Pug Rescue Of North Carolina

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LOCAL RESCUE FOUNDER WINS RECOGNITION
By Allison Cosgrove and Cheryl Roberts

Summerfield’s Chris Hedrick has been selected from a national pool of more than 300 nominees to win Pedigree’s Breed Rescue Hero Award. Mrs. Hedrick, founder and CEO of Pug Rescue of North Carolina, Inc., has a 20 year history of working in dog rescue. Since the creation of her organization in 2000, she has placed more than 750 rescued and abandoned pugs in good homes and has raised and spent more than $200,000 in veterinary bills.

In 2007, she took in 55 dogs that had been confiscated from an illegal “puppy mill” in Wilson County, where the animals were living in conditions so disgusting that officers on the scene were sickened. Through Mrs. Hedrick’s extensive network of volunteers, the dogs were placed first in foster, then in permanent homes.

“Hedrick’s hard work has earned Pug Rescue of North Carolina, Inc. a national reputation for excellence in dog care”, says Dr. Florence Taylor. Dr. Taylor belongs to Mrs. Hedrick’s organization as well as to the Pug Dog Club of America, the organization that nominated Mrs. Hedrick for the Pedigree Award.

Pedigree gave Mrs. Hedrick an all expenses paid trip to New York City. The dog food manufacturer also gave her box seats to the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

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