Will you help give pets like Fella the veterinary care they deserve?

Looking at dainty little Fella today, you'd never guess he was once surrendered for being “defective.”

This endlessly affectionate young whippet was born with a severe cleft palate, an 8cm hole along the roof of his snout.

Because of that gap, food and water could pass into his nasal passages, or even into his lungs. Every mouthful could have made him choke, or gag, or struggle to breathe.

A medical condition doesn’t make an animal defective, and it doesn’t make Fella any less deserving of help.

Cleft palate surgery is complex with Fella's repair requiring a highly experienced surgeon, two hours in theatre, and weeks of foster care before he could begin to heal.

Fella’s surgery alone cost $3,609. And because Lort Smith receives no ongoing government funding to keep our animal hospitals and shelter running, every cent of Fella's care came from kind-hearted supporters like you.