The Holidays have come and gone, along with the many celebrations reflecting the beliefs and traditions of our families, communities, and our individual expression.

I can still picture that day. Jeff (one of our past awesome team members) and I were out on a horse- cruelty case. While looking for the horse, we rounded a mobile home and spotted two puppies instead.  One was truly thin, and the other was not only emaciated, but he looked like a blackened [...]

There is never a moment’s rest when animals are desperately depending on you, and so many depend on us at IDA’s Hope Animal Sanctuary in rural Mississippi. On Friday, Sept. 21st, Carroll County Deputy Scott Beck accompanied me to a residence just a few miles around the hill from HAS. We had received a report that [...]

The IDA-Hope Animal Sanctuary transport team has returned from another amazing and life-saving journey to our friends at Every Creature Counts, in Colorado. This trip fulfilled the promise we had made to 89 puppy, juvenile, and adult dogs.  This weekend they were taken to the regional PetSmart stores by ECC to meet prospective guardians ready [...]

Summer in the South is known for its hot days and humid nights. Well, someone sure turned up the heat on us this season. Discoveries of abandoned animals and calls about neglected and abused animals have been overwhelming. Though the summer has been very challenging, we have had our satisfying moments of success at IDA’s [...]

IDA’s Hope Animal Sanctuary has been rescuing animals in need for 20 years. In that time we’ve helped thousands of animals. Most of these animals are with us for a short time before being re-homed, but some become beloved longtime residents. I’d like to share the stories of two of these longtime friends that have [...]

On May 10, 2012 , Hope Animal Sanctuary (IDA-HAS) received an urgent report that three starving dogs were tethered at the residence of Shana Sutton and Lavelle Mays. Montgomery County Deputy, Jodi Windham, accompanied me to the residence and confirmed and documented the extreme starvation of the dogs.  A seizure order for the dogs was [...]

Over the past few months, we at Hope Animal Sanctuary have rescued numerous dogs from neglect, abandonment, hoarding and cruelty. The work of healing, vetting, and gaining the trust of many of these dogs was a day-by-day act of devotion on the part of our staff, fellow rescuers and our foster homes. The work has [...]

Hope Animal Sanctuary Director Doll Stanley, along with volunteer Lisa Martin and staff member Lainey Mansour, left IDA’s sanctuary in Mississippi on April 23 with 108 dogs and two kittens. This is the larger of two transports scheduled for the next week to Every Creature Counts in Colorado. This transport is mostly small dogs and [...]

Have you ever been so in the thick of things that the stress and emotions just silence you? You’re not depressed, but your likely maxed out. That’s probably what’s going on here. At Hope Animal Sanctuary our team begins each morning with a bit of time together and with a plan for the day we [...]