Maria Daines
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2/9/2007 6:20:12 PM
A heartfelt plea, if you can spare anything for these dogs please help, thank you
Dear all,
is there anything we can do to really push this news (read below) and help to raise the $3000 as quickly as possible so these dogs will be safe and hopefully fit enough to be rehomed at the earliest date possible, Kathie's email has moved me to try to move heaven and earth to help these poor creatures and what a wonderful person Jill is, I would hate to see her suffer any more after she has done so much to alleviate the suffering of these displaced animals, she is a saint in my humble opinion. What I am wondering is whether we could all post this message on to our friends and ask each person to send a donation of $5, if the amount of people reading and responding to the plea reached thousands the money would be there in no time, we could start by alerting the whole of IAC via our friends lists and then our personal email lists. I know together we really can make a difference here. THANK YOU all, thank you Kathie for being this lady's guardian angel and thank Jill for us please, you both amaze me, best wishes Maria xx
Message from Kathie -
Jill is a rescuer and full time (19 years) military. She lives in South Carolina and has helped numerous dogs over the years. Many, like Hagrid, were badly injured either by being hit by a vehicle or who knows what and Jill took them in. Before Jill got Hagrid, pictured below, he'd been hit by a car, and not treated. the vet that tried to treat his foot that is bent at a 90 degree ankle (left front) said it was missing a bone, so we think it was fused. Well, it's still a 90 degree bend and he cant walk on it. Jill has had 2 different opinions one was pts the other was amputation. Most feel the foot has become too atrophied to become useful. All of her dogs have come from abusive/neglectful situations (like Mysha, hit by a car and left on the owner's front porch for 2 weeks w/o treatment-Jill went and took him) and she is doing the absolute best she can do, about to lose her house, spending every dime on the dogs, but she's finally agreed to accept help. Jill has done everything she possibly can for these dogs on her small military pay. she doesn't live in a lavish home, in fact, she doesn't even have a television. She and her mom live in a very modest house, share a bedroom, have a tub but no shower and for those of us who have stepped up to help her, I can honestly say we have a great respect for what Jill is managing to do.
Now, Jill has found out she is being deployed in April. Her money is gone, she is about to lose her house which would mean her mom would be homeless once she is deployed. Jill is not asking for money, I am. A wonderful vet who I know and fully respect, has offered to help do all the vetting at the lowest possible cost he can. He will even go get the dogs, 4-5 at a time and bring them back to his house where his vet hospital is, vet them and hold them until homes or rescues can be found. For the 20 dogs that the vet, who wishes to remain anonymous for obvious reasons, feels a safe estimated cost to vet them all in addition to Hagrid's leg being amputated is $3000 and this will include their HW testing AND treatment if needed. I know it sounds like a lot but if you figure this is 20 dogs, one in need of amputation, it is only $150. per dog and that includes the vet driving 3.5 hours ONE WAY to pick them up 5 or so at a time. That's at least 4 trips at 7 hours round trip to get them all. We all have seen one dogs care costing this much not including traveling time and gas to the vets so this is defiantly a bargain no matter how you look at it.
This is Hagrid and you can see, his front left leg is severely dislocated.
For those who cannot view this photo, you can go to his BIO page at
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=5538880
I know, April sounds like a lot of time but in all honesty, it isn't. How many times have we had les
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