Big River Animal Society, Inc.

06/05/2025

07/02/2024

Hey everyone! Don’t worry, we realize our website is down right now. We’re on it and should be back up and running in the next week or two. Thank you for checking up on us!

05/08/2024

Every time rescue is asked to take an owner surrender- we have to somehow make room on our little raft for that dog. When an owner says stuff like “I don’t have time to give them the best life” or “I have to move” or “they have too much anxiety” it really falls flat because that means if we bring them on the raft, another dog out there in the freezing water gets to die.
Every day in rescue we adjudicate life and death by gate keeping who can get on the boat.
Rescues and shelters are the tiny rescue boats.
The ship is our community at large.
The iceberg is comprised of careless owners, backyard breeders, and a$$hats who won’t spay/neuter.
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12/31/2023

08/31/2022

URGENT COURTESY POST!!!

URGENT! Desoto County Animal Shelter, Nesbit MS, Dog on Euthanasia List! 🆘❗️🆘❗️
George Grady is a sweet dog whose time is almost up and his situation is dire. He needs a RESCUE to help him. If he does not find a rescue that can take him, he will be put down. He has to go to a rescue group and can not be adopted by a individual from the shelter. George Grady ID-46550 and he’s at the Desoto County Animal Shelter, Nesbit, MS.
George Grady is up to date on vaccinations, including rabies.
You can call the shelter(662-469-8004) at anytime from Monday to Friday during open hours 8 am to 5 pm. Or Saturday from 8 am to 1 pm. They are located BEHIND, 2373 Gwynn RD. Nesbit, MS 38651
He was a stray rescued back in May after he had been dumped and was starving. He is finished with HW treatment; neutered and completely vetted. He has been at the shelter for a while where he was in sick bay for kennel cough and while he was being moved to the adoption area he nipped one of the volunteers walking by. (I am not sure what the situation was) He did not break the skin. He has never showed any aggression before. Now he is deemed as un-adoptable through the shelter. He is just tired of being locked up at the boarding facility and shelter 24/7 not getting the attention he needs. He is stressed. He was boarded while at the vets office going through treatment but when he was taken home for weekends by the staff he was great. He is described as the sweetest dog who loves affection and the shelter loves him. He is smart, lovable, weighs 40 lbs. and is about 2 years old.
He DOES NOT like cats. Now his fate is sealed at the shelter...and his time is limited. I know everyone is FULL....but if any of you has any ideas or room, please contact Mary Ann Doolittle Byrne via email at [email protected].

07/18/2021

It seems most of us are struggling these days but none more than adoptable animals in dire need. Where does the mentality of judgement fit in for those who sit in cozy homes and offices looking down on others working the front lines? I’ve seen this recently from those who should know better but perhaps have forgotten. This is extremely hard, backbreaking work, especially in the heat of the Summer. Not all of us have the luxuries of multi-million dollar facilities with huge resources. Grants and awards are mostly given to the biggest, the most, the best perceived numbers - not to those who really need it to save that next animal abandoned, abused, in need of medical and emotional healing. If we’re all in this for the right reasons then we should learn to support one another.