Help for hospitalized puppies at Patinhas sem Lar

Friends, in the last few weeks we have collected more than 30 kittens and puppies, many of which have had hospital treatment. We ask for your help to settle these debts.

The Associação Patinhas sem Lar, based in Espinho, was created 9 years ago. We have a canine shelter with capacity for 110 dogs, and a cattery with capacity for 80 cats. All animals are properly vaccinated, dewormed and neutered if they are more than 6 months old. In addition to the funds spent to keep the animals sheltered, in the best sanitary conditions, there is also the high cost of animals collected from the street in need of urgent veterinary care: animals run over with bone fractures, animals with parasitic diseases and others, litters of dogs and cats abandoned newborns. Animal abandonment has worsened during the pandemic period. In the last few weeks we have taken in more than 30 animals, many of them in need of veterinary care, which escalated our debts at the veterinary clinics. At the moment we have 3500 euros in debt in veterinary clinics, and requests for help are daily. We created this campaign with the aim of raising 1800 euros to settle part of the debt related to veterinary treatments, so that we can continue to help so many sick animals, left to themselves.

About the author

My name is Ana Paula Castro, I am 56 years old, I am a doctor specializing in Clinical Pathology, and a guest professor of Medical Microbiology at the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS) in Porto.

My passion for animals led me to create the Associação Patinhas sem Lar, 8 years ago, in Espinho, in collaboration with other people, who, like me, are sensitive to the animal cause. At the time, the purpose of creating the association was to take care of 70 dogs that were abandoned on an isolated plot of land in Paramos, Espinho. Since then, we have collected and given away for adoption, more than 2000 dogs and cats. Our aim is that the collected animals are housed for as little time as possible. After the basic veterinary care that includes deworming, vaccination and sterilization, they are publicized on various platforms to promote their responsible adoption. The motivation for this project is to make the care we provide viable, through the settlement of part of the veterinary debts we have assumed.

Budget and due dates

Our goal is to raise 1800 euros by August 1, 2022

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