A scared and injured dachshund was found cowering by the side of the road unable to walk in Nottinghamshire. Delilah had been abandoned after being used for breeding all of her life.
She was rescued by a jogger who found her by the side of the road and brought to the RSPCA Radcliffe Animal Centre. Thankfully, the animal has now been rehomed by the centre after they provided her with vital veterinary care including scans, pain relief, crate rest, physiotherapy and massages.
Sadly, the veterinarian found that she had had several litters but had developed a tumour mass underneath her and had been unable to support her hind legs due to damaged discs in her back. She has since recovered after months of rehabilitation and her mobility has now returned.
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Ella Carpenter, centre manager, had been fostering Delilah and decided to adopt her. She said: “Delilah is just such a special little girl and I’d spent so many months with her during her rehabilitation that we just developed such an incredible bond I decided to adopt her permanently.
“She’s just one of those dogs who steals your hearts - and I think given how much she has gone through everyone at the centre just wanted to give her the second chance she deserved."
She added: “She is such a beautiful and gentle soul who needed to be cherished and we are devastated to think how she had been treated before as just a breeding machine. This is often the sad reality of puppy farming and what happens to breeding bitches when they are no longer considered of use."
The Nottinghamshire branch of the RSPCA warned that there were 718 abandoned animals reported to the cruelty line last year, with 450 so far this year. The statistics have been released as part of a 'Cancel Out Cruelty' campaign from the RSPCA which is aiming to raise funds to keep the rescue teams saving animals in desperate need.
Dermot Murphy, Chief Inspectorate Officer at the RSPCA, said: “The idea of putting your cat in a cat carrier and taking them to a secluded spot in the woods before walking away, or chucking your dog out of the car and driving off leaving them desperately running behind the vehicle, is absolutely unthinkable and heartbreaking to most pet owners - but sadly we are seeing animals callously abandoned like this every single day."
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