By Danielle Barnes | Project Leader
Many times animal control facilities impound animals in poor condition due to neglect, substandard living conditions and have many health issues caused by owners not caring. Warrick County Animal Control is no different than many poorly funded government agencies that must take in abused and neglected animals. These cases are often times VERY costly and a result of lack of funding find those animal put to death. Recently WCAC had such a case of five dogs, one cat and a Bearded Dragon, with the total cost of over four thousand dollars. The county just doesn't have the funds to cover these expensive cases and help the animals. Thankfully, your donations to Warrick Animal Guardians covered the care of these animals. Four of the five had heartworms and one even had Erhliciosis a tick borne disease. The largest dog Kota ALONE cost nearly $900 to treat. All but one of the dogs had a very low body condition score and one was near death; It was surprising that poor little Rascal even made it to the vets office. He literally was falling down and unable to stand. His gums were white and he was severly anemic due tot he fleas sucking the life from him. He had multiple trips to the vet to help diagnois what was wrong with him and treat. He had to have special food that was sixty-four dollars a case. Athena was so severely emaciated she was a walking skeleton, but made a full recovery as did all the others with proper food, water and medical care. Without the help from your donations WCAC would NOT have been able to make sure ALL of the animals got help and subsequently made it into new homes or rescue.
The future looks bright the the animals of Warrick County and new cases as the funding can be provided by your generous donations. Thank you for helping us save animals like Athena, Dixie, Kota, Rascal, Snoopy and our now fat lizard!
By Danielle Barnes | Neuter Is Cuter
By Danielle Barnes | Project Leader
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