Give Hope to Mattie and Her Puppies – 11/14/2025 Mattie, a two-year-old Beagle mix and new mama to four two-week-old puppies, was rushed to the Kentucky Humane Society’s Sam Swope Pet Treatment & Lifesaving Center after she was struck by a vehicle. Poor Mattie has deep bruising along her stomach and on her nursing teats, along with
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Pretzel Update 11/11/2025 Last week, we introduced you to Pretzel, a one-month-old puppy who was brought to the Kentucky Humane Society after being thrown out of a car into oncoming traffic. Avoiding physical injury, this poor pup was scared and malnourished. Our veterinary team provided Pretzel with fluids, nutrition and a warm place to rest,
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Labubu Update 11/4/2025 When we introduced you to Labubu last week, she was in terrible shape. Her fur was so matted that we couldn’t see her eyes, skin or nails, leaving her in terrible pain and unable to comfortably move. After removing 1.5 POUNDS of matted fur from this 11-year-old dog, we’re relieved to say
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Spirit Update 10/14/2025 Spirit is on the road to recovery after undergoing amputation surgery earlier this week. Though the break in her leg was too severe for us to mend, her young age and resilient nature will work in her favor as she continues to heal. We’ve prescribed Spirit pain medication and antibiotics so she
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Parvo Puppy Update 10/10/2025 While Cayenne and Parsley, the puppies quarantined in our Parvo Unit, are slowly recovering after arriving in critical condition last week, just yesterday, another Parvo-positive pup named Lenore entered the unit when a shelter reached out in desperate need of getting her help. They knew that Parvo would soon take this
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Make Happy Ever Afters Happen – Donate Now We are in the home stretch of Give for Good Louisville. Thank you so much to all who have already supported KHS today! As our city’s largest online giving day comes to a close, we ask that you please dig deep to support the animals of KHS as they search
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Abandoned Puppies Find Surrogate Mom Today is Give for Good Louisville – our city’s largest day of online giving. Donate today to help us earn an extra $10,000 from Honda World – a local business who loves animals as much as you do! Wheaties and Cheerios were just a few days old when they were found abandoned at a Dollar General store.
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Fletcher Update 8/21/2025 Fletcher is on the mend after arriving at our Sam Swope Pet Treatment and Lifesaving Center last week with a severely broken front right leg. Because this was a clean break, we decided to amputate in order to guarantee this sweet boy makes a full recovery. Thankfully, his surgery went smoothly and he seems to be
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Olive Update 7/31/2025 Our sweet baby Olive is still taking slow but steady steps towards healing. Her little body is working overtime to fight off infection and support her immune system. Olive’s skin is less swollen and sensitive than it was last week, with her eyes opening more as the infections wane. Now that Olive is stable, we’ve sent
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Willy Update 7/25/2025 Willy recently underwent eye enucleation surgery after arriving at KHS with a severely infected eye. His sutures have been removed, and we’re very pleased with how he’s progressed since going to foster. Willy has even found a fast friend in a fellow foster cat, Momo! Despite all he’s been through, Willy seems to be adjusting to life with one
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