How To Build A Straw Bale Dog House
The number one priority at the D.E.L.T.A. Rescue Super Sanctuary is to provide the best possible care and comfort for our animals. Our founder, Leo Grillo, has invented the perfect solution to providing our dogs relief from the heat of the summer, and the cold temperatures of the winter by designing a stuccoed straw-bale adobe […]
Wesson and Sierra are a perfect pair
After suffering their tragic losses, these two angles found each other. I have seen this enough to be sure that some animals die in order to make room for one of their cousins. That’s why I always advise people to get another dog or cat as soon as their’s passes . . . because he […]
Give A Christmas Love Stocking
It’s Christmas again! Every year as I order Christmas Stockings for each of our animals, I smile, knowing how happy it makes them to get this gift. For some of our animals, it’s their first Christmas with us, and our chance to spoil them a little. But sadly, for others, it’s their last … so […]
#GivingTuesday and DELTA Rescue
#GivingTuesday is a global day dedicated to giving back. People from around the world will come together to celebrate generosity and to give. It’s a simple idea. Please join in, and find a way for your family, your community, your company or your organization to give something to DE.L.T.A. Rescue (Dedication and Everlasting Love to […]
All residents at DELTA Rescue no-kill animal sanctuary are family, and Polly was one of our kids.
Polly was a pretty little girl who fought for the first half of her life, against hunger, exposure and many diseases. I can’t get Polly out of my head . . . and my heart. I was going to tell you about her 5-years with us, and take new pictures for you to see her […]
The Largest Care-For-Life Animal Sanctuary In The World
Exactly 5-years ago I wrote this about Suzy. It is important that you read it again so I can show you how critical your help is in this mission of mercy. October, 2010 Just look at Suzy. Her eyes have seen such unimaginable suffering that you want to spend the rest of your life trying […]
I have seen enough estate planning nightmares to put into perspective the real human nature of the masses.
There are so many happy faces here at our sanctuary I shudder to think of what would have happened to them all if we weren’t here. And what will happen to the others when you and I are no longer around? That’s why estate planning is so important. I asked our lawyer what to do […]
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Actor gives home to abandoned pets
~From Associated Press Nearly 35 years ago, Leo Grillo thought he could get people to stop dumping dogs and cats in the forests and deserts of Southern California. He discovered quickly that wasn’t going to happen. There seems to be no end to the number of animals he finds discarded on the side of the […]
Rescue complex a haven for 1,500 orphaned animals
~From MSN News April 2014; Nearly 35 years ago, actor Leo Grillo thought he could get people to stop dumping dogs and cats in the forests and deserts of Southern California. After more than three decades, there is no end to the number of animals he finds discarded on the side of the road. DELTA […]