ROLDA has helped over 40,000 animals to date and we have hundreds of dogs and cats within our shelters though less than 10% of the income necessary for our vital work is due to legacy gifts. Increasing this procent is an act of kindness that every supporter can do. Your generosity means also that we can be here for dogs like Maia.

Maia holds the unwanted record of longest time in intensive care, beginning in December 2018, when she suffered horrendous injuries to both front legs, putting her at very real risk of double amputation or being put to sleep if our vet had decided it would be cruel to prolong her life.

Maia’s recovery continued from mid-2019 (after her second surgery) until the end of 2020 when she left intensive care and travelled to the small shelter to be cared for by Flori. Here she stayed for a few weeks before heading back to the vet clinic. Some dogs recover quickly and easily but some seem to struggle. Maia’s leg suffers every time she leaves the shelter but we don’t give up on her.

Her recovery continues to this day, though we hope March 2022 will be the last month she will remain in intensive care in an expensive, private clinic where she has received life- and limb-saving surgery. Dozens of hours of spread across three surgeries, four months in intensive care and over a year of hospitalization and ongoing rehabilitation.

We know she is worth it, she has been through so much and is such a lovely, gentle being. ROLDA will remain her safety net until she finds her forever home. ROLDA never gives up on an animal where there exists a chance of acceptable quality of life. It is with your help that ROLDA can continue to offer the care so many dogs and other animals urgently require and deserve. Please consider making a gift to ROLDA in your will and be forever remembered in the happy faces you helped us save.