THE DAILY WIRE · MISSISSIPPI, USA · 2026-08-23
Southaven Shelter Pulls Off a Rescue So Vague It's Practically a Mystery Novel
The Friends of Southaven Animal Shelter has carried out what local reporting bills only as an 'unusual rescue,' a phrase that in this business usually means somebody, somewhere, got a call they were not expecting.
According to Darkhorse Press, shelter staff completed the rescue without much elaboration on the specifics, leaving the finer details to the full report. What is confirmed is that the animal is safe and the operation was noteworthy enough to make the local paper.
Webster has covered enough of these to know that 'unusual rescue' is local-news code for something involving a ceiling, a chimney, a storm drain, or a household appliance no reasonable animal should have attempted. The shelter, to its credit, is not naming names.
For perspective on shelter operations in the Mid-South, this column reached Miss Ruby, an opossum who lives near the shelter grounds and claims informal familiarity with its comings and goings. Her read on the situation added a layer the press release did not.
Whatever the animal, whatever the method, it is out and it is safe, which around here counts as a clean ending to an otherwise mysterious story.
“Honey, I've seen three rescues just this month and every single one involved somebody climbing something they had no business climbing. Animals get themselves in trouble same as people, we just don't file insurance claims about it.” — Miss Ruby, local opossum
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