They’d named the beagles and were taking pictures with them while they helped load up the van. “So many people from the rescue were there to help. “Transport is more my style,” says Victoria, who grabbed a coffee from Starbucks, queued up a podcast and made the three-hour drive to Conway to pick up the dogs. When Best Friends volunteer Victoria Hodgson learned the team was seeking foster homes for the beagles, she offered to help in a different, albeit just-as-important way. Molly delivered six puppies while at Beagle Base Camp, and although three didn’t survive, the remaining three are thriving. The dogs were also given medical exams by a veterinarian, who discovered that many were heartworm positive and determined that Cooper’s injury would heal. In the meantime, the team at Beagle Base Camp was able to transport the dogs from Pine Bluff to their boarding facility in Conway, Arkansas, where they were fed, bathed and made comfortable before spending a couple of nights in foster homes. “And it was a true testament to the love Arkansans have for animals.” “This was community-based sheltering in action,” says Ali Paepke, a Best Friends supervisor in Northwest Arkansas. Within 24 hours, Best Friends found foster homes for each of the dogs and began working with Beagle Base Camp to transport them to Bentonville. She enlisted the help of Carmen Nelson at Animal League of Washington County, who connected Donna with the team at Best Friends in Northwest Arkansas. The shelter team knew it would take a community to help the beagles, so they contacted Donna Ezell of Beagle Base Camp. Many of the dogs were severely underweight. Some of the dogs, including Cooper who had an open wound on his head, needed immediate medical attention.
Pine Bluff animal control officers brought all the dogs back to the shelter, where the team discovered that the mom dog, who they named Molly, was due to give birth any day. Then they went inside and learned they had an even bigger problem on their hands ― 13 more beagles alone in the house. When officers from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department arrived to investigate a foreclosed empty house, they found five beagles alone in the yard. Coming together to save neglected beagles
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