE SECURITY IN

 

THEIR LIFE NOW, THEY ARE NOT

 

TRASH, THEY HAVE A PLACE THEY

 

CAN BE COMFORTABLE IN AND KNOW

 

THEY WILL BE PROVIDED FOR.

 

THE ANIMAL ABUSE IN APPALACHIA

 

IS REALLY, REALLY BAD.

 

I BELIEVE THERE ARE A LOT OF

 

DIFFERENT REASONS FOR IT, BUT I

 

THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH

 

THE FACT THAT PEOPLE, IT ISN'T

 

THAT THEY AREN'T GOOD PEOPLE,

 

BUT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN TAUGHT IT

 

IS WRONG TO NOT SHOW COMPASSION.

 

THERE IS NO EDUCATIONAL TEACHING

 

THAT SAYS "THIS IS WRONG" SO YOU

 

GROW UP IN A FAMILY THAT HAS

 

ALWAYS DONE THIS OR WITNESSED

 

THIS TYPE OF ABUSE AND NEVER

 

BEEN REPRIMANDED OR TOLD

 

DIFFERENTLY THAT IT IS NOT THE

 

RIGHT WAY TO DO IT, YOU DON'T

 

TIE A DOG TO A TREE STUMP, FEED

 

IT ONCE A WEEK AND THINK YOU ARE

 

TAKING CARE OF IT.

 

THEN IT MOVES UP TO THE NEXT

 

LEVEL, THOSE CHARGED WITH

 

ENFORCEMENT.

 

IF A COUNTY ATTORNEY OR STATE

 

LEGISLATOR COMES FROM A CURL

 

AREA, HE HAS GROWN UP THINKING

 

THAT WAS THE NORM AND IT IS OKAY

 

BECAUSE IT IS THE WAY IT HAS

 

ALWAYS BEEN.

 

IT'S NOT ALL RIGHT.

 

THESE ANIMALS ARE DOING ALL THE

 

SUFFERING.

 

WHEN YOU GO HOME AND HAVE A HOT

 

MEAL TONIGHT AND THESE ABANDONED

 

DOGS DOWN HERE ARE STANDING IN

 

THE RAIN WONDERING WHERE THE

 

HECK THEY'RE GOING TO GO, THAT'S

 

NOT RIGHT.

 

THE TRIXIE FOUNDATIONS EFFORT

 

BACK IN THE '90S WAS TO FLUSH

 

OUT THE TRUTH OF THE LAW AS IT

 

IS.

 

RIGHT NOW IT SAYS EACH COUNTY

 

MUST PROVIDE AN ANIMAL SHELTER

 

OR CONTRACT WITH ANOTHER COUNTY

 

TO PROVIDE AN ANIMAL SHELTER

 

SERVICES, AND THEY MUST HAVE AN

 

CALL CONTROL OFFICERS.

 

THE REALITY IS, IT'S A JOKE, A

 

LOT OF COUNTIES STILL DON'T,

 

INCLUDING MINE, HAVE A REAL

 

FACILITY.

 

PEOPLE REALLY HAVE A HEART.

 

THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THE

 

ANIMALS DIE AND THEY DON'T WANT

 

TO HAVE TO ABANDON THEM BUT

 

THERE IS NO PLACE TO TAKE THEM.

 

WHEN I FOUND OUT MY COUNTY

 

DIDN'T HAVE A SHELTER, I STARTED

 

RESEARCHING THE LAW THROUGH AN

 

ATTORNEY AND I DID THE RESEARCH

 

ON THE RECORDS, WHAT NEEDED TO

 

BE DONE.

 

AND NOW I AM EDUCATING THE

 

GENERAL PUBLIC BY EDUCATING THE

 

LEGISLATORS AND THE COUNTY AND

 

STATE OFFICIALS BY FILING

 

LAWSUITS AND MAKING OPEN RECORDS

 

REQUESTS, DOING WHAT IT TAKES TO

 

FORCE OUT THE TRUTH, WHICH IS

 

EDUCATING LOTS OF PEOPLE.

 

IT IS UP TO THOSE PEOPLE TO TAKE

 

THE INFORMATION AND SPREAD IT

 

AROUND.

 

ANIMAL CONTROL HAS TAKEN THE

 

KNOWLEDGE, AND IT HAS RESULTED

 

IN ENDING EUTHANASIA BY GUNSHOT.

 

THAT WAS THE LEGAL WAY UP UNTIL

 

I EXPOSED IT A FEW YEARS BACK

 

THROUGH THE OPEN RECORDS REQUEST

 

IN SEVEN COUNTIES, BLOWING AWAY

 

LITTLE PUPPIES WITH SHOTGUNS.

 

SINCE WE STARTED EXPOSING THE

 

BARBARITY AND THE FACT THE

 

SHELTERS AREN'T AVAILABLE IN

 

SOME COUNTIES, PEOPLE ARE NOW

 

STARTING TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY

 

CAN DO AND HOW THEY CAN HELP THE

 

ANIMALS, AND ALSO BE MORE AWARE

 

OF THEIR RIGHTS AT A CITIZEN.

