EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –After a lifetime of loving\u00a0animals, one El Pasoan is taking fostering to a whole new level. Housing 20 animals and offering many of them support through medical treatment.<\/p>\n
“When she brought him to me, I it was so heartbreaking, ” said Terry Meraz<\/p>\n
She is talking about Pecan, just one of the many animals she has helped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“This little dog. You could barely see his eyes,” said Meraz. “We thought they had beaten him with a bat.”<\/p>\n
She shelters animals whose spirits were once broken, but with continued love and care makes them whole again.<\/p>\n
“He made it and, he got adopted. And he’s got a nice family, a beautiful family,” said Meraz<\/p>\n
“Animals are so loving, so patient, how could anybody hurt them.”<\/p>\n
Meraz\u00a0has a love for animals that runs deep.<\/p>\n
“Growing up, I always loved dogs, but my mom never let us have any animal at the\u00a0time.” “My mom says when you leave my house, you can have whatever you want,” said Meraz, “That’s where it started.”<\/p>\n
Terry made\u00a0her love for animals\u00a0a way of life. Fostering straight from her\u00a0family home. She created “A Home to Bark and Purr” in 2018. She currently has\u00a020 dogs in her care. For her efforts to help bring a voice to the voiceless terry has been selected as this months ABC-7 Do-Gooder.<\/p>\n
“Organizations like this. I think it’s a tremendous honor for us to give back to the people who do good for this community, ” said Oscar Mendez with Mendez, Isaac, Joudi PLLC.<\/p>\n
Terry plans to use the award at “A\u00a0Home to Bark and Purr” to help cover medical expenses.<\/p>\n
“Everybody that is interested in rescuing, animals, we all need help. Either by volunteering, by fostering, maybe picking up a dog somewhere,” said Meraz.<\/p>\n