BOSTON (WHDH) – The Animal Rescue League of Boston is at present caring for an 8-year-old Shih Tzu who was left tied to a fence outdoors of the organization’s Boston Animal Care and Adoption Center, and ARL want to not solely discover the canine, who’s dealing with an unsure future, a home, however to additionally remind the general public that if anybody is confronted with the choice to give up of animal, ARL is a useful resource and is right here to assist.
In mid-August, Raggedy Ann was noticed by a trash collector round 5 a.m., tied to a fence outdoors of ARL’s shelter on the Tremont Street aspect, and notified workers a short time later when the Good Samaritan realized that the canine had possible been left by its proprietor. The animal had a collar however not tags, and was additionally left with a bowl of water. ARL surmises that the proprietor didn’t know what else to do, and left the canine in a second of panic.
Raggedy Ann was given a radical veterinary examination which revealed a mammary mass, which was eliminated and biopsied – sadly the mass was malignant. And whereas a chest x-ray didn’t present any signal of metastatic illness, it’s doable that further mammary tumors could seem or that metastatic illness could turn into obvious as she ages.
Given her medical situation, ARL desires to see Raggedy Ann discover a new home as rapidly as doable so she could benefit from the the rest of her life in a home with a loving household. Her adoption price can be waived, and ARL will council her new household on easy methods to proceed together with her medically as soon as she goes home.
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