Esme, one of my current fosters Amidst the coronavirus panic of 2020, I applied to become a palliative foster carer for an elderly dog with cancer. Despite the enthusiasm of my application, nothing came out of it and I forgot that I'd given my contact details to the rescue. Around six months later, I got a call from the rescue asking me if I could take on a new surrender.   He was a six-month-old American Staffordshire Terrier mix, who'd lived his whole life with his littermate. He'd never...

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Rowan was born with a tiny, non-functional eye and half-blind. A few days after his birth, the local vet advised that he should be euthanised. He wouldn’t have a good quality of life and no one would want to buy him anyway. Jellyfish was born blind in a regional area. At 10 weeks old he was dumped on the highway and left to die. His life was saved by a kind stranger but by six months old he was on the local shelter’s euthanasia list after a failed adoption. Moose and his brother were dumped...