This is the dog that is the subject of a Sh248,000 fundraising effort
There are numerous fundraising initiatives currently running online, and one of them is in pursuit of Sh248,778 for a dog.
The nine-month-old female dog needs well-wishers’ contribution to enable it get a passport among other required documents to travel from Kenya to England in December together with its adoptive family that will be relocating.
The female dog, named Dollypops alias Dolly, was rescued in Nairobi’s Hardy Estate in March with its front left leg missing. The rescuers took it to the Kenya Society for Protection and Care of Animals (KSPCA) where Ms Wendy Holmes, one of the KSPCA staff, decided to adopt it.
“She was brought in by two boys who found her. I just grabbed her straight away as we had a parvovirus outbreak and she would have perished in the KSPCA as she was so weak,” Ms Holmes told Nairobi News.
The dog’s adoptive family believes Dolly’s leg was bitten off by a leopard residing in the Nairobi National Park — and which most likely killed the dog’s family.
FUNDRAISING ACCOUNT
Her daughter Chloe, currently in England, on Monday opened a fundraising account for Dollypops on GoFundMe, a popular crowd-funding site. Their target is £2,000 (Sh248,778).
“Raising 2000 [British pounds] before December is extremely optimistic but we desperately want to bring her home,” Chloe states in her message to potential donors.
“Dolly needs a passport. She also needs a plane ticket and a new crate to fly in. She has been supported by the KSPCA which my mother works with fantastically. But with the current situation they cannot provide financial assistance,” adds Chloe.
Chloe says her parents have cleared the transport logistics of three of the four dogs they own, courtesy of the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom that is her father’s employer.
It is only Dolly, she says, whose transport issues have not been addressed.
PROSTHESIS
“She’s come along leaps and bounds and is truly a character. She’s getting fitted for a prosthesis currently and soon she will be running with her brothers and grumpy older sister. Please help us bring her home so she can share her endless amounts of joy in England,” states Chloe.
By Thursday, Ms Holmes told Nairobi News, the initiative had raised about £80 (Sh9,949).
She explained that transporting a dog to England “costs a fortune” as its passport must be issued through a veterinarian officer who has to abide by the regulations of the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Ms Holmes said that her family plans to be in the UK by December 16. However, the three-legged dog’s transportation will not be guaranteed yet, even if there are enough funds for transportation.
“Dolly can’t come till rabies checks come back from Germany. It’s a nightmare,” she said.
