Is $5,500 too much to spend to save a puppy’s life?
Eva, a now 8-week-old puppy rescued near Chinle, Arizona, needs surgery to correct what a veterinarian found to be a fatal heart problem. Surgery to repair the problem – severe pulmonary stenosis and an atrial septal defect – can be done at the Colorado State University School of Veterinary Science.
But it’s not cheap. The estimate is $4,500 for surgery and $1,000 more for travel costs and follow-up care.
The effort to help Eva is called Lisa Parker’s Puppies and is a branch of Dogster Spay and Neuter Program based in Durango.
Eva was among a litter of six to be euthanized before someone rescued the 5-day-old puppies and transported them to foster care in Durango, according to the Lisa Parker’s Puppies online page. They required days of force-feeding and weeks of bottle-feeding.
“After five weeks of intensive care, we breathed a sigh of relief that every puppy had miraculously survived!” the website says.
To help, visit https://rally.org/f/e8h9jHtW9yj.
