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Rescue Stories
 
Buddy and Leo
  Special needs cats get a second chance
  We are thrilled to report that our FIV+ feline friends Buddy and Leo have found a permanent and loving  home! Although the majority of  PAWS pets are highly adoptable, we do take in cats who have special needs and therefore need very special parents. Their adopters, Dionna Hunger and Christopher Plywacz, had this to say about adopting their new friends:
 
"After receiving an e-mail request for foster parents from PAWS, I contacted Toni McNaughton, volunteer manager, who told me about two wonderful cats, Leo and Buddy. We went to meet them and it was love at first sight! We adopted them immediately.
 
Chris and I feel the magic touch of our cats, and are so happy we were able to give them a loving home. We thank PAWS for giving us such wonderful gifts in Buddy and Leo. We also want to personally thank Toni, who went out of her way to introduce us to the boys."
 
Oscar
  Fostering gives hope to abandoned pets
  Oscar arrived at PAWS in December after his owner died in an accident and no one was willing to care for him. This six-year old Sheltie/Shepherd mix was confused, depressed, overweight, and shy, and it was clear that he would benefit from a loving foster parent.
Heather Spencer has been a foster mom to many PAWS dogs. The time and attention she devotes to her fosters help them adjust beautifully when they are adopted into their new homes. In Oscar's case, Heather was just what the doctor ordered! Oscar spent the holidays lounging on her couch and even accompanied Heather and her husband on a week's vacation!
 
Eventually it was time for Heather to take Oscar to some adoption events to find him a new home. However, when Heather brought along her gourmet chicken broth recipe to pass to a potential adopter (Oscar enjoys his food much better with it), it was clear that perhaps Oscar already had found his home. And indeed it was true . . . Heather decided that she had made a friend for life, and that Oscar would stay with her.
 
Today Oscar is an outgoing, svelte little dog who was recently spotted dancing on his hind legs for Heather at the PAWS Volunteer and Adopter Appreciation Party!
 
Kima and Sachi immediately after their rescue
   A dramatic rescue
  After a recent PAWS Chicago Humane Education Program, program participant Efren Madrigal went shopping nearby. When he left the store, he discovered two small dogs in the alley. The mother and son poodles were severely battered and bruised, flea-invested, and sick. The little one had a severed paw and was in tremendous pain.
 
Efren approached several strangers in the store parking lot until he found one willing to take him back to the park and find the PAWS volunteers. Together, they rushed the poodles to an emergency hospital where they were cared for and treated, and little Sachi's leg was amputated. PAWS volunteers then fostered the dogs until they were ready to attend adoption events.
 
Andrew, Christina and Cody Hines and our very cute dogs, Kima and Sachi
And look at them now! Kima and Sachi are happy and healthy, having been adopted at their very first adoption event! They are pictured here with the children of their forever family, Andrew, Christina, and Cody Hines. Coincidentally, the children's mother sang in the orchestra that performed at the Fur Ball!
 
Indiana
  Golden retrieves his own life
  Much like the rescue of Kima and Sachi (above), our friend Indiana was saved quite by chance. He literally walked himself into our Lurie Family Spay/Neuter Clinic! Sadly, this affectionate and loving dog was so sick with a terrible ear infection that he could barely respond to human contact. He was malnourished, depressed, and despondent when he
arrived at our Clinic. It took several weeks of treatment and tender loving care, but this sweet 10-year old was adopted at the very first adoption outing he attended. He now lives happily with his parents, Mandy Bohlamn and Kevin Chadwick, who gladly give Indiana the loving care he deserves.
 
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