Jerrilyn Rescues Clarisse

 

 
NEBTR has some amazing volunteers...and here is a story about new foster Clarisse and Jerrilyn Walter’s amazing rescue!

"Yesterday we received an email from a woman, Ginger, whose coworker's husband works for the LIRR. He told his wife that he had spotted an injured Boston living in an abandoned trailer in the train yard in Jamaica, Queens. Ginger called us. The trailer was in an LIRR lot that is gated and locked. We called LIRR and couldn’t get through to a person. We called the FDNY firehouse that is adjacent to the lot and spoke to the Captain. He told us it is an LIRR lot only to be accessed by LIRR. We finally called MTA police 911 and reported the dog and they sent two officers to go find her.

MTA called us back and told us they had found her and gave us the direct number of the office in Jamaica that would have her. We were elated. When I called them they told me that she had escaped from them and was now loose in Queens.
We begged them to continue looking. How far could she get without someone seeing her? They eventually gave up and apologized. I sat at my desk at work welled up with sadness for this poor girl who was finally discovered and now is probably worse off on the streets of Queens. I had to set out to find her. I kept thinking, someone had to have seen her and she cant get far.

Once I got through the LGA Friday traffic, I went to the exact spot where the officers had found her. Not a nice place. An abandoned train yard in an industrial area of Queens. I drove slowly down each street with my windows down asking every single person if they had seen her. "What's her name?" they asked. I don’t know but I need to find her.I could smell the rain storm coming and it was starting to get darker. I combed every single street. I finally found one woman who barely spoke English who had seen her running about 2 hours ago. Luckily most people in this area hang out on their porches and make good witnesses. All I needed was a glimmer of hope. My husband called me and told me I was crazy and to come home. Rain is coming and its 7pm. I started thinking I’ve done everything I can, I need head home. As I drove down Jamaica Avenue to go home, I spotted her in my rearview mirror darting across the street very fast and obviously frightened.

I stopped my car, took off my work heels and with the help of a truckload of firemen and a neighborhood of people, we finally were able to corral her and get her into my car.She is in terrible shape. She has an injured eye and an inured leg and some of her pads are bleeding. She is very scared of people and does the army crawl. She spend most of her time in her crate. She hasn’t made a peep and is not interested in food at all yet.

The only thing she seems interested in is my dogs. They seem to soothe her. She recoils at the human touch and tenses up. She is almost feral but not aggressive at all. I am telling this story to not only welcome Clarissa into NEBTR but to remind myself that sometimes we have to go a step further to make something happen. There isn’t always someone else that is going to solve a problem. Sometimes, it's up to us and that is a wonderful thing. It is what makes us all human. We have the ability to change things and fix things. We all do.I have attached a picture of Clarisse. We will get her cleaned up and looked at by the vet today.

Please give her a warm welcome!Thanks to all of you for helping every single day. And a special thanks to Ginger for taking action yesterday. Clarisse would still be in the trailer if it weren’t for you. Ginger, I hope you join us - go to our webpage to join.

It takes a village.”

God bless you Jerrilyn!  You are an amazing woman!  Clarisse is beautiful and I know you will get her well!!  She's so lucky to have you!!  - Jennifer

WOW  what a wonderful story to start the day off with!  Jerrilyn you are gonna be nominated for sainthood! 
I'm proud to be part of a group that has Jerrilyn as a member.
Now Clarisse can work on becoming a happy Boson instead of just surviving.
Thanks so much for going so far out of your way to help this dog.  This LUCKY dog.  :) – Chris
 
Jerrilyn, you are simply put, AMAZING!!!!
~Liz~
 
Jerrilyn,
What a incredible story. You always go above and beyond.
This IS a miracle and God was with you and helped you spot her.
Victoria
 
Jerrilyn,
The universe sent this dog to you for  a reason. I knew you would find her and I knew
you would not give up until you did.
You are an inspiration to us all and the reason we all work for this cause. No animal should ever have to
live sick, abandoned and thrown out by society.  The sadness shows on her face.
I also know that with your expertize, knowledge, dedication and of course some TLC, she will
transform into a happy pup.  We all can learn a lesson from your heroic efforts  and never give
up on these amazing dogs,  a gift to us from the universe.  They should all be cherished every day.  What else in
our lives gives us love like this and asks for nothing in return??
Ellen Hansen

Wow Jerrilyn,
That is an amazing story of courage and dedication.  You are an amazing person to go to this length to save this pup from such  horrific circumstance.  Thanks for all your dedication and hard work and everything you have done for all these sweet pups.  This is truly why I love NEBTR  you go above and beyond for these sweet pups
Thanks
Loretta Miner 
 
You are an angel. 
Deb

Jerrilyn, I'm speechless.  You went so much farther to find this girl than even most rescue people would do.  Your dedication to rescue is an inspiration.  Thank you so much.
Ginny
 
We can always count on you to do whatever it takes to make the miracle happen. – Dawn
 
Jerrilyn you had me at YESTERDAY.  YOU should be a writer.  I was IN TEARS reading this.  The tears burst out when you took off with the neighbors and the firemen...OMG....THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.......Poor poor sweet Clarissa!!!!!
Doreen Keiser
 
WOW Jerrilyn.  Your persistence saved her life.  If only she knew her life just got a whole lot better.  Fantastic job!  You are awesome!!!!
Leslie