Stefan, once forgotten, reminds us WHY we do what we do.
Stefan was tied behind an empty home. Forgotten.
Stefan (aka SPUNKY), a 3-5 year old Chow mix, was picked up after someone moved into a new house and discovered him tied up in the back yard!
It was clear that Stefan had been neglected for quite some time – he was in very rough shape.
Once brought to a Philadelphia shelter, Stefan was sedated and shaved (he had been extremely matted). There were pieces of glass and other odd objects stuck in his matts (which may have caused some of the many open wounds found on his body). Poor Stefan also had extremely long nails that had begun to grow into his paw pads.
“Through all of this,” a shelter official said, “[Stefan] has been nothing but sweet and friendly with everyone he meets, even giving kisses to our volunteer when one of his wounds was being scrubbed. The shelter is no place for a guy like this to recover from so much…he needs rescue ASAP!”
And so Stefan came to Animal Alliance. He will be loved and taken care of while he is waiting for his forever home.
