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Susie’s
Hope
Location:What is Susie’s Hope?
Contact Us:
Susie’s Hope Foundation • Susie’s Hope Rescue
1589 Skeet Club Road Suite 102-227
High Point, North Carolina 27265
Susie’s Hope fund is a nonprofit organization to help spread awreness
and education about ani-mal cruelty to the public.
It promotes education and awareness of the care and responsibility required in owning pets and animal
safety around other unfamiliar animals.
Rescue Contact: Eve Roser [email protected]
Motion Picture Film Contact: Dan Kelly
Paws & Claws Publishing Contact: Jennifer Cappoen
For PR/Media, Bookings and Spe-cial Appearances Contact:
Music City Media: Kat Atwood 615.770.2994
[email protected] www.susieshope.com to
learn more!
Susie’s Story: How Can You help?Susie’s Law
Watch the movie, Read the book!
Donna’s Story:
Susie was 8 weeks old when her owner beat her severly and broke her jaw, knocking
her teeth out. He then proceeded to light Susie on fire all because she had licked her
owner’s baby’s face. Susie had been left for dead on August 20, 2009. She was found
10 days later in a Greensboro, NC park with second and third degree burns, ears burned to nubs and had maggot infested wounds.
Thanks to the Guilford County Animal Shelter, Susie received treatment daily for 2 months
and recovered. 3 months later, Susie was adopted by Donna Lawrence, whose fear for
dogs was changed when she met Susie.
3 months after Susie was found, her perpetrator was caught and arrested
thanks to a tip through crime stoppers . North Carolina’s sentencing guidelines
only allowed the guilty party to serve 4-5 months probation for a Class I fel-
ony of Cruelty to Animals. Senator Don Vaughan wanted a new law (Susie’s Law) that would allow for tougher sentencing
for those convicted of animal abuse. Concerned North Carolina constituents
wanted Cruelty to Animals to be reclassified as a Class H felony, instead of a Class I felony. The proposed bill re-
classified felony Cruelty to Animals from a Class I felony to a Class H felony and
elevated the A1 misdemeanor of inten-tionally starving an animal to death to a
Class H felony as well.
Animal cruelty is a problem in North Carolina and across America. A difference was made when they passed Susie’s Law, but one person can make a difference. Su-sie’s Hope is a nonprofit organization that goes around to other organizations such as churches, schools, pet adoption fairs, fundraisers and organizations to talk to
kids and adults about animal abuse, sen-sitivity to pets and how to care for them.
Please make a contribution, and visit www.susieshope.com/p/nonprofit to
donate.
Donna witnessed an chained outside and underfed for 5 years. When the owners
had left the dog behind, she had put food and water out for it for several days. One morn-ing, the dog attacked. He clenched Donna’s right leg between his teeth. She tried to kick
the dog off making it angrier and when it lunged for her throat, she caught it midair by its collar but he bit and chewed on her hand. When she finally got out of his reach, she ran to a neighbors where she was rushed to the hospital. She got 45 stitches and had drain-age tubes in all directions. It was 2 months
before she could walk again.