Healing Hospital

INJURED, NEGLECTED, REJECTED Discarded pet finds love and healing at HSTB’s Animal Hospital

Africa is a 6-month-old pup who was brought to our Animal Hospital after injuring herself while roaming her owner’s farm two days earlier. However, our medical team determined Africa’s injuries (puncture wounds and a shattered leg) had been present for at least two weeks. When staff informed her owner that Africa would need a leg amputation, he stated that he would have “no use for her” and surrendered her to the hospital.

At the time of this writing, Africa is recovering in a loving foster home where she gets one-on-one attention, snuggles, belly rubs and no more unsupervised roaming! Once healed, she will be available for adoption.

NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY IT’S COVER!

Chelsea is a surgical technician at the animal hospital who often takes in medically needy animals. Her passion is to adopt “the ones that look different because those are the ones other people are going to turn their backs on”. Vincent, a 12-year-old

TINY, ALONE, IN TROUBLE Couple rushes to HSTB Animal Hospital when no one else will help.

Mr. Diaz and his girlfriend found a stray kitten, named her Cleo, and began bottle feeding her. During mealtime, Cleo bit off the nipple of the feeding bottle, lodging two foreign objects in her intestines. The situation was dire but medical staff at a different hospital said they couldn’t do surgery on such a small animal. Luckily, they recommended HSTB’s Animal Hospital as a possible resource for help.

When they arrived at the hospital, Mr. Diaz rushed the kitten through the front doors, pleading with our staff to help save Cleo’s life. We advised them that it was a risky, delicate, surgery and Cleo likely wouldn’t survive, but they wanted to give her a fighting chance. Thanks to Dr. Boorstein and his team, not only did Cleo survive but she has since fully recovered and is back in the loving arms of her forever people!

Chihuahua she adopted, is a perfect example. He lost his lower jaw after suffering from untreated dental disease. Veterinarians were unable to replace the jaw with an implant but Chelsea refused to give up. Instead, she took him home and now grinds his food up into a fine powder and mixes it with water for him to drink. Chelsea shared that “a lot of people laugh at him or are taken aback. But his boisterous personality always wins them over”. He’s a big dog in a little body and as happy as can be with Chelsea and her pack!

One of the Humane Society of Tampa Bay’s core values is serving the community with optimism and integrity . That is accomplished not only by taking in stray and unwanted animals for adoption, but by being a resource for humane living and promoting ways to enrich people’s lives through a connection to animals. These pages contain just a few examples:

For Dogs

Saturday, November 5, 2022 | 9:00am – Noon

Gardenville Park & Recreation Center | 6219 Symmes Road, Gibsonton, off of US41

All dogs must be on leashes

Dogs must be 8 weeks or older for DA2PP vaccines

Dogs must be 3 months or older for Rabies vaccines

Vaccinations limited to the first 1,000 dogs. Litters of puppies will not be accepted.

For their own safety, NO cats are allowed at this event

Thank You, Partners

QUESTIONS? 813.252.2027 or specialevents@humanesocietytampa.org

Animals In Crisis

The Humane Society of Tampa Bay offers programs to assist families struggling to keep their pets because of financial insecurity, including:

PET PANTRY

Free pet food and supplies every Tuesday and Saturday.

PET REHOMING Online resource to help you rehome your pet.

ANIMAL HOSPITAL

Affordable veterinary care for the public, 7 days a week.

Scan the code at right for more information and programs to help families.