Saved: Rescued Animals and the
Lives They Transform by Karin
Winegar
Saved: Rescued Animals And The Lives They Transform
Phil, ailing and unemployed, took an orphaned fawn into his trailer and
now walks the woods with the devoted stag. “I don’t know what I’d do
without Li’l Buck,” Phil declares simply. “I guess I’d be crazy.” Walt, a
retired pipe fitter, says, “Animals...take your heartache away. I lost my boy
to drugs and my horse saved my life—just through the therapy of riding.”
Don and Lillian devote their time advocating for animal rights and bringing
home lost animals. According to Don, “Emotionally, it’s an endorphin rush
to be with [the animals]. On the metaphysical level, they give us meaning
in life.” With these and many other compelling, heartfelt stories, Saved, in
the words of Rita Mae Brown, “proves once again that love rescues us all.”
Personal Review: Saved: Rescued Animals and the Lives They
Transform by Karin Winegar

Near the end of the movie, "Pretty Woman," there is a scene where a man,
previously unscrupulous and afraid of heights, climbs a ladder to save a
woman, previously a prostitute. The Richard Gere character, speaking
through metaphor, asks about saving a princess to which the Julia Roberts
character replies, "She rescues him right back."
This work, "Saved: Rescued Animals and the Lives they Transform" by
journalist Karin Winegar and photographer Judy Olausen reveals the
interdependence of human and nonhuman animals upon each other in a
way like the mutual salvation depicted in Pretty Woman.
Artfully, this team reveals through words mixed with images how humans
can be physically and emotionally broken, and then transformed through
complex and challenging, almost interventions, by two and four legged
creatures. This team is able to go into the difficult territory of all types of
cruelty toward innocent horses, dogs, cats, and birds, and show what
human love can do to change these damaged and despairing lives. The
photographs of these loving relationships, combined with the words that
explain what they mean, are splendid.
In this book, Winegar and Olausen combine short vignettes and deeper,
compelling stories that give us a sense of how humans and nonhumans
serve each other. For me, the most compelling story was called "Drew's
Eden." Winegar captured and gave dimension to this rough and tumble
woman and determined owner of Hooved Animal Rescue.
Barbara J. Gislason, Esq.
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