By Emily Fromm | Chief Development Officer
We recently introduced a new type of grant, which has been welcomed by the shelters and rescue groups we support: Emergency Medical Grants. These grants are designed to help pets suffering from severe illness or injury, for whom treatment can literally mean the difference between life and death. Here are some dogs they've already helped.
Grace
Grace was discovered nearly frozen to the ground in Wisconsin. She appeared to have been hit by a snow plow, her head impaled by a metal rod. She had sustained a skull fracture, abrasions, blood in her abdomen, and a bruised heart and lungs. Her right eye was so damaged, it had to be removed.
We awarded the Washington County Humane Society in Slinger, Wisc., a grant to help with her care. Grace has recovered and currently has an adoption pending. "All she can do is wiggle and kiss you," WCHS Community Relations Coordinator Debra Block tells us. "This girl is the epitome of why we do what we do! Your grant has made all the difference."
Harley
The Pepper Foundation in Studio City, Calif., pulled the young spaniel mix from a busy shelter, where he'd come down with kennel cough that had turned into pneumonia. With help from our grant, he was hospitalized and is now recovering in foster care. "I was so worried about how we were going to pay for Harley," Pepper Foundation president Julie Chadwick says. "Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping him." Want to adopt Harley? Meet him here.
Fergus
As just a 3-month-old puppy, Fergus spent five miserable days with an untreated broken femur before ABRA, Inc., in Crown Point, Ind., took him in. Thanks to our grant, Fergus had pins inserted into his broken hind leg and has since been adopted! "[The grant] couldn't have come at a better time," ABRA's Christy McKee tells us. "I can't tell you how grateful we are!"
Princess Grace
Little Grace suffers from canine carpal hyperextension, an abnormality causing dogs to walk on their elbows that can result from poor nutrition early in life. We gave One Love Animal Rescue in Mount Laurel, N.J. a grant to help cover splints and physical therapy for her. "With the grant, we expect that we can give Gracie everything she needs to get well, reduce pain and get adopted by a great forever family," One Love Chairman Sherri Smith says. "We can do it all while not being temporarily sidelined by the expense." Meet Grace here.
Thank you so much for your donations, which allow us to help shelters and rescue groups help pets like these!
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