These eight helpless little puppies, all girls, were dumped in a box outside the veterinary clinic in Tula.
Our volunteer who was visiting another dog boarded there for a treatment, grabbed the box and ran to the clinic for help just to get this response: “we can euthanize if you pay the fee. That is all we can offer. Otherwise, just leave them – they are dehydrated and will just freeze. Do not worry, it will be over quicky. This happens most days, and there is nothing we can do.” There are people who can go by their day knowing someone is in distress and then there are people who can’t.
It is a second litter of puppies our volunteer finds this month; she is overwhelmed and has no recourses to help eight more, but no way could she let them die. She sent us the video and we cannot let them die either.
We desperately need YOUR help and donations to have them checked by a vet, arrange for safe boarding (until they are old enough to be spayed), vaccinate and de-worm. And then they will need safe homes.
Please help them grow old.
If you’d like to sponsor a puppy for spay/vaccines and boarding, please let us know.
We did not expect to hear the news we received from the specialty clinic in Moscow. With the suggestions from local doctors we expected a different outcome. However, local rural veterinarians have made many mistakes in the past – which is why we take our dogs with uncertain diagnosis to Moscow.
So, there are good news and not so good news. According to Kelvin’s CT scan results, the surgeon recommended against reconstructive surgery. The bone which was stabilized by doctors in Kelvin’s home town, started to heal, as much time was lost prior to his arrival to Animal Control and while we waited for our appointment. CT scan showed volumetric inflammation of soft tissues but there are no pronounced bony sequestrum observed.
Certainly, no corrective surgery is not ideal, yet the doctors believe re-breaking the bone at this stage would be too risky, and the outcome would be uncertain. However, Kelvin’s CT scan was sent to another orthopedic surgeon for a second opinion and he confirmed the same. The bad news is that Doctors found P. aeruginosa that is causing significant swelling and pain around the wound. The treatment is lengthy and complicated (P. aeruginosa is often resistant to many classes of antibiotics and therapeutic agents, and this makes it problematic during infection as it can be difficult to treat). Doctors took an antibiotic resistance test and selected the treatment which should help Kelvin get rid of this nasty bacteria. If we can treat this condition, Kelvin is expected to be able to walk (with a limp, but on his own).
Kelvin was discharged to the shelter with a treatment plan which will be followed by local doctors until his next appointment at the end of the month. He will need to travel back to Moscow for a follow up.
Kelvin is such a big baby, a bit scared of doctors and refuses to leave his comfort zone. We have to initially beg him to go to his appointments 😀 But once he is in, he stoically handles all the manipulations as there is no more excruciating pain he felt for so long.
Gentle Giant Deliberatley Beaten & Left Screaming From The Pain In Cemetery
To all Oscar’s friends – THANK YOU! Your kindness and generosity showed Oscar that miracles are possible. He is receiving the best possible post-op care that should put him back on 4 paws. We are very proud of Oscar as he continues to make great strides toward recovery. His PT includes daily massages and therapeutical exercises. The wheelchar exercises are aimed to straighten his spine and a water therapy – to gain muscle mass.
Oscar was a stray and an easy target. A living punching bag that no one would miss or care about should something happen. And some monstrous person took full advantage of that by savagely beating him with a sledgehammer.
If a picture worth a thousands words, then a video worth a million. We’d like to share a few special moments to show how Oscar is doing today. Granted, he still has a lot of work to do but his positive response to all the activities is making us cry happy tears.
As you may already know, TNVR is a the best long-term solution to humainly reduce overpopulation and suffering of stray animals. Spaying one female prevents the birth of 2500 unvanted puppies/kittens if all her female offsprings get pregnant.
Five more stray cats were spayed under the program in Kherson yesterday at a newly opened clinic “Mishan”. Stray animals get very good discount when visiting this clinic. If you’d like to contribute to this great cause, please check their pricing below and donate.
We did not expect to hear the news we received from the specialty clinic in Moscow. With the suggestions from local doctors we expected a different outcome. However, local rural veterinarians have made many mistakes in the past – which is why we take our dogs with uncertain diagnosis to Moscow.
So, there are good news and not so good news. According to Kelvin’s CT scan results, the surgeon recommended against reconstructive surgery. The bone which was stabilized by doctors in Kelvin’s home town, started to heal, as much time was lost prior to his arrival to Animal Control and while we waited for our appointment. CT scan showed volumetric inflammation of soft tissues but there are no pronounced bony sequestrum observed.
