She really enjoys medicine and loves working with people and animals, so being a veterinarian has been the perfect career choice for her.ĭr. Her own personal diagnosis with juvenile diabetes tempted her to choose 'human' medicine to find a cure, but the temptation was fleeting. Linda comes from a family of physicians, but animals won her heart from a very young age. McCollough’s goal is to run both the hospital and rescue, so HPAC can continue helping animals, especially those with health issues, for years to come.ĭr. Many of these animals would otherwise have been euthanized.

The benefit of having a veterinary clinic with an onsite rescue facility is that animals with serious medical conditions can receive immediate continuing care. Haile Plantation Animal Clinic is the only clinic in Gainesville that is home to 50-60 rescue animals per month year round. Although she started her rescue work in 1995, Haile's Angel's Pet Rescue officially became a non-profit organization in 2005.

Having always had a passion for saving homeless animals, she purchased Haile Plantation Animal Clinic in January 1995 so that she would have free reign to start a nonprofit pet rescue to help as many abandoned animals as possible find their forever homes. After practicing in Atlanta and then Orlando, she returned to her hometown of Gainesville to be closer to her family. Linda McCollough attended college and veterinary school at Auburn University.

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