It already looks like 2023 is carrying on where 2022 left off in the animal rescue world. The first emergency intake of the year for our North Lincolnshire centre only took four days, and with more on the way, the tide doesn’t look to be turning any time soon.
Poor emaciated, exhausted Martha arrived into our care with her ten small, underweight, itchy and worm infested puppies. Martha had actually birthed an astonishing sixteen puppies in this litter, with six tragically passing away before we met her, through unknown circumstances. The images below may be distressing, as they are for our team, but they are the reality of what we are facing across the rescue sector, unwanted litter after unwanted litter, crisis after crisis.
This huge litter of puppies, as is plainly obvious in these images, has taken a huge physical toll on Martha. Every bone protrudes, every rib and vertebrae is visible, even lying down to nurse her hungry puppies is painful, and they have been taking every ounce of the little strength she has. The puppies are believed to be around 6 weeks old, they are small for their breed (Rottweiler x), and very hungry. Miraculously, the puppies are bright, energetic and eating well, a testament to lovely Martha. Although they are underweight and seemingly quite itchy, only one was quite visibly poorly on arrival and required immediate veterinary care, being a lot smaller than his siblings and quite weak on arrival. Thankfully, he appears to be improving after intravenous fluids, though not out of the woods yet, he is receiving 24 hour one to one care.
Despite all she has been through, Martha is friendly, sweet and eager to please, all the team are so in love with her already, and determined to give her the happy life she deserves. At just three years old herself, she deserves so much more than this. Martha and her pups will need huge amounts of care, at a huge cost, and going by current trends and the volume of desperate calls we are receiving every day at the moment, there will likely be another tragic case following close behind them. If you can support us to get all eleven of these beautiful dogs healthy, happy and ready to find their forever homes, please donate, as little as £1, can make all the difference to their future. We need to always be able to be there when dogs like Martha and her puppies need us.
To donate £1, text MARTHA to 70201
To donate £3, text MARTHA to 70331
To donate £5, text MARTHA to 70970
To donate £10, text MARTHA to 70191
If you choose to donate via text, you will receive a message asking if you would like to make this donation monthly, if you are able to do so, please, please consider this. This regular, sustainable income is absolutely vital to us, and allows us to step in when needed, and help this poor mother and her pups, and all those who will follow them. Even £1 per month, given by many, makes a huge difference to how many dogs we can help.