For over a decade, Jenny Fitzer has spent every Sunday transporting animals from pounds in Greater Minnesota to rescues in the metro for vet services and rehoming.
For the Ojibwe people, animal welfare is a core value. On the Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota, the community has banded together over the past year to make animal care more accessible, despite high levels of poverty.
CASS LAKE, Minn. Animal neglect used to be such a problem on the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, with basic services like sterilization out of reach for many because of poverty and remoteness, that packs of stray dogs would sometimes bring traffic to a halt on the main highway.
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CASS LAKE, Minn. Animal neglect used to be such a problem on the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, with basic services like sterilization out of reach for many because of poverty and remoteness, that packs of stray dogs would sometimes bring traffic to a halt on the main highway.
Several members of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in northern Minnesota are working to address animal neglect on their tribal lands — and in doing so bringing their community closer to its spiritual roots.
CASS LAKE, Minnesota Animal neglect used to be such a problem on the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, with basic services like sterilization out of reach for many due to poverty and remoteness, that packs of stray dogs would sometimes bring traffic to a halt on the main highway.