What a great cause Kyra.
I will definitely be checking out the links.


Vonnie


--- In unofficialshawnmullins@yahoogroups.com, tukuhnikivats
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Fur and Feather (http://www.furandfeather.org) animal shelter (the
> only animal shelter in all of Catron County, New Mexico- where I
> live) recently rescued Ella, a three-legged dog now down to only
two
> working legs.
>
> Ella is a very affectionate female shephard mix who got hit by a
car
> four years ago, resulting in a broken leg. She lived in a poverty-
> stricken abusive home, and her owner would not even take Ella to
the
> vet. Luckily her owner's boyfriend was responsible and took her to
> the vet where her leg had to be amputated. He also paid for her to
> get spayed.
>
> Fur and Feather first heard about Ella little more than a week ago
> when concerned citizens informed them that Ella had again been hit
by
> a car and was limping around on only two legs.
>
> Ella's owner had again refused to take her to the vet, and would
not
> turn Ella over to the shelter. With the help of the Catron County
> Sherriff (and the threat of animal cruelty charges) Ella's owner
> turned her over to the care of Fur and Feather.
>
> Ella's leg was so badly broken that she needed the help of
> specialty veterinarian surgeons in Albuquerque. Her surgery was
> completed yesterday, Friday April 4. Ella's injury was much older
> than what had been told to Fur and Feather. Instead of a week or
two
> old, it was more like a month as indicated by all the scar tissue.
>
> Ella will need physical therapy, and just the cost of her surgery
is
> more than Fur and Feather can cover. Please help Ella get the
care
> she needs and donate to Fur and Feather. They are the only shelter
> in the county, and they get very little community support since
it's
> a poverty-stricken area.
>
> You can donate online through Paypal, or mail to:
>
> Fur and Feather Animal Assistance, Inc.
>
> PO Box 519
>
> Datil, NM 87821
>
>
> If you have any questions or want an update on Ella, please call
Jay
> Senych at 575-772-5800 or 575-772-5615, or Laurie Beauchamp at 575-
> 772-2661. They are the founders/operators of Fur and Feather.
>
> Even if you can only donate a $1 it will still make a huge
difference!
>
> And I also set Fur and Feather up on www.goodsearch.com. They
should
> be added to the list in a few days. Look for Fur and Feather
Animal
> Assistance, Inc. Every time you search on goodsearch and list Fur
> and Feather as a charity they will get money! The ASPCA alone has
> received more than $13,000 through goodsearch.com.
>
> Thank you in advance for your help Please forward this message
onto
> your friends and family.
>
>
> Kyra
>