Certainly, no corrective surgery is not ideal, yet the doctors believe re-breaking the bone at this stage would be too risky, and the outcome would be uncertain. However, Kelvin’s CT scan was sent to another orthopedic surgeon for a second opinion and he confirmed the same. The bad news is that Doctors found P. aeruginosa that is causing significant swelling and pain around the wound. The treatment is lengthy and complicated (P. aeruginosa is often resistant to many classes of antibiotics and therapeutic agents, and this makes it problematic during infection as it can be difficult to treat). Doctors took an antibiotic resistance test and selected the treatment which should help Kelvin get rid of this nasty bacteria. If we can treat this condition, Kelvin is expected to be able to walk (with a limp, but on his own).
Kelvin was discharged to the shelter with a treatment plan which will be followed by local doctors until his next appointment at the end of the month. He will need to travel back to Moscow for a follow up.
Kelvin is such a big baby, a bit scared of doctors and refuses to leave his comfort zone. We have to initially beg him to go to his appointments 😀 But once he is in, he stoically handles all the manipulations as there is no more excruciating pain he felt for so long.
Gentle Giant Deliberatley Beaten & Left Screaming From The Pain In Cemetery
We did not report back about Nayda’s condition because all this time we were fighting for her life.She had to undergo several emergency surgeries to remove ruptured tumors. After a course of chemo injections and oral chemo, her intestinal function was negatively affected. The treatment had to be interrupted to address this new issue. Nayda lost a lot of weight and was placed on a special diet.
She had to stay at the clinic and was in critical condition. When her condition improved, she was back on her chemo regimen. The tumors didn’t shrink much but they stopped growing. It looked like we were back on track however a few days ago she developed oncological edema.
Nayda continues to be hospitalized under supervision until she feels well. It is very painful to see her health taking roller-coaster turns, but she has a strong will to live and everything possible on our part is being done for her recovery.
Sweet Nayda have never seen kindness from people. She was neglected to the point when most of her body was covered with tumors. and her weakened body takes so much longer to heal. Nayda deserves us to continue to fighting for her life, and we desperately need your help to make a difference in her life.
Please consider donating towards her medical expenses. Any amount will help Nayda to have a fighting chance.
Thank you for your kindness!
Five years ago, Nayda was a small puppy that lived in her owner’s yard. But as she grew, her worth and value did not and her family became so disgusted by her that they threw her out on the streets where dozens of tumors and sores formed on her skin, making her feel ashamed of her own body.
We don’t know exactly how long she lived like a stray, scurrying around the streets for safety, warmth, and food every day but her body shows signs of long-term starvation and neglect. Many people saw her and many people did nothing, despite seeing the bloody open wounds on her body and desperation in her eyes. One night though, she curled up on the mat of a nearby store and a customer actually noticed her. They noticed her and unlike all the other locals, decided to DO something about what they saw.
We were contacted and our teams rushed out there to pick her up but once we got our hands on her, we were horrified to see just how far she had fallen. Her body had DOZENS of tumors, there was a large hematoma on her back that was bleeding, and the side of her belly had something of a huge hole in it. They could even see her insides..
Nayda was rushed to a clinic, and after x-rays, ultrasound, and biopsy, veterinarians concluded that she has multiple mast cell tumors – cancer – and that she will only survive if chemotherapy is done. The only problem is that her bloodwork indicated that she is too weak for this intense treatment right now and so, Nayda has been hospitalized to receive intensive supportive therapy until her body stabilizes enough to proceed with treatment.
Despite all she’s been through, Nayda is the sweetest and the kindest of the “strays” we have seen. She longs for people’s attention and she finally is able to see love. Please consider donating to give her a fighting chance. Together, we can help this little girl feel better and, hopefully, recover! Thank you so much!
As a stray without a home or a family of his own, Oscar was considered an easy target. A living punching bag that no one would miss or care about should something happen. And some monstrous person took full advantage of that by savagely beating him with a sledgehammer.
Our hearts are hurting the more we learn about Oscar’s story. How can he bare to look at us? How can he bare letting us touch him after what humans did to him? When we found Oscar, he was cold and disoriented, and had multiple breaks along his whole body. He was dejected…a broken shell of a dog and we had no idea why. That is, until we discovered that a local person used something like a sledgehammer to beat him. In doing this, the person broke his spine and left him disabled, unable to run away. Then the kicking started. The person didn’t just use tools to hurt Oscar. They used their feet to kick him, resulting in the total breaking of his jaw.
