Animal rescuers want to save every poor creature that comes through their door. Unfortunately, however, there are some cases that are beyond even their help, and the only option left is to put the poor animal out of its misery.
When a shelter discovered a puppy literally covered in bee stings abandoned outside of their front door, they wanted desperately to help, but they had no choice to put him to sleep since they couldn’t treat an animal in his condition.
“An emergency vet clinic called me after speaking with animal control realizing the shelter would have to euthanize as they couldn’t treat a dog in his condition. Not to mention keeping him alive would expose him to many illnesses caused by his condition,” said Carri Shipaila, founder of the Michigan-based rescue center LuvnPupz.
Shipaila wasn’t afraid of tough cases and didn’t hesitate to take the puppy, who she named Stinger, in and give him a chance to recover. “The shelter required me to hold Stinger for 30 days so the owner could have opportunity to claim him and any costs I incurred during that time I could not be reimbursed for. The owners refused to claim him or surrender him to me and I refused to allow him to suffer,” said Shipaila who paid to treated Stinger right away with her own money so he wouldn’t have to wait in pain.
Since then, Stinger has been treated for the bee stings, a secondary skin infection, an allergic reaction from a medication he received before Shipaila got him, and sarcoptic mange. “The trauma from that resulted in Pemphigus, an autoimmune disease, which is lifelong and expensive to treat,” Shipaila said. Because of his medical expenses, he can’t be adopted but has found a loving foster home and will be cared for by LuvnPupz for the rest of his life.
Despite everything Stinger’s been through in his first 14 months of life, his spirit was never crushed. “He’s the epitome of the breed, he’s an amazing loving sweet funny pitbull without a mean bone in his body.”
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Abandoned Pup Who Was Stung By 1,000 Bees Miraculously Recovers is an article from: LifeDaily