our pets: DOG RESCUE
Daisy’s Rescue
With a little help from her friends, Daisy’s journey
ended and she found her forever home
get Daisy help.
“I’ve always heard very good things about their
[Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter] expertise
and care for animals, so I went ahead and committed to
taking her over there,” Laurence said.
When Laurence brought Daisy into the WPCAS, he
and Daisy were met with quick care.
“I can’t say enough about the hospitality and the staff
over at the Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter.
I can’t commend the shelter enough for their concern
about animals,” he said.
Jackie Ortiz, senior veterinarian technician at WPCAS
described Daisy’s bleak condition.
“She was pretty bad; she was in shock, she had
been hit by a car, and we didn’t know the severity of her
injuries because we do not have an x-ray machine, but
we were able to get her x-rays through a local vet who
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ames Herriot said it best, “Animals are unpredictable
things, and so our life is unpredictable. It’s a long tale
of little triumphs and little disasters and you’ve got to
really like it to stick to it.”
It was a late afternoon, weekday traffic was fast-
moving, mindless driving, and all of a sudden — lives
were changed.
Hank Laurence, veteran, owner/operator of Combat
Customs 22, and a Weatherford local, was travel-
ing along I-20, as were Davin and Heather Moore of
Alvarado, when out of nowhere, traffic suddenly slowed.
As they approached the scene, both Laurence and Davin
pulled their vehicles to the shoulder of a busy highway
and sprang into action. Two full-sized dogs had bolted
across the highway, both struck by oncoming traffic, one
a blue heeler (Daisy) and another, which was an instant
fatality. As Daisy was struggling to move, scared and
broken, Laurence and Davin disregarded their own risk
to save the injured animal.
“She was trying to get off of the street, because
her back legs were knocked out from underneath her,”
Davin said. Laurence selflessly volunteered himself to
Davin, Calum, Heather, Daisy Moore