About Us

Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue, A nonprofit 501(c)(3)organization, was founded by Lavonne Redferrin. She has quite a story to tell and you can read all about it in a book that was written by Romy A. Maimon - more information may be found below...

Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization. The staff consists of all volunteers dedicated to making this rescue work to save the lives of many animals and placing them in loving homes.

Proverbs 12:10 has averaged 250 placements a year for the past five years. That is only a drop in the bucket, but for those animals that have been spared, "it is a very important drop".

Although there are sad endings - we see so many more HAPPY ENDINGS. We even have a page dedicated for those "Happy Endings" we call success stories.

You will see more on our site as it is still in the development stages.

Lavonne has been an animal lover from childhood. She grew up in a small rural hometown. Her story begins..."I was the second born child of older parents and as a child spent hours a day around animals. My small rural hometown, like many today, had unwanted "disposable" animals, many of whom I would sneak onto or farm. While most children play with their siblings, my sister and I, being over 11 years apart, were both like only children. By the time I was seven my sister was in college. I spent most of my time with my grandmother, great aunt, and parents. My playmates were often furry residents of our farm. My mother was always compassionate and caring for animals as well. This was the recipe for the end product - ME. I jokingly say I should have been "Mrs. Noah". I am certain the ark would have felt like home to me."

WHERE DO OUR ANIMALS COME FROM?
Our animals are 'TRUE' rescues. They are found in the middle of a road in a plastic bag or blanket or wandering alongside the road desperate to be rescued and fed.

They are surrendered from owners who may no longer take care of them or no longer want them. They come from "breeders" or puppy mills when they are deemed no longer "useful". Recently, we pulled 11 animals from a "kill-shelter" who were to be euthanized. Ages ranged from a few months to many years. One mother had recently had 10 puppies and the puppies were euthanized before we arrived. She was grieving and starving herself. We rescued her and took her to a local vet who had puppies with no mom and she was able to nurse for a while before one puppy died. She is now with a very loving foster family who can give her one-on-one attention. Her picture is featured on this page. We even responded to calls and had to crawl under a trailer infested with poisonous spiders.

So many of these rescues require immediate food, medicated baths, deworming, de-ticking, delousing, and shots. Many require an immediate trip to the vet. If we pull a pet from a kill-shelter and find it has a virus or infection, we will take care of it's medical needs before placing it for adoption, if we are aware of the illness.

We have a Cocker Spaniel that came to us, found wandering on the road, in need of hundreds of dollars in vet care. We will find a way to provide this to her.

Lavonne's story may be found in the book outlined below.

ANIMAL LOVERS BY ROMY A. MAIMON
ISBN-10: 0741436426
ISBN-13: 978-0741436429

Product Description
Animal Lovers is a look into the little known world of animal rescue straight from those that have devoted their life and time to the cause. You will meet individuals from each of the United States who share their life, experiences, thoughts, views and wisdom in the hope that it may open the minds and hearts of society and thus lead to change for us all.

About the Author
This is Romy Maimon's first book and is a project of love, hope and education for all. She was born in 1968 with an artist's mind and soul but found her true calling the first time she was given the chance to help a needy animal and knew she needed to do more for the cause. As a kidney transplant patient and an interested observer of human nature, various causes and societal issues, she has plans of adding a few more books of this style in the future. You can reach her at www.ddjewelry.com