And after all that, the person left and Oscar was unable to move an inch. No one knows how long he spent trying to crawl around helpless and in pain, dragging his back end through the frozen snow but he eventually crawled out to a side of the road, near a bus stop, and collapsed there. Perhaps he made the last desperate attempt to ask humans for help. But no help came. Oscar was laying there for two days, with no food or water until someone took his picture and posted it online for our team to find. He is about 30 lbs underweight, he is emaciated, dehydrated, and feels excruciating pain all over his body because of what that person did to him. He was rushed to the local clinic and there, radiographs showed that he suffered multiple vertebral fractures and breaks to his jaw that can only be corrected through reconstructive surgery. The damage to his spine was too severe and so, Oscar will not be able to use his hind legs ever again.
We know this sounds like a lot but Oscar has a fight in him. He is alive today because he wants to live. At 10 months old, we refuse to let this be the life he knows. We are working closely with medical teams to make him as comfortable as possible before diving into the weeks worth of treatment he’ll need. If you can, please consider donating towards the thousands of dollars it’s going to cost to get this boy right again. We can’t change the past but we can certainly do good for his future.
UPDATE: February 26, 2023
Oscar is Is doing much better! He is making small but confident steps towards his recovery. He is a very busy boy these days – PT, walks outside, massages. All these necessary activities make him tired but he stoically handles every single exercise. We have ordered a wheelchair to help him straighten his back, which he is trying to achieve on his own, but with a wheelchair assistance the progress will be much faster. Due to every day massages, the muscle mass on his hind legs is growing and he is started to use them! Right leg is stronger than the left but we are working on it The surgery scars on a back and the tail are healing well and as soon as his jaw heals completely he will start the water therapy. We can hardly wait to begin it as this will speed up his recovery.
Oscar is a very grateful guy,but like a baby -vulnerable, trusting. He likes to “steal” toys at night and play when no one is watching.
He has a long way to go, still, but with your invaluable support we can provide Oscar with all the tools he needs to walk again. Thank you all so much as always!
Urgent help needed for this Pointer that was spotted on the streets of Zugdidi. Most likely dumped because he was not able to fulfil the owner’s hunting ambitions. He has a vet visit tomorrow but we already know his recovery will take time and resourses, and lots of love.
This strong-willed dog’s spirit is broken. He is extremely emaciated.
Please donate toward his medical bills and
help us give him his power and grace back. We absolutely cannot do it without you.
The degree to which Jan has been utterly failed by people is more severe than anything we’ve seen in a long time. After being tormented and shot by a group of teens that thought to make his pain entertainment, Jan stumbled his bleeding, bullet-filled body to his owner’s door. And what did his owner do? Shoved him back outside and left there to be someone else’s problem.
The town where Jan (Yakhont) lived is notorious – many dogs are shot and poisoned for entertainment by local teens. It is truly a place where street dogs are tortured and killed often and innocent Jan did not escape the torment. Not on the streets and not at home, where the one person he thought he could trust threw him away in his time of need.
Still reeling from having been shot at and thrown out, Jan was left to navigate the cruel neighborhood all by himself.
It was sometime later that a local woman saw Jan wandering the streets with a bleeding wound on his head and alerted us. Jan was immediately picked up and brought to a clinic after we spoke to some locals around and learned what had happened in the days prior. We were disgusted…but kept our attention on Jan.
During the wound cleaning, doctors extracted a bullet out of a soft tissue which thankfully didn’t damage any bones of the skull. The wound was then stitched up, Jan was prescribed antibiotics and discharged for further recovery back at the sanctuary but as time went by, Jan didn’t heal. He also started making wheezing sounds when breathing.
He was rushed back to the clinic for testing where we learned that he had been shot not once, but twice! And the second bullet was still in there, lodged in his neck. A histology testing revealed that there is a tumor but local doctors have different opinions on whether it is of malignant or benign etiology. (X-rays didn’t show any metastasis in his organs). Our consulting veterinarian suggests radiation therapy would be a the only appropriate treatment if malignant tumor is confirmed. Such treatment is not available locally and Jan needs to see a certified oncologist in Moscow ASAP. The testing, radiation therapy treatment and a hospital stay will be pricey, but this is the only chance Jan has got. And he deserves this chance. Kindness will prevail.
Please give Jan this chance. Please consider donating to help Jan’s care and recovery. Thank you!
Mickey arrived to our shelter after his owner died. The family wanted to euthanize both of their mother’s dogs – Mickey and 18-year old Dana. When Dana, his only friend, died a year later, Mickey withdrew into himself. In his grief he didn’t eat much and refused to spend time outside with other dogs. As time went by he became posessive of his belongings. He doesn’t like other dogs visiting his kennel in his absence and runs back to protect his blanket or sticks he collected outside.
Male
9 Years old
Neutered
Medium Size
Mickey needs to take vitamins and supplements to support his immune system. He also is on joint support injections during Winter-Spring months
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