Houston, Texas – A dog’s pitiful condition is so extreme that it is hard to believe she is alive. The dog, Penelope, weighs just 10 pounds. According to Caitie’s Foster Fam Rescue, Penelope was adopted four years ago as a puppy…today she is an emaciated skeleton.
The rescue agency said:
“How is she even alive?” were the first words out of our mouths when the shelter sent a picture of Penelope. Because there aren’t words to describe just how awful of shape she’s in. Emaciated, starved.
Explaining why details about Penelope’s situation cannot be disclosed publicly:
While we are always transparent (sometimes overly so) with the rescue intakes, we will never sensationalize things. We will never add details to their case that we don’t know, and we will never make up stories. But sometimes we have to withhold details if it affects an active investigation. Since Penelope’s is an open cruelty case, we can’t share many details yet about how she ended up at the shelter.
On Wednesday, a day after the initial post about the frail dog, the rescue organization posted a promising update about Penelope, writing:
Everyone deserves a Penelope update because that intake picture was gut-wrenching. But our girl is STRONG!
Penelope was immediately hospitalized (with visits from her foster mama), and she has shocked us all by how well she is doing. Her spirits have been high, and she is stable. She is walking on her own. We truly can’t believe it. She is a fighter, and she knows how much she is loved now. With how thin she is, she is still at a risk of re-feeding. This means she is on a specific food plan of small meals spread throughout the day. Feeding too much too quickly can shock their bodies and send them into organ failure.
Follow Penelope’s journey to recovery at this link to the rescue group’s Facebook page.
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10 Comments
why do we allow this in our world? Lifetime in prison is the answer for this cruelty.
The person or persons responsible for letting Penelope end up in this heartbreaking condition need to be punished to the full extent of the law. To cause an animal to get to that degree of starvation is extremely cruel and unjustifiable no matter what. Hopefully these people are locked up for the longest time possible so they can cause no further pain and suffering to other animals!
I hope one day soon that the people who abused Penelope and starved her and anybody who knew this was happening to her get cancer that is incurable and for a slow miserable death to them, please give them a long prison sentence and a fine that will cripple them financially. May the rest of there lives be misery. I hate them
Starve the monster that did this!!! An eye for an eye!! POS!!
Her owners needs the same done to them
Bless that sweet girl and give her the strength to battle and get healthy. I’d love to get my hands on the monster who is responsible. They need to suffer.
This is so sad. My heart just aches for that sweet puppy I want nothing but the worst for whoever did this. I hope you fight it to the end and throw these miserable horrible POS‘s in jail. There’s no reason for this. It is intentional you have to let this happen for a long time for this puppy to look like that. Again, I wish pain and suffering for whoever did this!!
so so sad to see this. Poor angel, may the rest of her life be 100% better
Omg just when I think there aren’t any more useless vile monsters out 😢
Oh my God! I hope the individual(s) that did this to Penelope rot in hell! I just don’t understand why individuals do such horrible things to animals! Those individuals should be sentenced to death!! Thank goodness for veterans and the fosters! Sending prayers, healing thoughts and love for sweet beautiful Penelope!