Animal Welfare United States Project #30838

Save 50 Animals A Month From Euthanasia In Florida

by SAVE A PET FLORIDA, INC.

Project Report | Jun 24, 2022
Your Support Saved These Animals

By Kathy Wells | Project Leader

Coco & Pichincha

Dogs and cats are surrendered to local animal pounds every day. But lately it's been in mass numbers, especially throughout Florida. The "stay-at-home" situation created by Covid in 2020 & 2021 prompted people to adopt a pet. Many of those pets were puppies that didn't receive proper training due to mandated shut-downs. The puppy grew up into an unruly dog and unfortunatley was either abandoned or surrendered to a local pound when their owner returned to work.

Many Floridians have been forced to move due to skyrocketing housing costs. People have had to chose between paying their rent or feeding their beloved pet. Many are forced to down-size into a tiny apartment that doesn't allow pets. Those families and pets are severly traumatized when they must part, it is heartbreaking. Therefore our volunteers have been very busy saving as many animals as we can.

Below are some of the animal lives we have saved during the past 3 months.

Coco & Pichincha - Sweet mother-daughter pair are 5 and 7 year old terrier-chihuahua mixes that were surrendered to a high kill facility. They were subject to euthanasia due to space constrictions.

Cabo - This sweet boy was abandoned at a dog park, he was found hiding in the bushes. He's apprx 1 to 1.5 years old and is now happily residing in one of our foster homes.

Peyton - Beautiful 15 month old Black Lab mix, owner surrrendered due to his family moving overseas.

Maui - A 3.5 yr old male Australian Shepherd, owner surrendered due to a family member's allergies.

Zeus - A 9 month old Aussie Doodle that was owner surrendered due to puppy behavior issues caused by lack of training.

Champagne - A 5 year old 15 lb terrier/chihuahua mix whose owner moved out of state and couldn't take him.

Chloe & Callie - Gorgeous senior cats whose owner had an untimely death.

There are many other stories we would love to share with all our supporters. We appreciate your donations very much, without you we could not save these animals.

Cabo

Champagne

Chloe and Callie

Zeus

Peyton

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Feb 17, 2022
Your Help is Appreciated

By Kathy Wells | Project leader

Bubba, tail wounds

You are very important in helping us fund our project to save Florida's animals from euthanasia. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much for chipping in to save these voiceless cats and dogs. Too many animals are needlessly put down every day because their owners gave up on them, discarded them or just couldn't afford the veterinary care their pet required.

Pictured are Bubba, a 7 year old cat who escaped his home and was attacked by another animal. Bubba had sustained multiple wounds on his tail, an abcess and the tip of his tail had to be amputated. His owner was faced with a $2500.00 vet bill or euthanizing Bubba. We contacted the veterinarian, negotiated the bill and helped Bubba's owner to pay the bill.

Princess is a 12 year old Pitbull whose owner reached out to us for help with tumors on her dog. Princess had a tumor on her neck, a huge tumor on her shoulder and another on her stomach. All 3 were soft and cytology showed them as Lipomas (non cancerous). We helped with the funding and Princess recovered quickly.

Kyle, a 2 year old Pit mix who was hit by a car and sustained a fractured pelvis leaving him unable to walk. Kyle is a super sweet boy whose owner didn't claim him and our county shelter was going to euthanize him. We rescued Kyle, our veterinarian performed emergency surgery on him and he was fully recovered & walking in 10 weeks.

Lucky, a 2 year old fluffball was not so lucky when his owner surrendered him to a county shelter because he was urinating all over the house. We investigated further and found that Lucky had bladder stones which we had surgically removed.Oherwise he would have been euthanized.

Scrappy is an 8 month old pup that was recovered from a dog fighter. He had multiple wounds, laceratons and a broken jaw. Despite the abuse he sustained during his short life, he is a super sweet, friendly dog that just needed love. Our vets fixed him up as good as new and Scrappy went to a wonderful home.

Ceasar is a 2 year old Miniature Pinscher that was surrendered to us because his owner couldn't afford surgery to remove the mass on Ceasar's stomach/side. Our vet removed it and fortunately it was just a fatty mass.

There are so many more stories similar to these and we help to save as many as we can. That's why it's so important that you continue to help us whenever you can. We appreiate every dollar we receive and it's all used for the animals.

Princess, neck tumor

$Kyle, fractured pelvis$

Kyle, fractured pelvis

Lucky, bladder stones

Scrappy, broken jaw

Ceasar, tumor

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Sep 24, 2021
We Appreciate You!

By Kathy Wells | Project Leader

Addie 1 yr old Beagle hit by car

Your donations enabled us to provide funding for veterinary care to many sick and injured companion animals during the past 3 months. Helping senior citizens with financial aid when their pet becomes sick or injured is critical to the life or death of their pet. We will negotiate a fair price with the treating veterinarian and pay a portion of the bill to the vet. Many senior citizens are living month to month on a meager social security income and can't afford the veterinary care their pet needs. Your contributions helped these beloved pets get the medical care they needed so pet owners did not have to choose euthanasia.

Addie is a one year old Beagle that was hit by a car and sustained a fracture near her right hip joint. Her owner was very distraught because she couldn't afford $900.00 to repair the fracture.

Kilo is a sweet 7 year old boy that was emaciated when he was brought to us. He weighed only 34 pounds, had multiple bite wounds and a fractured leg. Our amazing vets went to work on Kilo and in 2 months he was fully recovered.

Rebel had a mass on his neck and in his abdomen, he also had blood in his urine. His owner could not afford the surgeries which were several thousand dollars.

Mandy had an open bleeding nipple due to birthing too many puppies. We assisted her owner with surgery and sterilization of Mandy. Several mammary masses were also found and removed during surgery.

Rex is a 6 year old dog that is heartworm positive which is very expensive to treat. If left untreated, Rex could die. His owner reached out to us for financial assistance and Rex recovered very well.

Your donations enabled us to provide funding for veterinary care to these pets and many other sick and injured companion animals during the past 3 months. We are very grateful to each one of you!

Rebel

Kilo

Mandy

Rex

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