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got her second chance… and a very happy endinG! “ONCE YOU CHOOSE HOPE, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.” ~CHRISTOPHER REEVE By eve-marie kuntzman, angel city pit BullS Director of funDraiSing
Things weren’t always so lucky for sweet Hope. While most people were enjoying their holiday preparations this past December, Hope was wandering the streets of South Los Angeles. Alone, cold, starving, and afraid, Hope eventually found herself upon the doorsteps of the city animal shelter. She was four years old, emaciated, and neglected, so you can imagine the excitement when the shelter workers found she had a microchip! Could this be a happy ending for Hope? Eagerly, the shelter staff contacted Hope’s family, only to hear them say, “We don’t want her anymore.” Despondent, the happy ending everyone was hoping for now seemed out of sight. That’s where her name became prophetic; you see, as the saying goes – even when you abandon hope, hope never abandons you. And the shelter workers didn’t abandon Hope, but had grown to love her very much. Thanks to a village of support, Hope prevailed, and Angel City Pit Bulls was able to rescue her just in time for Christmas.
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With her medical needs taken care of and a few much-needed pounds put on, a family contacted Angel City Pit Bulls wanting to meet Hope. It was love at first sight, and Hope was adopted! And in the true spirit of hope, not only has her life become a testament of never giving up, but she gets to pay it forward as well. You see, one of Hope’s human parents has cancer, and now it’s her turn to bring hope to the people who love her. Hope now spends her days full of happiness, surrounded by care, compassion, and love in a quiet seaside town in California. She’s become part of a wonderful family with two adoring human parents, three human siblings, a canine sister named Camille, and her future is looking bright. Hope got her second chance, and a very happy ending!
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