Multiple animals, some injured and some abandoned, were dropped off at a Tacoma animal shelter Thursday, according to the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County.
The animals included a pitbull missing a tailbone and three cats covered in feces and urine.
The 2-year-old pitbull named Trout was found running loose in the Tacoma area and brought in by a member of the community.
Trout arrived at the shelter with skin, tissue and his tailbone missing from his tail, leaving a deep and exposed wound.
“This poor dog was suffering greatly when he arrived at our shelter,” says Dr. Bennett, the chief veterinary officer at the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County. “We immediately wrapped his tail and started him on antibiotics and pain medication. He will need a tail amputation as soon as possible to avoid life-threatening infection and to live a pain-free life.”
Three cats were dropped off just two hours later after another community member found three large garbage bags outside the Federal Way Community Center.
Each bag contained a neglected cat in a feces-caked crate.
The Humane Society is accepting donations to help with Trout’s surgery and medical care for the abandoned cats. Donations can be made at thehumanesociety.org.
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