Animal Welfare United States Project #21245

Save Sick, Injured and Abused Homeless Pets!

by Petfinder Foundation

Save Sick, Injured and Abused Homeless Pets!

Project Report | Feb 18, 2019
Meet Some of the Pets Your Donations Have Helped

By Emily Fromm | Chief Development Officer

Louis had a shattered leg.

Thank you for your donation to the Petfinder Foundation's Emergency Medical Fund! Here are just a few of the pets your gift has helped recently:

Louis
Louis was found in Detroit in an abandoned building. It was suspected that he had jumped out of a window, injuring two of his legs — one severely. Our grant helped 3rd Coast Labrador Rescue get him surgery to place a plate and screws in his leg. Louis is currently recovering in a loving foster home and will be ready for adoption soon. Read his full story.

Chiarra
The 2-month-old kitten was found alone in a Pennsylvania parking lot with one eye ruptured due to infection and the other in bad shape as a result of an eyelid deformity. With our grant, Cherished Cats Rescue Alliance got her surgery to remove the ruptured eye and repair the eyelid issue so her remaining eye could heal. After her recovery, she was quickly adopted. Read her full story.

Babycakes
A sweet 6-month-old stray dog, Babycakes was found with rubber bands around her muzzle and a badly broken jaw. X-rays revealed that she'd probably been kicked in the chin several months earlier. California's Live Love Animal Rescue used our grant funds to get her emergency jaw-repair surgery, and after her recovery, she was adopted into a home where she's flourishing. Read her full story.

Kadyn
Kadyn was hit by a car and left lying in the street with broken bones and her eye popped out of its socket. Luckily, a good Samaritan stopped to help and brought her to FOWA Rescue in New Jersey. With help from our grant, FOWA got Kadyn the surgeries she needed to mend her bones and remove her damaged eye. She's now ready for her forever home, and one of the interested adopters is the women who stopped and saved her! Read her full story.

These innocent pets could not be helped without your support. Your donation ensures that we can continue to help others just like them. Thank you from all of us at the Petfinder Foundation.

Chiara's eye had ruptured from infection.

Babycakes had a broken jaw from being kicked.

Kadyn was hit by a car and left in the street.

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Nov 21, 2018
Your Donation Helped This Terribly Injured Puppy

By Emily Fromm | Chief Development Officer

Baby Freddy after surgery

Thank you so much for supporting the Petfinder Foundation's Emergency Medical Fund. Your gift helps pets like Freddy, who was found abandoned in a park by Tennessee's Metro Animal Control (MACC). The 8-week-old puppy had a horribly broken leg -- xrays soon confirmed that his femur was snapped completely in two.

MACC reached out to the rescue group Nashville PITTIE with a plea for help. The group immediately took in the little pup and, with help from a grant from the Petfinder Foundation, was able to get Freddy the costly orthopedic surgery he needed.

The break was already a few days old, and his little body had tried to encapsulate it with scar tissue. Doctors used multiple screws and pins to repair the bone, but because of the age of the break, they didn't know whether Freddy would ever regain the use of his leg.

Miraculously, after several months of healing in a loving foster home, Freddy was able to walk completely normally! At the same time, the once-depressed puppy's true personality emerged, and volunteers write that Freddy "may have been the sweetest pup to ever come through our doors."

The loving puppy adored playing fetch, chewing on his toys and snuggling with his blankie. He worked hard to make everyone -- even grumpy old dogs -- love him. He was soon adopted into a forever home where he lives with a fellow Nashville PITTIE alum named Sophie!

It's truly because of donations like yours that we can help rescue groups say YES when they are contacted about pets like Freddy, who are at risk of euthanasia because of their expensive medical needs. So many pets like him can go on to live happy, healthy lives thanks to your support. Thank you for helping us help them.

An x-ray showing Freddy's broken femur

Freddy today: a happy, healthy dog

Loving life with his forever family

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Aug 27, 2018
Meet Some of the Pets Your Donation Helped!

By Emily Fromm | Chief Development Officer

Heidi

Your donation to the Petfinder Foundation's Emergency Medical Fund has helped save countless homeless pets from pain and possible euthanasia! Here are just a few helped by the fund in recent months:

Heidi
Heidi arrived at California's Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center as a stray, emaciated and with severe infections in both her ears. Due to the severity and depth of the infections, she had to have her ears ablated, which means the ear canals were completely removed. A Petfinder Foundation grant made this expensive procedure possible. Today, this sweet dog is healing in medical foster care; her foster family plans to adopt her. Read Heidi's story.

Grady
In early March, Equine Aid in Washington was asked to take in a miniature horse. They were shocked to find Grady in terrible condition, his hooves overgrown, his coat matted with burrs and, worst of all, his right eye a sunken hole filled with pus. Our grant enabled the rescue to have the diseased eye removed. Grady recovered quickly and his other conditions were treated. Today, this charming guy is ready for a forever home! Read Grady's story.

Bridgette
City of Elderly Love in Philadelphia rescued Bridgette, an older pit-bull mix who'd been surrendered to Animal Control with a severely broken leg. Thanks to our grant, she received amputation surgery that gave her relief from chronic pain. Bridgette was shy and scared the first couple of weeks in her new foster home, but now that she's no longer in pain, she's opening up, beginning to play, and will soon be spayed and ready for her forever home! Read Bridgette's story.

Bernie
Bernie was brought in to a high-risk shelter with a serious hind-leg injury, a heart murmur and a genetic condition that caused him to be nearly blind. Despite his clearly having had a rough start, Bernie's sweet and mellow personality touched the shelter staff, and they reached out to Calfornia's Saving Grace Rescue to take him in. With help from our grant, Bernie received three needed surgeries and found a forever home with two other rescue cats and a young boy who is his new best friend. Read Bernie's story.

Thank you so much for your generous support, which helped us save these and many other lives!

Grady

Bridgette

Bernie

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