Special Cases
Some of the animals that arrive at TARRS are very poorly and have been severely neglected. Read about our vital work helping these animals below.
Buttons
This is Buttons. His story is he was straying in Warwickshire and was first sighted on Saturday 4th September 2010 but no-one could get near him. After people trying over the weekend to catch him, he became more nervous of people and backed off whenever anyone came near him. On the Monday we were out looking for him, after being told he had been out all weekend and had some kind of band around his head. On Thursday a trap was set up for him, not knowing whether he could eat or drink it was set anyway in the hope he may go in and try and take the food. Friday morning he was caught. He was absolutely terrified and couldn't be handled. The vets had to sedate him to remove him from the crate he had been put in after the trap. These are the photos that were taken while removing what we now know as a flea collar. It had gone into his flesh and was causing him serious pain, thankfully the weather was not too hot other wise it could have been more serious.
He has been in the vets since Friday and so far they have taken the flea collar off and stitched his ear back to his head, put some stitches in his mouth and repaired what they could on Friday. Today (14th) they castrated him and stitched some more of his neck area that had been infected. When I last phoned about 4.30pm he was in reception being fed schmachos by the visitors to get him use to people again and letting him know we are all really nice people despite what may have happened to him.
The vet nurses named him Buttons and we think he may be a Labrador Cross but won't know for sure until the swelling has gone down on his face. We are also unsure of his age at this point, maybe a year or a little older.
Update: Buttons has fully recovered and is now looking for a new home, you can see him on the re-homing pages. He is approximately 1-2 years, a labrador x with a facelift!
The total cost of Buttons treatment was £674.00 but we also had him neutered while he was at the vets which was not included in this bill. This is a small amount of what the rescue is all about, helping animals like Buttons receive emergency vet treatment and offer him a stable environment to recover, rehabilitate and find a new home. He was very much well worth every penny.
Can you help us to continue to treat Buttons and dogs like him by making a donation? If so, please visit our sponsor & donate page for more details.
Olli
This is Olli, he is a Jack Russell x English Bull Terrier. He was approximately 6 months old when he was found as a stray in Warwickshire. Olli was found with a dislocated leg and in a great deal of pain. Thankfully for Olli, TARRS was able to raise enough funds to operate and he was fixed at a cost of £400 by The Animal House Vets in Warwick. He had to have bone removed from his leg during the op and required heavy amounts of exercise to rebuild his muscles. Though he will always have a bit of a limp, Olli will live a happy, normal, pain free life thanks to his operation.
TARRS would like to say a big thank you to everyone that donated money towards Ollie's operation, especially to Dave to donated a wonderfully large amount! Olli recovered very well and went on to find a loving new home.
To help us continue with our vital work to help dogs like Olli, please visit our sponsor & donate section. Thank you.
Dick
I was called one morning by a lady called Tammy, who had spotted a duck with a possible broken wing in a small area of water covered in reeds and steep banks. She had been keeping her eye on him for a week or so to see if he could fly out, but he couldn't. Things looked quite bleak for the newly named Dick the Duck as not many organisations were willing to help get Dick to safety and get his wing looked at. I called around to see if we could get the volunteers to help with the rescue, and after surveying the area where Dick was we managed to find a few willing volunteers to help us rescue the duck. It took 2 volunteers with waders to go into the bank and another 2 to stay on the sides for safety. After half an hour Dick was caught and was taken to the vets. X-rays confirmed Dick had a broken wing but as I had never done anything like this before, I needed expert advice on where to go from here.
Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital very kindly took Dick on to mend his wing and get him better again. Dick will soon be leading a new happy life thanks to all that took part in the rescue, especially Tammy for bringing the duck to our attention and Tiggywinkles for all their hard work needed to help Dick live a life again.
Sasha
This is Sasha - she was a stray Greyhound Cross that was found in a farmers field near Southam, Warwickshire extremely underweight showing all of her ribs. She was in a terrible state with faeces and urine all over her bum and bottom half of her body. She managed to walk back to the farmers shed where she was given water and a blanket to lay on but she refused to lie down again. After collapsing in the kennels a day later, she was rushed to the vets who gave her x-rays and blood tests. She stayed with the vets for 2 weeks, having power washes to try keep her comfortable and keep her clean because she was slightly incontinent and trying her best to get up and move around but all seemed very painful for her.
After a few blood tests later and several x-rays of her body we discovered she had cancerous tumours all over her lower spine and leg area. She would have been in immense pain for a long time prior to us finding her without pain relief. She would have used all her energy and adrenalin to stand up and walk to the farmers shed and at the kennels with us not knowing what was wrong with her and no wonder she collapsed when she did. I think she knew she was in safe hands. We gave her peace on Friday 7th August.
We would not be able to help dogs like Sasha without donations from generous members of the public. These are the type of dogs that TARRS helps. Sasha rests in peace now, please donate funds to help more dogs and animals like Sasha. Visit our sponsor & donate page for more details.
