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The Tennessee State Fair is full of animals but not the pets you normally see there.
Volunteers with the Animal Rescue Corps are using the property to house nearly 200 animals that have been seized in two recent rescue missions.
The first includes nearly 100 dogs seized from a Wilson County home last week.
Those dogs all have problems with socialization and volunteers like Kayla McComish are now retraining them to interact with humans.
"Just positive interaction for the dog, to be with humans that are not hurting them or scaring them or anything like that," said McComish.
Those dogs received some company Monday.
The organization helped the White County Sheriffs Department take dogs, cats and farm animals from a home near Sparta.
This group has severe medical problems.
Scotlund Haisley says keeping taking care of both groups has been a physical and financial challenge.
"We continue to operate on lack of sleep and compassion. We're truly fueled by compassion here," said Haisley.
The goals is to get all of the animals healthy enough to leave the fairgrounds and go to an adoption shelter where they will be adopted.
The Nashville Cat Rescue took some of the first animals out Tuesday but other animals may have to stay at the fairgrounds as long as two weeks.
They'll stay here in the care of volunteers like McComish.
"You can see it's not glamorous work," said McComish. "They have suffered enough you know. Whatever I can do to help is what I want to do."
Volunteers with the Animal Rescue Corps are using the property to house nearly 200 animals that have been seized in two recent rescue missions.
The first includes nearly 100 dogs seized from a Wilson County home last week.
Those dogs all have problems with socialization and volunteers like Kayla McComish are now retraining them to interact with humans.
"Just positive interaction for the dog, to be with humans that are not hurting them or scaring them or anything like that," said McComish.
Those dogs received some company Monday.
The organization helped the White County Sheriffs Department take dogs, cats and farm animals from a home near Sparta.
This group has severe medical problems.
Scotlund Haisley says keeping taking care of both groups has been a physical and financial challenge.
"We continue to operate on lack of sleep and compassion. We're truly fueled by compassion here," said Haisley.
The goals is to get all of the animals healthy enough to leave the fairgrounds and go to an adoption shelter where they will be adopted.
The Nashville Cat Rescue took some of the first animals out Tuesday but other animals may have to stay at the fairgrounds as long as two weeks.
They'll stay here in the care of volunteers like McComish.
"You can see it's not glamorous work," said McComish. "They have suffered enough you know. Whatever I can do to help is what I want to do."
Tuesday, July 10 2012, 10:39 PM CDT
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