In 1998, I moved to Madison County, Georgia from the Athens area.  There was no animal control and the dogs that were running loose and wild were numerous.  I took many a skeleton dog from the side of the road into my job in Athens and found homes for them. In 2002,  I decided to start a practice named Colbert Animal Hospital in Madison County. Every time I drove to work along route 72, there were at least 2 or 3 dogs dead on the side of the road.   We tried not to take in every injured animal brought to us, but a friend had seen a black dog in the ditch for two days in a row. She found out that the owner had shot the dog because he thought it was chasing his cows and he did not want it.  My friend brought the dog to us and we did the surgery she needed and Athens Banner Herald came out and did a story about her to help us raise funds to take care of her.  She turned out to be an awesome dog and eventually found her forever home and was very loved.  As case after case of human stupidity came to us, we did what we could to help.