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Ktten’s badly injured hind limb had to be amputated to  give her a chance at a better life. Credit: YCSM She Was Still Breathing. They Keep Arriving Broken. YCSM Keeps Saying Yes. Dear friends,    In Agadir, Morocco, the team at You Can Save Me Shelter wakes each day knowing another desperate call may come. A cat hit by a car. A dog cut open by a person. Three cats struggling with coryza. An animal so badly hurt that amputation is the only way to end her pain.   Animals First Aid, in partnership with You Can Save Me Shelter, is asking you to stand with Fatim and her team again—because the suffering has not slowed down, and neither have they. PLEASE DONATE Kitten brutally attacked by sharp object. Credit: YCSM One cat was attacked with a sharp object. The wound in her chest was so deep that her lung could be seen moving as she breathed. Her ribs were fractured, her right lung had collapsed, her head was torn and she nearly lost an ear. Her temperature had fallen to 32°C. The veterinarian operated despite the terrible odds. Miraculously, she woke up and began to move. Her surgery and veterinary care alone came to 700 dirhams, and her treatment must continue. PLEASE DONATE Credit: YCSM Another kitten was struck by a car and suffered damage so severe that one of her hind limbs had to be amputated. She is now healing and learning to move through a completely changed life. Another rescued cat survived a fractured jaw and surgery; photographs taken three months later show what patient care can achieve.   But not every story has a happy ending. YCSM rushed one cat, found after being hit by a car and left to die, to the hospital. He did not survive. He mattered, and he did not die alone. PLEASE DONATE Credit: AFA in Association with Jelena Sanctuary and Vera Vita The emergencies keep coming: a female cat attacked by dogs and still receiving treatment at the shelter; three cats fighting coryza; a dog with a fractured back leg who may still need an amputation; and another terribly injured cat whose eyes were beyond saving. Rosa, in the Kours neighborhood of Safi, has suffered for years with a severe uterine condition and painful, infected legs. She too needs compassionate veterinary care.   Then there is the dog attacked by a person. A deep wound across his back left him unable to walk properly. His wound was stitched twice, but every movement pulled the stitches open again. YCSM provided daily treatment until he finally began to improve. His latest update reminds us that recovery is not one dramatic rescue—it is dressing wounds, giving medicine and refusing to give up, day after day. PLEASE DONATE This is what Fatim and the YCSM team face in Agadir: one emergency after another, while food, medication, surgery, hospitalization and follow-up care continue to drain their limited resources.   Please make an urgent gift today. A gift of $50 can help YCSM meet immediate needs such as food, wound-care supplies and medicine. A gift of $100 can help toward veterinary examinations, diagnostics and treatment. A gift of $250 or more can help carry the cost of surgery, hospitalization and the long recovery that follows.   For more than two years, Animals First Aid supporters have helped YCSM rescue the animals others abandoned. You have helped build safety where there was none. Today, these new victims need that same compassion.   Please do not let Fatim face the next emergency with an empty hand.   Stand with Animals First Aid and You Can Save Me Shelter. Help keep the doors open, the bowls filled and lifesaving treatment moving forward—for every animal still fighting to live. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Audrey Sam Global Partnerships  & Donor Relations Lead Animals First Aid Phone (US): +1 773 300 2544 Animals First Aid (AFA) is a dedicated nonprofit organization committed to saving and improving the lives of animals in urgent need. Through compassionate partnerships and global collaboration, we provide immediate care, shelter, and long-term solutions for abused, abandoned, and neglected animals. Every donation directly supports life-changing interventions, ensuring animals receive the love, safety, and healing they deserve. Animals First Aid is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States (EIN: 99-1042428), and donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law. Together, we can continue making a difference, one precious life at a time.

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