Meet Roo!
Born with malformed front legs, Roo spent years caged as a prisoner of the legal system.  She and many other dogs were held at a nearby shelter as the subject of a court case ... but as soon as she was freed by the courts, AWA was ready to respond with help.  Roo received veterinary care and went home with a foster family so she could finally be out of a kennel and off the concrete floors.  With her foster family she experienced the love and warmth of a home for the first time in her life.

In addition to her malformed legs, Roo had suffered a broken front leg because of an accident several weeks prior to arriving at AWA.  Radiographs indicated that the break was not yet healed so Roo has been kept resting by her foster family.  Despite her difficulties, it's hard to keep Roo sitting still!  If her leg is unable to heal, she faces surgery. Please keep your fingers crossed for Roo and click here if you want to send Roo a get well message!

Roo is just one of the more than 2,500 (and counting) animals AWA has helped this year but she represents the best of what we do.  With compassionate veterinary care for the sheltered animals, loving foster homes to give sheltered animals extra TLC and a spay & neuter clinic ensuring there will be fewer unwanted animal births, we are constantly striving to do more and do it to the best of our abilities! 

Tragically, times are tough for people … which means they are even tougher for animals.  

Families are losing their savings and facing foreclosures in record numbers.  Through the current financial crisis innocent, voiceless animals suffer silently.  They suffer as they are dropped off at shelters in record numbers by families in tears.  They suffer when people can no longer afford veterinary care.  And they suffer as they are abandoned to fend for themselves in foreclosed homes or empty apartments by people who mistakenly hope that they will be found and loved. 

The good news is that together, we CAN make a difference in their lives, rescuing, repairing and finding homes for thousands of animals. We must continue to make a difference despite the troubled economy and for that we need your help more than ever before.

 Please give generously to help the animals … animals we have yet to meet but who will desperately need your love and support.  Thank you for your gift to them.   

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2,832 adopted in 2008! 9,270 spayed/neutered in 2008! Click here to view AWA's 2008 Animal Handling Report