Beautiful Bonded Tabbies Looking for a New Home

Marilyn A131978 & Jane A133141 – These two beautiful sisters came to The Toronto Humane Society in May of 2009 with conjunctivitis, and spent some time in our kitten nursery.

They are now quite healthy, and are looking for a loving new home together. They do not require medication, but do need a lysine supplement to their diet. These girls absolutely love to ride around on people's shoulders, and would make wonderful family pets.

Belinda A135314 & Bennie A074970

Belinda A135314 – Belinda is a 6 year old spayed female, who came into the shelter in August of 2009 as a transfer from another shelter. She is a very sweet girl who loves to snuggle up with you. She has a skin allergy which makes her more sensitive to sun on her nose, so she must wear sunscreen at all times when it’s sunny.

Bennie A074970 – Bennie is an 8 year old spayed, female, Lab Mix, who originally came into the shelter in 2004. She was adopted out shortly after and then returned in September of 2009 because her owners were moving. She is a great older dog who still has lots of life left in here. Please come down to the shelter and give this girl her new forever home.

Matilda A031838

Matilda is a 14 year old, Female/Spayed, Beagle. She is a very sweet older dog that is currently available for foster as she had mammary cancer. She is looking for a home to live out her twilight days, preferably quieter with no children.

If you have some room in your heart and home for Matilada, why not come down to the shelter at 11 River St. and pay her a visit!

Madonna

Hello, my name is Madonna. I am a female bunny with a really sad story to tell. I originally came to the shelter in July 2008, after being rescued from a backyard breeding operation where my siblings and I were going to be used for meat.

When I arrived at the shelter, I was pregnant and the shelter staff sent me to a foster home where I could raise my babies in a peaceful place. When they were old enough, my 6 babies and I came back to the shelter and I have had the bitter sweet privilege of watching them get adopted, while I have been waiting patiently for my forever home to find me.

I am a very shy girl after all that I’ve been through and I’m looking for a loving home where I can finally learn what it is to be a bunny. If you think you can give me a second chance, please come and visit me at the shelter. I can’t wait to start my new life!

Keisha

Keisha is a beautiful, friendly, playful Husky who recently arrived at the Toronto Humane Society.

Keisha was found wandering around as a stray. She had very extensive wounds to her front feet. They were so bad that she was not even walking on her front left foot. It is unknown how these injuries occurred.

Keisha's wounds were immediately cleaned and dressed at The Toronto Humane Society Hospital. Now that the wounds have been cared for, and her dressings changed regularly, she is doing much better, and the wounds are healing quickly.

We hope that Keisha will be ready to go to her new forever home within the next couple of weeks, once her wounds have completely healed.

This adorable Jack Russell Terrier puppy was surrendered to the Toronto Humane Society in early October because he was suffering from seizures and his owners could not afford the treatment.

Chewie was placed under the care of veterinarians and given medication to control the seizures. We have not witnessed any seizures in Chewie since he has been on the medication. In consultation with a veterinary neurologist we believe he might have a condition known as ‘puppy epilepsy’ which he will grow out of.

We are accepting applications for Chewie’s adoption at our 11 River St. shelter. Chewie is currently in foster care and will return the shelter once his new forever family has been selected.

Here are a few more stories of how your support helps The Toronto Humane Society to do whatever it takes to save animals lives:

Cat with broken leg brought to shelter

In another example of an all too common occurrence here at the shelter, today we treated another poor little cat whom had been hit by a car.

Rosy came in with a very badly broken leg, and covered in blood. After cleaning her up, and performing an X-ray and blood work, THS vets went right to work repairing the fracture.

Now Rosy is resting in her cage in the clinic, and our vets expect she will make a full recovery, however it will take some time before she can walk properly again.

Accidents like Rosy's can be easily avoided, it is much safer for your cat to keep him or her indoors at all times, it has been proven that cats live longer and healthier lives indoors, and at the same time avoid horrible accidents like Rosy's. So keep your feline friend indoors at all times!

THS vets save snapping turtle hit by car

Edgar the snapping turtle, whom our vets estimate to be about 25 years old, was brought in to the shelter after being found at the side of the road, not moving, bleeding quite badly. Edgar was just strolling along minding his own business, when he was likely hit by a car. His shell was crack and had a large chip missing from it, and his jaw was quite badly fractured.

THS vets immediately went to work and patched old Edgar up. They patched up his shell, and wired his jaw back in to place.

Now Edgar is getting some R&R in the reptile pool in our wildlife area. His is doing quite well, and the vets expect him to make a full recovery.

Inky

Inky has had a tough past few days. Inky arrived at the shelter on July 27th as a custodial surrender. She was basically in the midst of giving birth, but was having a tough go at it, she had already given birth to one of her kittens, who arrived with her, however THS vets had to immediately perform a c-section to deliver her other kittens, she had 3 more, however sadly one did not make it.

Inky is now resting recuperating (and nursing) along with her 3 kittens. She is doing very well, and we expect her to make a full recovery. In a month or so, once she has recovered, and her kittens are a bit more grown, they will all be ready to go to new forever homes.

Jack

Jack came to us from our investigations department. He was found with a severe eye infection, he couldn't see at all.

After closely examining him Toronto Humane Society veterinarians realized that he didn't just have an eye infection, he actually had a very painful condition called "entropian eyelids". The hair from around Jack's eye had started growing inwards towards his eyes, constantly rubbing up against them. Jack was probably suffering greatly because of this.

THS vets went right to work and operated on Jack to fix his condition. Jack is still healing, and is not quite able to open his eyes fully yet, however we are confident he will recover completely, and be ready to go to a loving new home.