The emotional toll animal rescuers carry is hard to explain unless you have seen the kind of situations they walk into.
Day after day, they enter places filled with danger and neglect, taking in scenes that would stop most people cold. It is not just sadness they deal with, it is the kind of exhaustion that sinks much deeper.
Suzette Hall, a dedicated rescuer in California, knows that weight better than most. For years, she has answered urgent calls with one belief guiding her every time, that no animal should be left to suffer alone, no matter how bleak things look…