Animal rescue group seeking help to save dog with hole in head
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A local animal rescue group is seeking donations to help save a one-year-old dog found with severe head and face injuries in a remote Manitoba community this past weekend.
Manitoba Underdogs Rescue found Isaac, a shepherd mix, with a hole in his head around 1.5 to two centimetres wide, exposing part of his skull, during one of its rescue missions to northern Manitoba.
The dog is also missing his left ear and has an infection from the wound.
A one-year-old dog who was found with severe injuries on his face in a remote Manitoba community last weekend. (Supplied)
“We realized very quickly that the injury was more severe than we could have ever imagined. It’s probably one of the worst injuries I’ve ever seen myself up close,” said Megan Norton, an underdogs rescue volunteer who found Isaac on Sunday.
The organization connected with the dog’s owners after a community member reported the dog’s injuries.
Norton said she was shocked the dog was so energetic and happy, considering his extensive injuries.
“He was gentle and sweet and loving,” she said.
Isaac’s veterinarians at Pembina Veterinary Hospital believe the injury was caused from a bullet or an ice pick.
“Seeing how sweet he is with humans, it’s hard to believe what he could have gone through from the hands of a human,” Norton said.
He will need at least one surgery, but possibly more, to close the hole in his skull, Norton said, adding the vet bill is expected to be high.
The rescue organization is in desperate need of donations, she said.
The pandemic and higher costs related to inflation have resulted in fewer donations to the charity, she said.
The organization has also been taking fewer trips to remote communities because of pandemic lockdowns.
“The dog population has completely spiked in Manitoba, and a lot of communities that we (were) seeing positive effects and outcomes from our work have completely disappeared because they’ve been completely undone,” Norton said.
Manitoba Underdogs Rescue is accepting donations for Isaac on its website.
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