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Last Hope is dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of stray, abandoned and death-due pound animals

Meet Susie

Donations can be sent to:
LAST HOPE, Inc.
ANIMAL RESCUE and REHABILITATION
P.O. Box 61
Syosset, NY 11791

Meet Ruby

Ruby is a female beagle who was found in the Town of Oyster Bay shelter with two horrible cherry eyes. Shelter workers asked us to rescue her and get her the proper care she needed. Ruby has since undergone eye surgery and now has two bright and cheery eyes to greet us with.

Meet Humphrey

Humphrey is a happy, 8 year old large Beagle from Hempstead Shelter.
He is very friendly, sweet, unassuming, knows basic commands and will sit if asked to. Da Humph has Cushing's Disease and requires daily medication for his well-being. The medication makes him urinate often so a home with a dog door is ideal! Please call our Dog Line at 631 425-1884 and leave a message if you wish to meet this charming dog.

Meet Henry

On one of our weekly visits to a Long Island municipal shelter, a male corgi mix was brought to our attention. He was just the size dog everyone always asks us for and had a very nice disposition. We put a DO NOT DESTROY order on him, and said we would be back for him in a few days after a temperament/behavioral evaluation had been conducted. The poor guy became deathly ill within a matter of days and required our intervention immediately. We found him in the isolation ward of the shelter barely able to stand. Again, we signed him out of the shelter as soon as his plight came to our attention and brought him to one of our veterinarians for an examination, x-rays, blood workup and medications.

Henry is about 4-5 years old, loves people and other animals.

LAST HOPE: AN EXPANDED MISSION

Over the past twenty-six years Last Hope has been committed to helping the stray, abandoned, and death due pound animals on Long Island. Thousands of dogs and cats have found loving homes through our organization.

Two years ago it became increasingly clear that we needed to raise additional funds to cover the extraordinary costs associated with the numbers of cats and dogs that had special needs who were entering our programs. Many of the municipal shelters, be it Babylon, Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Huntington, Islip, or Brookhaven, were calling and asking Last Hope to consider dogs and cats that had no chance of being adopted unless Last Hope intervened and provided the medical attention that they so needed. On many an occasion, the shelter brought the animal to us on a Sat. or Sun.,or in the evening, so that we could start the process of seeking specialized vet care.

It was July of 2006 that five of us in Last Hope formed the committee that would become the backbone of the special needs auctions. Our inspiration was Sophia, a beagle, whom I was fostering at the time. Sophia, unfortunately, died in Sept. of 2006, but her legacy lived on in our auctions.

All of the original committee members either had adopted, fostered, or were fostering special needs cats and dogs. We hoped that by our example we would encourage others to consider a special needs animal when they were ready to adopt. We have held eight fundraising events highlighting our needy animals and raised over $23,000 for their care. This money has enabled us to help over 18 dogs and 15 cats with special needs in the last two years.

Hope, Kelly, Annie, Butch, Gracie, Henry, Rocky, Humphrey, Snoopy, Harriett, Domino, Ruby, (dogs) and Gin, Fizz, Frankie D., Vanna, Jeff, Lola, Milo, Amber, Torta, (cats) are just some of the special animals that we have highlighted in our auctions. Most have been adopted into loving homes, some are still waiting patiently for their turn.

We will continue to do all that is necessary to give a "leg up" to those dogs and cats that life has given special challenges.

Maureen Griffin
Auction Coordinator

SOPHIA, Our Inspiration

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