Rez Dogs is a great documentary about a very complex issue. Â Our dog, Saffron, was a stray on the Yakama Reservation in central Washington and because of her, I’ve tried to become more educated about Rez Dogs. Â This documentary wasn’t easy to watch, but I think it’s important to know what’s going on and to try to understand the issues. Â (via our good friend Holly & her 3 awesome Rez Dogs)
I think poverty is at the root of the problem and until that changes, Rez Dogs will have a hard life. Â An understandable distrust of outsiders doesn’t help either. Â Animal control services on reservation are often underfunded or non-existant. Â Can you imagine running a shelter with $300 dollars worth of supplies per year? Â This problem isn’t unique to Reservations either. Â Many places with over-taxed, crumbling, or non-existant municipal infrastructures have problems with stray dogs—Russia, Iraq, Mexico, India, Bulgaria, etc. Â Please click below to watch Rez Dogs.