 

ANIMAL ABUSE ISN'T TOLERABLE,

 

ALLOWABLE.

 

NOW IT IS UP TO THE MEMBERS OF

 

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO DO

 

SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

 

I SEE THE LOVE THE ANIMALS HAVE,

 

I SEE THEIR DEFENSELESSNESS AND

 

HOW MUCH THEY DEPEND ON US.

 

THIS IS MAN'S BEST FRIEND, FOR

 

GOD'S SAKE.

 

THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS PEOPLE

 

CAN HELP, DEPENDING ON THE

 

INDIVIDUAL.

 

THE TRIXIE FOUNDATION IS A

 

NONPROFIT CORPORATION, ALWAYS IN

 

NEED OF MONEY.

 

WE CAN MAKE A PENNY GO A LONG

 

WAY AT THIS PLACE.

 

THE OTHER WAY PEOPLE CAN HELP IS

 

BY GETTING INVOLVED AT YOUR

 

LOCAL LEVEL, BY GETTING INVOLVED

 

WITH THE TRIXIE FOUNDATION,

 

HELPING ME EXPOSE WHAT IS GOING

 

ON.

 

COME HERE AND GET INVOLVED.

 

COME HERE AND WALK THE DOGS, PET

 

THEM, HELP GIVE THEM A BATH,

 

TAKE THEM TO THE VET IF THEY

 

NEED TO GO.

 

BECAUSE OF OUR LOCATION, WE ARE

 

A GOOD DISTANCE FROM ANY MAJOR

 

METROPOLITAN AREA, IT SEEMS TO

 

STOP PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO

 

GET INVOLVED AT THAT LEVEL.

 

THEY CAN ALSO BECOME A MEMBER OF

 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND HELP

 

US DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THIS.

 

IF YOU HAVE THE GUTS, WE CAN USE

 

YOU.

 

WE HAVE THOROUGHBRED HORSE

 

FARMS, DOCTORS, LAWYERS, COLLEGE

 

PROFESSORS, LOTS OF PEOPLE LIKE

 

ME WHICH BELIEVE IN WHAT WE ARE

 

TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHICH IS

 

BRINGING ABOUT A BETTER WAY TO

 

TREAT ANIMALS WITH RESPECT AND

 

DIGNITY.

 

THAT IS WHY PEOPLE SUPPORT THE

 

TRIXIE FOUNDATION BECAUSE WE

 

STAND UP FOR THE ANIMALS.

 

>> CHARLIE CAME FROM A BREEDER.

 

BUT TOBY WAS FOUND ON THE SIDE

 

OF THE ROAD IN THE BUSHES WHERE

 

A COUPLE HAD BEEN WATCHING HIM

 

FOR TWO DAYS.

 

THEY FINALLY GOT HIM OUT OF

 

THERE AND GAVE HIM TO ME.

 

LOOK HOW HE TURNED OUT.

 

HE IS GORGEOUS, WELL-BE HAFD,

 

VERY TRAINABLE.

 

I COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE.

 

NEXT ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL

 

SPECIALS IN THIS SERIES WAS

 

CALLED "KENTUCKY'S LAST GREAT

 

PLACES" AND ON THAT JOURNEY FROM

 

ONE END OF KENTUCKY TO THE OTHER

 

WE HAD A STILL PHOTOGRAPHER WITH

 

US.

 

WE HAVE A MONTAGE OF STEVE

 

SCHAFER'S GREAT WORK.

 

TAKE A LOOK.

 

>> NOW TIME FOR "PAW PALS" WHERE

 

WE ASK YOU TO SEND IN YOUR

 

FAVORITE PET PICTURE.

 

WE HAVE ONE FROM BETTY AND KIRK

 

HOWARD, A PICTURE OF THEIR

 

FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHOCOLATE LAB,

 

BAILEY.

 

THE LETTER SAYS BAILEY HAS A BOX

 

FULL OF TOYS AND HIS FAVORITE

 

ONE IS A SOFT FRISBEE.

 

THE THINGS WE HUMANS DO FOR

 

THESE GUYS, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW

 

WELL YOU'VE GOT IT MADE.

 

WE WOULD LIKE YOUR PICTURE IN

 

THE MAIL PAW PALK 600 COOPER

 

DRIVE LEXINGTON 40502 OR E-MAIL

 

IT IN TO US.

 

IF YOU GO TO THE WENT SITE, YOU

 

CAN SEE ALL OF OUR FOUR-LEGGED

 

FRIENDS FROM THE EIGHT-STATE

 

REGION, THEY ARE POSTED THERE

 

FOR YOU.

 

AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL

 

THE STORIES WE DO HERE.

 

WE ARE ABOUT OUT OF TIME.