Success Stories

This is sweet little Tucker. Fortunately, Tucker has a loving family who adores him. Unfortunately, he had contracted heartworms. One of Tuckers human-parents had been battling stage 3 breast cancer for a year and was about to go into the hospital for extensive reconstruction. She was unable to work for quite some time and would continue to be unemployed while in recovery. His other human-parent was laid off. Needless to say, this family was in financial hardship and unable to cover the $550 needed to treat Tucker. ART was able to raise the funds and Tucker is now heartworm free thanks to our donors!

ART worked on a difficult project we called Joey and Friends in Chesapeake. 200 cats were originally involved in a hoarding situation where they lived in deplorable filthy conditions and most were unaltered. The cats were moved to a safe facility and foster homes where they had clean food and water and were looked after daily by volunteers who love them. Many in the community stepped up to help and adopt. Thanks to our donors and Sustaining Members, we were able to raise over $2600 to fund this project and provide medical treatment for their many respiratory, digestive and eye issues. We also vaccinated and altered all of the kitties. Most have been adopted! We are pleased to report that the unadoptable cats are safe as well. Several went to lovely farms where they are valued and welcomed as “barn cats”, others remain at the sanctuary where continue to be cared for and loved. What a life – rags to riches!

Pecan needed a very expensive surgery to repair a perineal hernia. He belongs to a college student who was desperate to help her pet and was doing everything she could to make this surgery happen. The surgery was estimated to cost approx $2000. Her parents had depleted their finances due to the military furlough and were not able to help, but she had $800 in credit to apply to the surgery. The Newport News Pet Pantry provided $300 and thanks to our amazing donors and Sustaining Members, ART was able to cover the rest. Just look at this happy face!