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DEL.ICIO.USStep aside, Ace Ventura, Nancy Green’s on the case
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
She knows she sounds weird.
“I connect with dogs,” Nancy Elizabeth Green told me. “I think the way they think.”
She called Tuesday after she read my column about “Toby,” the Shih Tzu that apparently was tortured to death. She wanted to offer Matt Ammons, Toby’s owner, her condolences and services.
In May 2004, someone tried to run over Green’s 4-year-old Aussie shepherd. Priscilla survived, though she lost sight in her right eye. Green wanted to prosecute the person responsible. She sought witnesses and information about the incident. Nothing turned up.
People, generally, don’t step up in such matters. Green does.
Two months ago, she saw an SUV get broadsided on North Druid Hills Road near I-85. A frightened pooch jumped out of the damaged car and high-tailed it to the woods.
Green, with her three dogs in tow, stopped to help. She, as well as the owner of the yellow Labrador mix, searched fruitlessly. Days later, a UPS driver who lives in the area spotted the leashed dog. Today, Scout’s home. The pet’s good fortune was the focus of an article in the April 9 edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
For Green of Snellville, the incident was an epiphany. She’s been rescuing stray and abused canines nearly two decades. And for the past two years, she’s been a private investigator for Atlantic Investigations in Decatur. Most cases have dealt with domestic issues.
Green, though, wants her own niche. She wants to help owners of lost, stolen or abused pets.
Think Ace Ventura, pet detective.
So she’s merged her dog passion with her P.I. skills. Of course, her services will come with a price, but the rate ($50 an hour) isn’t concrete. She’s flexible. Nothing weird about that.
When she called the other day, Green told me to relay a message to Toby’s grieving owner. She told me to tell him that she cared and that anything she could do for him would be gratis.
Nancy Elizabeth Green can be reached at 404-247-7723 or e-mail: Nancyelizabethpi@aol.com.
Comments
By Ex-Northerner
June 1, 2006 08:51 AM | Link to this
I don’t think there is anything wierd at all about Nancy’s chosen career path, and if anything, my hat is off to her. Any calling is the right calling and she is doing us all a service. Hope I never need your services, Nancy, and Brava! to you for offering to assist Toby’s owner. If you find the perp, I’ll be happy to volunteer for the firing squad!!!
By Dunce of the Confederacy
June 1, 2006 12:30 PM | Link to this
It’s about time someone so decent and qualified has stepped up to provide our community with such a beneficial service! Thank you, Nancy!
By Susan Reda
June 1, 2006 01:05 PM | Link to this
Nancy Green is the best! Her quality skills as a private investigator, her true ability to connect with animals, and her loving compassionate nature offer services which cannot be found anywhere else. Nancy has helped me with a recent dog issue and I am forever grateful for her services.
By PetDoc
June 1, 2006 01:09 PM | Link to this
As a practicing veterinarian for the past two decades, I have seen just the saddest animal cases. And although there are certainly many of us medical providers, I’ve lamented the fact that there was no one out there helping the pets and owners using a non-medical, yet very direct method — until now! I hope I don’t need Nancy’s services for my own pets or my clients’, but it’s very comforting to know she’s there, just in case.
By Dave
June 1, 2006 07:28 PM | Link to this
Even though I have no belief in such things as having the power/ability to connect with animals, I hope Nancy Green tracks down the cruel teen jerks that killed poor little Toby. Good luck Nancy
By T.I.E.
June 2, 2006 07:59 AM | Link to this
Kudos Nancy for helping people find a family member who is lost, harmed or dog-napped. I think of my dog, Talladega, as my fur-baby (as opposed to the bald baby who is my son chuckle). The only other thing I would like to add is in response to Dave — don’t assume the perps are teens… sometimes young children can be very cruel to animals and some adults never outgrow their cruelty. Just a thought.
By Dave
June 2, 2006 02:29 PM | Link to this
Note to T.I.E: I have no doubt that you are correct that some people, regardless of their age, are just plain mean. But I am convinced that this dog was the victim of teens. Hopefully our detective, Nancy Green, will prove one of us to be correct. Have a great day.
By nancyelizabeth green
June 2, 2006 09:58 PM | Link to this
Dear Friends: even though we have never met, I do so appreciate your kind words….thank you for caring enough to comment…..and thank you Rick, for making your readers aware; hopefully, with some positive results… our thoughts are with Matt and Toby…. nancy