The Friendship Animal Protective League in Elyria will host its annual Wags to Riches casino night fundraiser at 6:30 p.m., March 16, at Tom’s Country Place, 3442 Stoney Ridge Road in Avon. Since 2010, Wags to Riches has been a main fundraiser for the shelter in an effort to provide medical care for animals, according […]
Over 50 puppies rescued from Lorain County home, Friendship APL asks for donations to pay for medical bills On January 20th Lorain County humane officers executed a search warrant at a home in Colombia Station. (Source: Friendship APL) By Kelly Kennedy | February 9, 2021 at 10:17 PM EST - Updated February 10 at 9:16 AM
ELYRIA, Ohio (WOIO) - A Lorain County animal shelter is struggling to nurse dozens of very sick puppies back to health after rescuing them from a home in Columbia Station.
In his decade as the executive director for the Friendship Animal Protective League in Elyria, Gregory Willey says this is one of the most heartbreaking operations he has been a part of. “They didn’t have the strength to lift their heads up,” explained Willey. “They didn’t have the strength to carry on, so it was really really a difficult time.”