Friday, October 25, 2024
PUPPY POWER— Daniel Green, 13, first became attached to dogs several years ago during a family visit to the Navajo Reservation New Mexico.
Daniel Green is an avid dog lover, and for his bar mitzvah in the Jewish faith the 13-year-old from Agoura Hills has been devoting time and effort to assist the Crowntown Animal House nonprofit rescue near Crownpoint, New Mexico.
Daniel will celebrate his bar mitzvah Oct. 26 at Temple Adat Eloim in Thousand Oaks.
During a family visit to the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico several years ago, Daniel, who is half-Navajo, learned that he wanted to do something to help the abandoned dogs that are frequently found there.
“Navajo Nation has numerous dogs that wander around towns, some of them have homes, but unfortunately, many do not,” Daniel’s mother, Eva Larson, told The Acorn. “There are also those who have homes but are not well cared for.”
At the reservation, Daniel became acquainted with and attached to an abandoned dog named Biscuit. His love for dogs was sealed.
Last spring he returned to the reservation to begin his mitzvah project, by volunteering at the Crowntown rescue center, which has no paid staff and only a handful of volunteers.
During his first visit to Crowntown in 2021, Daniel and his brother Ellis helped rescue a badly neglected and emaciated mama dog and her four puppies. During a visit in 2022, Daniel and Ellis offered their services at a vaccine clinic that provided parvo and rabies shots for dogs and cats. They also helped take care of nine newly arrived puppies.
“There are still many costs to cover, such as fencing, special diets, straw, and gasoline for the transport vehicles,” Larson said.
As part of Daniel’s mitzvah project, he is asking for donations to Crowntown. Checks can be made payable to: Crowntown Animal House, c/o Daniel Green 5711 Carell Ave., Agoura Hills, 91301.
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