2 of the pups may need our help

Black Eye Pete + Spot, the 2 remaining pups of this group of 11 will be 16 weeks tomorrow. For those of you following Sweet Pea + her 10 pups story since we helped rescue them the first week of January, it'll be D day next TH for these 2 who are under the care and authority of Animal Humane New Mexico. A foster angel has been selfless in helping to treat them for ringworm (a fungus - athlete's foot in humans, not a worm) for the past 4 weeks since they need to be isolated away from people with health issues (ie. one in our household) and ill animals (ie. Sid our cat + Sweet Pea's risk from her past Erhlichiosis). Their latest ringworm culture will come back soon and if it's negative, these sweet boys will finally be available for adoption. If the culture comes back positive they'll need to continue their treatment and the current foster, who is understandably exhausted, will no longer be able to care for them. If another foster (or an adopter who will adopt one or both) is not located, the AHNM vet will likely order euthanasia which is AHNM policy when it comes to animals in their care with ringworm. These babies have come so far to not be given the chance to live b/c of a stupid and very treatable fungus. Please email us if you know of someone who can take them if the tests come back positive. THANK YOU!

PS. Ringworm is very contagious but their current foster has a cat and has these 2 isolated in a separate area - email Boni who is the foster coordinator at Animal Humane at: bonig@AnimalHumaneNM.org for further information on what their care would entail. Due to the less than ideal foster situation, it may take a while to locate a foster if the results come back positive.  Given that fact, we are trying to help get a new foster or direct adopter/s lined up in advance rather than waiting to the last minute because we'd much rather be safe than sorry. If the culture comes back negative then we can all breathe much easier and then they can be adopted out normally.

Some have criticized our pro-active approach and labeled it as 'premature' and our wide outreach open publication of the potential fate of these 2 as 'crazy' or 'shining a bad light on Animal Humane'.  To us this seems more like 'shoot the messenger'.  We are outspoken advocates for AHNM and their successes but we do not create their policies and we don't see any reason to hide the truth from the public about the potential fate of these 2.  We're casting the widest net possible to ask for help for these 2 because to us, they are worth it and we feel we must reveal the whole picture to those who may be interested in helping.  Otherwise, you who are reading this may feel that this is a typical foster situation that has no potential consequences if not acted upon.