Clay County Animal Care and Control needs the community’s help fostering healing animals, including a puppy who was hit by a car.
The 3-month-old German Shepherd needs a place to heal after his legs were injured.
“One of our volunteers actually saw him be hit by a car in Green Cove Springs,” Christina Sutherin, director of Clay County Animal Care and Control, said.
Sutherin said he was in a lot of pain.
He was brought to the Clay Humane Society, where they took X-rays and learned he had multiple breaks.
“He has three in his upper arm, one in his lower arm but that was broken into multiple pieces and one in his lower leg,” Veterinarian Christian Broadhurst said.
He had surgery to fix the breaks and now both of his front legs are in casts.
The puppy they named Matthew needs a medical foster home to help him recover.
“Clearly it would be best on somebody's couch instead of a concrete floor,” Sutherin said.
Broadhurst said Matthew will recover, he just needs some extra love and attention.
“He’s very lucky to survive the injury he received and lucky he was at animal control, who sent him up to us so we could collaborate and make sure he had the best care possible,” Broadhurst said.
The doctor said it could take 6 to 8 weeks for him to heal.
Friends of Clay Animals is a nonprofit that advocates for the Clay County Animal Control and provided the funding to get Matthew the help he needed.