From our grantees at @humanewalton
🐈⬛ We are ESPECIALLY thankful this month for the Doris Day Animal Foundation (DDAF) which allowed us to SAVE THIS KITTEN and cover half of the cost of his meds needed to treat his positive case of FIP! We see several cases of FIP annually, both the ‘wet’ and ‘dry’ versions, and they often are caught too late and often do not have a happy ending.
☄️ Asteroid, pictured below a week in on treatment, very obviously has the ‘wet’ version which has caused his fluid filled torso to balloon like a tick
🦠 “FIP stands for Feline Infectious Peritonitis. It is a severe, progressive viral disease in cats caused by a mutation of the common feline coronavirus. While most cats contract the harmless intestinal coronavirus without issue, the virus mutates into FIP in a small percentage of cats, triggering a fatal immune reaction.”
🏥 ‘Treatment: Once considered fatal, FIP is now widely treatable using specific antiviral medications (such as GS-441524) that target the virus and save many cats.’
💰 This treatment is expensive. We are splitting the cost of it between DDAF grant funds and private donations. We are so thankful for Animal Care Hospital at Bold Springs for providing his care and giving us time to get the remaining funding so we could start Asteroid’s treatment!
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From our grantees at @almarescue
Magnolia and her sister Juniper were placed in a plastic bag as babies and thrown into a dumpster.
Thank goodness their cries were heard by a Good Samaritan, who got them out & immediately gave them to us.
Today little Magnolia got a second chance at life & was adopted by a very special family. We are overjoyed that she got her Happily Ever After!! 💖
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From our grantees at @heart_of_phoenix_equine_rescue
Little Saffron is a filly at Heart of Phoenix being raised as an orphan when her mama, who was rescued entirely emaciated, then rejected her at birth. She was born compromised, and she spent quite a while at an equine hospital. She has needed milk replacer, foal pellets, and a foster mare for companionship to thrive. Continued thanks to the Doris Day Animal Foundation, as their giving helps makes hard cases like this possible! She is now growing and thriving!
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From our grantees at @munciearf
If you ever wonder if the Animals at ARF are enjoying themselves please take a look at this picture taken this morning of Rou and Honeydew!! They have become the best of friends and play, play,play all day long!! Oh how we LOVE all of our ARF babies!! They are the very best!!
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From our grantees at @humanesocietypikespeak
Sweet little Jiraiya arrived at HSPPR as a young stray kitten. She kept coming to a kind person’s porch – soaking wet, limping, and all alone – so she was brought to the shelter for care.
The medical team quickly assessed and treated Jiraiya. Thankfully, nothing was broken, but she had an infected wound on one of her toes, hence the limp. They wrapped her injured leg to prevent further injury and to give the wound time to heal. She was also sent to a loving foster home where she could get some much-needed rest and relaxation.
Three weeks after her arrival, Jiraiya was happy, healed, and thriving. It was time for her to find her new home, and she didn’t have to wait long. She was quickly adopted by a kind, loving family.
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From our grantees at @gcwrescue
🎉 THE FAWNS HAVE MOVED IN! 🎉
Huge news! Our brand new fawn enclosure is up and running, and it is already full of life!
For the first time in over a decade, GCWR is rehabilitating fawns from their very first bottle all the way to release. This is what our Project 1991: Return of the Fawns campaign has been building toward, and thanks to YOU, it is finally happening.
The enclosure is about 80% complete. Fencing, visual barriers, and hot wire are all in place, keeping our 2026 fawn herd safe and secure in their new home. And these babies wasted zero time getting comfortable: within days they were exploring every corner of their space, showing off wild instincts, and finding blackberry bushes they have been happily munching through!
GCWR was founded around fawn rescue back in 1991. Seeing fawns in our care again, start to finish, is a full circle moment we thrilled to share with you.
More fawns are arriving every week, so stay tuned. This is just the beginning. 💚
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From our grantees at @alleycatrescue
Here are photos from our TNR work in Maryland.
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From our grantees at @workingdogsforconservation
We are so grateful to the Doris Day Animal Foundation for their support of the Working Dogs for Conservation Dog Life Program – which is our lifelong promise and commitment to provide care and support for every dog we take in from rescue, rehoming, or career-change situations. From recruitment through retirement and into their most senior years, these dogs are provided with the care, nutrition, training and support they need to become successful conservation canines.
That includes Ollie, who is newly admitted to WD4C and in training to begin his career as a conservation dog. So far, Ollie is doing really well – and you can see him here on his way to complete a training survey, while getting a little real-world practice along the way. Check out that bridge surface! One of the things we do during training is ensure these dogs are familiar with all kinds of environments, experiences, and distractions so they’re prepared and resilient for whatever their future work may bring. That can include navigating unusual surfaces, crossing bridges, working around loud noises and distractions, and encountering the sometimes-unpredictable things they may come across in the field.
It’s all part of helping our dogs build confidence, adaptability, and the skills they need to become successful conservation canines, while supporting their overall well-being along the way. The support of the Dog Life Program helps support each and every conservation project these dogs do!
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From our grantees at @iowa.parrot.rescue
Sunshine arrived to us in December of 2023, broken and terrified. He had a horrific beak deformity, couldn`t eat, and was clearly suffering from lack of proper care. His owners didn`t know what to do with him since he wasn`t friendly and he was very old. He was a craigslist find and they`d had him about 5 years, but there wasn`t much history before that. Sunshine was thought to be between 60 and 65 years old at the time making him 63-68 today!
His initial workup showed malnutrition, a poorly done pinion (first wing joint removal, and old technique to de-flight a bird permanently), bilateral stage 2-3 cataracts, and a broken femur. The only thing we could help him with was pain management and better nutrition, plus fixing the beak and we got to this immediately. Three years later, he`s been in stable shape with regular care.
Unfortunately, on July 31st, Sunshine suffered what seemed to be a stroke. He lost use of his right leg (with the broken femur), balling his foot up into a fist and dragging it behind him. We got him seen immediately thanks to a local vet, Bloodwork run which showed an inflammatory process happening. Thankfully his liver is in fine shape, so his overall care is still working well for him.
Our following steps will consist of keeping him contained to a large crate for safety and immobility until he can be trusted not to climb and fall (and find food), maintenance on new medication, improvements seen on Bloodwork, and potentially doing some scans to evaluate next steps in treatment (though the risk of anesthesia on a bird his age is great, and we must evaluate this carefully to determine if it is worth the risk). Geriatric care is complex and often difficult to draw the line in the sand, but Sunshine is nothing if not a strong and resilient bird with the heart of a Scarlet Macaw. We would say a Lion, but I think Scarlet Macaws have bigger hearts for sure.
It`s with the Doris Day Animal Foundation grant program that Iowa Parrot Rescue has been able to provide care to well over 1,500 parrots over the last 30 years, and we have many more years to go. We cannot thank you all enough for supporting DDAF!
From our grantees at @underdogrescuemoab
Our June clinic in Waterflow, New Mexico is in the books, and I`m excited to share that in just three busy days, our dedicated team of staff and volunteers accomplished the following:
123 spay/neuter surgeries
583 animals vaccinated
54 animals were seen for illnesses or injuries
Behind every one of these numbers is a family on Navajo Nation whose animal is safer, healthier, and better cared for because of your support. We are so proud to have you in our corner as we do this work.
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