Jeanette Raina dedicated her career to helping native people find resources when fleeing

domestic violence.

Her passion came from her own experiences as she tried to leave her own abuse of relationship,

but it was when she took steps to protect herself that she was the most at risk.

I'm Charlie and welcome to Crime Lines.

Welcome to Crime Lines, thank you for tuning in for another week.

As many of you know, I donate money monthly on behalf of the podcast to a variety of places,

including either serving victims of crime or serving indigenous communities.

Sometimes I do direct relief through GoFundMe's or other fundraising efforts.

I used to not announce where I donated, but then I realized that when I did announce it,

particularly on social media, it often led to others also donating.

So now I'm going to advertise these causes monthly, and while I usually focus on people,

this month's donation did go in a different direction.

The dog rescue where I adopted my miniature schnauser Gustavo is called Reno Ranch, and

they recently responded to an extreme animal hoarding slash out of control puppy mill

situation.

There were anywhere from 50 to 70 dogs on this single property, all various ages and health

conditions.

You can imagine that just the flea medication alone needed to treat that many dogs could

almost a bankrupt, a large rescue, let alone a little one like Reno Ranch.

So I sent this month's donation to Reno Ranch, and I will leave a link to ways you can help

them in the show notes, which includes where to send monetary donations along with things

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