WECare Stories

$✨TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY: THE FOXY EDITION✨ This foxy lady was found down at our local bakery (they do the best fresh bread and coconut buns, we tell ya!) by some WECarers when they were out for lunch back in January. She was COVERED in ticks and fleas (standard) and we suspected she had a broken leg, so scooped her up and carried her back up the road in the blazing heat 🔥🔥🔥 Sweaty times. Her X-ray showed a fracture, but the splints were all too large for her so we bandaged the little pooch instead, then we discovered she had ringworm. Can't this girl catch a break?! 😑 Unfortunately, this meant little Foxy had to put in isolation to avoid spreading ringworm around. Five weeks later, after many bandage changes, Foxy's leg was free but she was still under strict cage rest 🥴 Torture for a young pup, but oh so necessary. At the end of March, it was time to go home, so we dropped her back outside the bakery (the prime spot for street dogs in Gandara + all the snacks! 🙏). However, Foxy found her way back to the hospital, where she'd hide outside and jump out at us whenever we appeared, demanding cuddles. It was obvious she was refusing to be a street dog (too much of a brat 😏) so we took her in, in the hope of finding her a home. With still no takers by June (the pandemic put a stop to people coming to the clinic to adopt), we took Foxy to our adoption day in Dikwella in June where she was left on the shelf - potentially because SHE IS SO BOUNCY ⚡⚡⚡ This girl has no end of energy, we're very jealous, tbh. When in a kennel, she was jumping up on the partition wall to have a nosey, and when out of a kennel, she's jumping up to slobber on our faces and make a lunge for our earrings. Oh, and flying OVER THE BABY GATE and through the garden door so she can tear around the clinic, causing havoc 😂 She's a pest but we wouldn't have it any other way 💕 We'll now look after her until we can find her a forever home. If you'd like to sponsor this little firecracker while she's with us (and receive monthly pics and updates), please head to 👉bit.ly/sponsorfoxy👈$

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$Meet Bertie. We spotted him a few weeks ago in local village Gandara and he stuck out because a) well, look at him and b) we didn't recognise him (you get to know the dogs in the area like the back of your hand). Bertie's super friendly so - seeing that he's appeared out of nowhere - we think he may be a pet that's been dumped. This often happens because people can't afford (or don't want) to pay for the pet's veterinary care or they think the pet is diseased and will pass it on. 😠 Unfortunately, there's a pandemic (had you noticed?) and we are running on skeleton staff so Bertie had to join a waiting list 🤯 We finally had time (and room) to take on Bertie last week, so scooped him up and brought him in. We thought we were just dealing with skin disease and a gammy leg (turns out it was a carpal fracture) but Bertie surprised us with a TVT, babesiosis, multiple tumours and a wound on the scrotum. Nice! Bertie will be with us a while and - unsurprisingly - with that list of ailments, it's going to cost quite a lot to get him back on track, so if you have any spare cash, feel free to sling it our way at the link in our bio. DM us for Sri Lankan or UK bank deets 💰if that's more your vibe. And THANK YOU to everyone who has donated already this week, you really cheered up a veeeeeeery tired team 😴😁 P.S. Sorry about the state of the kennels and the buster collar - the dogs chew up the collars like you wouldn't believe and painting the kennels got pushed way down the priority list around the same time we had to start wearing face masks 🤔 ~ ~ ~ ~ #animalrescue #animalwelfare #lankalivin #BecauseWECare #streetdogs #travelsrilanka #lankalife #bethechange #volunteer #puppiesinparadise #vet #vetmed #veterinary #vetlyfe #surfsrilanka #wecare #srilanka #streetvet #srilankanstreetdogs #vetschool #charity #vetnurse #charitysrilanka$