Anne Arundel County Animal Care & Control does not have a veterinarian on staff to care for ill or injured animals. As a result, a large part of the Friends of AACACC budget goes toward vet care — either critical care to save an animal’s life or procedures and tests that make an animal more adoptable. Friends pays for a mobile veterinarian to come to the shelter once a week and examine any animals already there who need non-critical care. We also transport animals to many local veterinary hospitals that give us substantial discounts on services ranging from relatively routine services such as dental cleanings to urgent, life-saving emergency care. (Thank you to all our veterinary partners!) Here are some examples of how funds from our donors have dramatically turned around – and, in some cases, saved — the lives of individual homeless pets:
Suzie
This young lab was seriously injured after apparently being hit by a car in Annapolis. Her owner never was found, and so we paid for the surgery she received from her injuries at [...]
Cody
Cody, a little 8-year-old chihuahua, had a cleft lip, severe periodontal disease complicated by serious bone loss in his jaw, and a hole between his mouth and nasal cavity when he was given [...]
Charlie
Thanks to the immense efforts of Dr. Scott Andersen and his team at Waugh Chapel Animal Hospital, Charlie, an older gray cat, was able to overcome the horrific -- and apparently intentional -- [...]
Todd
Todd, a 3-month-old puppy, suffered serious injuries, including a shattered back leg, when he was both hit by a car and attacked by his littermates. His owner gave him up to the shelter, [...]