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    Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway
    Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway
    Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway
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    Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway

    Written by Peter Zheutlin

    Narrated by Barry Abrams

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    For years, Greg Mahle struggled to keep the last of his family-run restaurants afloat in Ohio. When it finally closed, he was broke and unsure what to do next. Then a stranded van-load of puppies changed his life forever.


    Join journalist Peter Zheutlin as he travels with Greg from Ohio to the Gulf Coast on his Rescue Road Trips to bring hard-luck dogs from the deep South to loving "forever families" up north, with the help of many selfless volunteers along the way. From Houston's impoverished Fifth Ward—where thousands of strays roam the streets—and high-kill shelters in Louisiana to joyous scenes of adopters embracing their new pups in the Northeast, Rescue Road is full of heart: an inspiring story about the unique bond between dogs and humans and how going the extra mile can make a life-changing difference for these loyal canines—and for us all.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateOct 1, 2015
    ISBN9781494585488
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    Peter Zheutlin

    Peter Zheutlin is a freelance author and journalist whose work has appeared regularly in The Boston Globe, The New York Times, AARP Magazine, and other major publications around the world. The author of the New York Times bestseller Rescue Road, he currently resides with his wife, Judy, in Massachusetts.

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    • 4/5
      I have fostered dogs in recent years for a local rescue and it was eye opening to hear details of the process of saving and transporting these dogs. The author does not hide the negative aspects of rescue, but definitely helps the reader to understand a bigger picture of the rescue world.
    • 5/5
      When you think about dogs, my mind goes to four legged best friends that I have known throughout my life. Most of my neighbors have dogs. They are happy dogs with good homes and people that adore them. They come in all shapes, sizes and personalities. But not all dogs are as fortunate.

      The author, Peter Zheutlin, is obviously a dog lover. He has to be to go on a no-nonsense truck ride with hundreds of dogs from the hot southern states to the north. The organizer of a dog rescue team, Greg Mahle, is on a mission to find homes for these lovable friends. He is on a frugal budget with a strict timeline to get hundreds of dogs to a new place to live. It's not easy as things happen on the road such as storms. That doesn't stop Greg. He is driven with his passion to save these dogs.

      The author doesn't miss a beat with his words. He writes with clarity about the difficult truth of how thousands of dogs are euthanized every year. There's too many dogs and not enough people to take care of them. Dogs often have sad eyes hoping that they will be picked to live with someone that loves them. The reader learns about how many dogs are left to die when no longer needed, starved and abused by owners. It's definitely a difficult book to read. Yet, it's a book everyone should pick up as it tells the truth about not only dogs but how Americans need to be educated.

      There is some happy news, however, when new owners pick up the adopted animals and love them to pieces. These are the lucky dogs. It's my hope that more people will read this book and spread the importance of rescue and donating to those that are doing good work for all animals.
    • 5/5
      Peter came into contact with one of the rescue organizatons and then pursued the story of who, how, and why. The what is rescuing endangered dogs from southern states and transporting them to "forever homes" in the northeast after they have been cleared and treated by vets. The whole concept of how dogs are viewed in the south is so foreign to me (I live in a state where animal abuse is a felony). Sure, we have our share of dumbwits who are too lazy to find a cheap spay clinic, and losers who abandon a pet instead of taking it to a proper facility, but we also have scout programs taking kids to shelters to socialize the animals and learn to be responsible to domestic animals. OK, enough rant. Peter does a ride/work along with the transporter and learns more than he ever wanted to know about transporting 80 dogs in a tricked out semi across country every other week, as well as about shelters in the south and the people called to change things and "save lives 4 paws at a time".
      If you love dogs, this will be an emotional read. Maybe you will even be moved to help in your own way.
      I was alerted to this book by Book Gorilla and got it as Whispersync on the cheap.
    • 5/5
      I hated that this book ended. I wanted to learn more about Greg, Keri, Tommy, Tom, Kathy and all of the other folks who keep this rescue operation going from Ohio to Louisiana to Texas back to Louisiana and across the southeast until Gotcha Days in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. And I'm not even an animal person.

      To be honest, not sure how I ended up with this book recommended to me but it's wonderful. From small town Zanesville, Ohio where we meet Greg, Adella, Connor and Tommy to Keri in Louisiana and Kathy and Tom outside Houston. This truly is a miracle network. As Greg said, hours ago, these dogs would have died and they were given new life in their forever homes. It's amazing and somewhat frightening to realize how many dogs need problems and that even an improved euthanasia rate is still a heartbreakingly large number of animals dying

      I'm so glad the author adopted Albie from Labs4Rescue which led to the article in Parade and then this book. I felt as if I got to know these people and their dogs. I wish I had space to adopt because so many animals need homes.
    • 5/5
      If you only add one book on dog rescue to your library, then make it this one. Peter Zheutlin’s Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs, and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway is a compassionate compelling look into one man’s mission to save unwanted dogs in some of America’s worst areas. That man is Greg Mahle who trucks dogs that are literally on deaths door, to loving people who adopt them in a celebration he calls “Gotcha Day.” The author travels with him and the dogs, from the time they are first picked up until when they are handed to the excited new owners. In between this long, dirty, and tiring journey he introduces us to other dog rescue heroes that go out everyday to save neglected, hurting dogs from getting euthanized in over-crowded under-funded shelters.

      As with life; there is a balance of sad and joyful moments in these pages. Reading Rescue Road made me hold my own fur babies closer, thankful to be a foster failure dog parent. Everyone that loves animals can do something to help them; from spay/neuter to fostering, to volunteering, to spreading the word to friends and on social media we can change what happens to dogs and cats and give them a better life. I loved the writing and the stories so I’m giving this book a 5 star rating.