About
Quailwings Rescue is a 100% volunteer group that works from foster homes providing care and safe harbor for neglected animals. Our rescue promotes the humane treatment of animals and fosters respect, understanding and compassion for all creatures. Quailwings Rescue does not have a facility. We find that providing that care in a home, rather then a kennel works best for our rescues.
Mission Statement:
Quailwings Rescue shall promote the humane treatment of animals and foster respect, understanding and compassion for all creatures. We provide care and safe harbor for animals afflicted by neglect, abandonment and abuse. We will strive relentlessly to eradicate neglect, abandonment and abuse. We work to reunite lost or found animals with their owners. We are dedicated to lowering the numbers of animals needlessly destroyed due to overpopulation by promoting the spaying and neutering of ALL companion animals. We will endeavor relentlessly to enhance the bond between humans and animals through adoption, education and services for responsible, compassionate pet ownership.
Goals:
Helping the homeless and neglected animals of this community is number one on our list. Our animals and the community need this service. We work tirelessly to make this the best community for animals and humans alike. We cannot do this alone and need the help of kind, caring people. Help us to write happy endings to our adorable adoptables.
Most of our animals were surrendered because their caretakers were moving, divorced, developed allergies or died. Let your imagination go and share your life with a wonderful four-footed friend simply by opening your heart and your home. Knowing that you have kept that animal from being euthanized, which is sadly the reality of life in any shelter situation. It is the new family's job to provide attention, love and safe housing.
Mission Statement:
Quailwings Rescue shall promote the humane treatment of animals and foster respect, understanding and compassion for all creatures. We provide care and safe harbor for animals afflicted by neglect, abandonment and abuse. We will strive relentlessly to eradicate neglect, abandonment and abuse. We work to reunite lost or found animals with their owners. We are dedicated to lowering the numbers of animals needlessly destroyed due to overpopulation by promoting the spaying and neutering of ALL companion animals. We will endeavor relentlessly to enhance the bond between humans and animals through adoption, education and services for responsible, compassionate pet ownership.
Goals:
Helping the homeless and neglected animals of this community is number one on our list. Our animals and the community need this service. We work tirelessly to make this the best community for animals and humans alike. We cannot do this alone and need the help of kind, caring people. Help us to write happy endings to our adorable adoptables.
Most of our animals were surrendered because their caretakers were moving, divorced, developed allergies or died. Let your imagination go and share your life with a wonderful four-footed friend simply by opening your heart and your home. Knowing that you have kept that animal from being euthanized, which is sadly the reality of life in any shelter situation. It is the new family's job to provide attention, love and safe housing.
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Tina Gauthier is taking an active role in expanding Quailwings Rescue, as she did with Cut Bank Animal Shelter capabilities to adopt animals. Quailwings Rescue's websites, http://www.montanapets.com/cas/ and http://www.facebook.com/QuailwingsRescue, have listings of pets available at the rescue, descriptions of pets wanted and lost pets. These sites give statewide and national coverage and helps match pets and potential new owners. To post on these website, send Tina an email at quailwingsrescue@hotmail.com.
Tina will then list it online. The more people we reach, the better the success rate at Quailwings Rescue. These are just little heroes waiting for a permanent, loving home. This rescue is all about the unsung heroes. Tina answers phone calls and emails throughout the day and into the evenings at the after hours phone number. She has knowledge of all of the animals in the rescue and keeps logs and stats on each animal. Nothing gives her greater pleasure than adopting a pet into loving homes. Joe Gauthier is not a stranger to the Cut Bank community by any means. He served on the Cut Bank Police force for 30 years, and upon retiring, he worked at Crossroads Correctional (CCA) in Shelby for five years. Joe is now back serving Cut Bank as the animal control officer and enforcing city ordinances. Gauthier was a part of the police force in the 1960s when the animal control method was quarantine. "Every six months the city went under quarantine, and we would pick up the stray dogs. The city felt it wasn't enough," he said. The community decided to enact city ordinances allowing Gauthier and other city officers to more strictly control the flow of animals. Joe is making improvements for the Cut Bank Animal Shelter and Quailwings Rescue with the way animals are handled. Gauthier and Tina worked to model the shelter after the Great Falls Animal Shelter. They each take turns walking the dogs at the shelter and through their interaction they are able to determine the animal's personality. In addition, Gauthier is working on obedience training with the dogs. By taking the regular shelter activities a step further, it is easier for them to adopt their animals out. |
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ODE TO TINA AND JOE
Once upon a time, in a place not so far away, Lived a lovely couple who brighten up each day. A teacher is her trade and he is a cop, They have a son named Joseph to call them mom and pop. But their lives reach so much deeper, the world they work to change, The animals all need their help from the alley to the range. They’ve touched so many lives and softened hardened hearts, One critter at a time, they’re helping ‘cuz they’re ever so smart. They talk to people until at last they understand, These critters need a home not thrown to the land. They show the people how to train and make the dog be good, So they can keep them in their home and love them like they should. Sometimes the task can get you down and make you want to quit, But they keep on fighting for the weak; they use up every wit. The money is always tight and the animals get sick, So they walk the dogs to get some cash the animals to fix. Sometimes they get so weary, but still they come and work, At clinics in the state, they never seem to shirk. So much of them they always give and sometimes feel alone. Joe’s many hours in his truck and Tina from their home. They are great friends, nicer people you could never hope to meet, There’s a place in my heart for them that is fuzzy and oh so sweet. Christmas is upon us and a gift I want to give, Something that will tell them it made a difference that they live. My brain I vainly cudgeled, but no idea could I find, I stayed up late thinking; I fear I’ll lose my mind. An idea popped into my head, but then it fell apart, Then another, didn’t work, I feel I’m loosing heart. So I will have to send a check, that makes me feel so sad, And tell you what to do, to make it work – egad! I only write these verses and spiel a little prose, For people that I truly love, it’s written just for those. Penney Bergren 2007 |