Five years ago, one woman looked across the street at a black dog with severe injuries all over her. After nursing this dog back to health and many vet bills, it was bleach burns. Parts of this beautiful dogs fur turned white from all the damage. 

Most people would have looked the other way. 

Heather didn’t.

She picked that dog up.  
Then another one.  
Then a litter of puppies someone dumped in a box on her road. 

That moment turned into years of rescuing animals that had nowhere else to go and over $250,000 of her businesses OWN money to help.

But here’s what most people don’t realize…

Heather is not the only one.

Across Arkansas there are hundreds of men and women just like her.

Pulling money from their own bank accounts to pay vet bills.  
Bottle-feeding abandoned puppies through the night.  
Opening their homes to animals dumped on dirt roads and left behind like trash.

They do it quietly.  
They do it without recognition.  
They do it because someone has to.

Because the truth is… Arkansas has a stray animal crisis.

Every day animals are abandoned, rehomed, surrendered to overpopulated shelters.  
Every day rescues are overwhelmed.  
Every day volunteers step in to solve a problem much bigger than themselves.

And they can’t keep carrying it alone.

So we are asking for something simple.

Your signature.

We’ve started a city, count and statewide petition asking Arkansas leaders to recognize the stray animal crisis and work toward real solutions stronger spay and neuter programs, better support for rescues, and real action against abandonment. 

This isn’t about politics.

It’s about animals who don’t have a voice.

Heather signed the very first name on this petition.

Now we’re asking Arkansas to stand with her and with every rescuer fighting for these animals every single day.

If you believe Arkansas can do better for its animals, please sign the petition and share it.

Because when thousands of people speak up together, change becomes impossible to ignore. Let’s not let those dogs go unheard.