Animal Welfare United States Project #43988

Help Save Abandoned Animals like Duke

by Dixie Adoptables

Project Report | Feb 10, 2020
Sophie Marie

By Matthew Roberts | Chairman of the Board, Dixie Adoptables

We recently received a call from a concerned citizen about a dog that was lying in the ditch that had possibly been hit by a car. When we responded and finally found her, we were not prepared for what we found. To say that she is in bad shape is a major understatement.

On finding her, we immediately got her loaded into up and were on our way to our veterinarian. After being checked out and x-rayed, it turned out to be even worse than we had thought. Poor Sophie Marie had been lying in that ditch for several days, unable to move. She was in horrible pain, starving, and dehydrated.

This poor baby has a fractured pelvis which was already starting to heal incorrectly and her back ankles are both broken in multiple places and horribly infected. She had been lying there in that ditch through all the recent rainy and cold weather unable to move. Our hearts are just broken over this, but she is safe now and we will do everything we can to help her.

As soon as she is stable and the infections are cleared up, she will have to undergo multiple surgeries and possibly still have to have a wheel chair to be mobile. She fought for days to stay alive on her own, but now Sophie Marie has got us to help her with that fight.

This sweet girl deserves so much more than what she has had to endure so far and we need your help! She will have a long road to recovery, but with our and your help, we think that she will make a recovery. Thank you for your continuing support.

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Sophie Marie ,pitiful but happy for the help. See that tail wag!

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Feb 10, 2020
Duke Found a Family!

By Matthew Roberts | Chairman of the Board, Dixie Adoptables

Duke's New Family

When we started this project, we knew it would be hard to connect with people using statistics. We wanted a way to help supporters understand the types of situations animals in our care have faced before they came to us and how we work tirelessly to turn their lives around. We chose Duke as the representative for all of the animals.

First the good news: We met our initial goal of raising $5000 to help rescue and provide for animals like Duke that animals are often abandoned, starving, and helpless. We received generous donations from over 50 supporters which, along with meeting our financial goal, allowed us to continue to fundraise using GlobalGiving. This is a big deal to us and we are extremely grateful to everyone who helped out!

Another piece of great news is that Duke found his forever family! He has gone to his new home and is living the good life, something that he had almost no chance of doing before we rescued him.

The bad news is that Duke is just one of many animals that need our help. To continue helping them we are making plans for the funds raised in this project. We are working towards expanding our facility so that we can improve our ability to quarantine animals, maintain infection control protocols, and help more animals. We have acquired a number of high quality kennels that will help us reach those goals.

Our current focus is on securing a suitable building to house these new kennels. The existing facility is too small to serve this purpose and it had chronic plumbing problems that would cost too much to correct, so we are hoping to construct a new building or find a suitable existing building that we can afford.

As these plans are being undertaken, we still have the constant need to care for the animals we already have. It is a lot to do, but we are committed to continuing to provide the best possible care while also working towards our longer term goals.

If you support the work we are doing and can make additional donations, please do. Your generosity really does make a difference in these animals' lives.

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