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Yesterday I was brought to the vet to be euthanized... I was left on a top bunk and when I jumped down, I broke both my front legs and my owner, not having the money to afford surgery, chose to end my life...

Thanks to the quick efforts of the vet technicians, H.A.L.O. was called. At only 10 month old and full of life and love, we felt there was no other choice but to accept Cody into the Angel Medical Program to save his life.

Tomorrow Cody starts surgery. It will likely take two days for plates, screws, bone marrow transplants and PRP (plasma rich protein) to give him the best chance at a full recovery.

And as always, we reach out to you for help. Generally our leg repairs come in singles, not doubles so our ask is much higher than normal.

For now almost 18 years celebrating no-kill Rescue, it's your belief in second chances and in us that gives us strength to never say no to a life in need.

H.A.L.O. is a tax exempt 501c3. Our mission Helping Animals Live and Overcome (H.A.L.O.) provides a no-kill safe haven where extraordinary measures are taken to save homeless pets and protect them from abuse and neglect. H.A.L.O. believes in engaging our community by providing resources, education, and programs to do the same.

Tax ID: 20-8466866

Thank you for being part of Cody's journey!

We need your help to save Choo Choo!

This beautiful boy was slated to be euthanized in California May of this year. He had bitten a man that walked onto his property and due to regulations in the State now could not be adopted.

Thanks to a team of volunteers that could not let Choo Choo’s life be ended, they contacted No-Kill Rescue’s from California to Florida and when we got the call, we said yes!

He was driven across Country and quickly became the superstar of H.A.L.O.

In just a couple of months he found himself adopted and living the spoiled life in a home, until fate would have it he was returned for a sudden medical emergency in his new family.

Upon being returned, we noticed him passing foreign objects in his stool. Wrappers and plastic… assuming he had gotten into the trash at home we monitored him, but all appeared to pass without issue until last week.

We rushed him to the emergency room for bloating or an intestinal blockage, we were not sure which, but his life was on the line. His stomach had flipped but thanks to a fast-acting team and a great surgeon, Choo Choo recovered and seemed to be out of the woods.

He came back a week ago today and was sailing through recovery until this morning. His lethargy returned, he wouldn’t eat and his stomach looked distended again.

Back to the emergency clinic he left and we received the phone call you never want to get… his intestines had a perforation and he was septic.

The call was to ask… Do we pursue this very high-risk surgery, that could cost upwards of $10,000, or do we let him go?

While we have exceeded every part of our budget this year, I hope to never have to base this life decision from an aspect of financial fear. Since 2006 when H.A.L.O. had nothing, I have always said yes and today was no different.

With a pit in my stomach for Choo Choo’s life, and a sickening feeling to ask once again of you… our donors, for help… here I am.

Anything will help! Including prayers that this magnificent boy gets a third chance at life!

H.A.L.O. is a 501c3 under tax id #20-8466866. Helping Animals Live and Overcome (H.A.L.O.) provides a no-kill safe haven where extraordinary measures are taken to save homeless pets and protect them from abuse and neglect. H.A.L.O. believes in engaging our community by providing resources, education, and programs to do the same.

On Tuesday, 48 dogs and 1 cat were discovered inside a home in Ft. Pierce covered in feces and urine. They were never let outside and many were emaciated and overbred. The floors of the house were so urine-soaked that they had started caving in.

This is what animal hoarding looks like. While the owners are facing serious criminal charges, these animals will always remember a life that they should have never had to endure.

Today, we have taken in 18 of these dogs and the sweet, senior feline into our care to begin their medical and behavioral journeys to a better life.

We need your help!

H.A.L.O. receives no funding from the County or State and we have already exceeded our budget this year, but when we got the call for help, we couldn’t turn our backs on these animals.

Your donation, of any amount, will help to feed and provide medical care to get them on track for a new life filled with love and full tummies.

Thank you for always being there in times of emergency need so we can keep saying yes!

Helping Animals Live and Overcome (H.A.L.O.) provides a no-kill safe haven where extraordinary measures are taken to save homeless pets and protect them from abuse and neglect. H.A.L.O. believes in engaging our community by providing resources, education, and programs to do the same.

H.A.L.O. is a 501c3 and donations are tax deductible under tax id 20-8466866

Hero started his life sick.

As his littermates thrived, he remained much smaller than the rest and as he got older he developed severe neurological behaviors.

Bred only to be sold, he was not deemed financially cost effective to save, so his options were euthanasia or a Rescue.

We got the call and while our logical brain said no, our hearts said yes… how could we not try.

Hero had a CT scan yesterday and is diagnosed with an extrahepatic portosystemic shunt… basically a liver shunt.

He is currently in surgery to save his life and we desperately need your help to cover the cost of surgery.

We have received over 1800 applications since January 1st, along with phone calls, walk ins, shelter and vet transfer pleas to intake pets.

We are navigating turbulent waters of the rising costs of care, increased volume of surrenders, and reduced donations as best we can.

Today, the average budget to provide housing, in-shelter care, food, and medical for one animal is $900 from entry to adoption, IF… there is no major medical.

It’s mid-year and we have already exceeded our medical budget, making it extremely hard for us to afford lifesaving care for pets like Hero.

H.A.L.O. Rescue was created in 2006 with a mission to create a NO KILL safe haven for abused and abandoned animals.

H.A.L.O. believes in a community where there are no more homeless pets and that together we can eliminate the killing of companion animals.

Any size donation will help make the biggest IMPACT! Thanks in advance for your contribution to Hero. It means so much to me.

As we head into the summer, H.A.L.O. is operating on fumes, but when a dying puppy walks through the doors, you say… how can we help.

Red was born with Persistent Fourth Aortic Arch causing Megaesophagus compounded with Aspiration Pneumonia.

Basically, he has a blood vessel wrapping around his esophagus causing it to be choked off, which gives him the inability to swallow food, increasing his chance of food going into his lungs with each bite, leading to deadly aspiration pneumonia.

While this sounds terrifying, the good news… Red is an ideal candidate for specialty surgery which can not only save his life, but give him a full life!

Medications for his pneumonia and special feedings have been started and tomorrow he heads to Animal Specialty Hospital for consult and likely an exploratory thoracotomy.

Shelters around the country are facing a post-pandemic crisis of overcrowding and underfunding due to the decline of virtual work, a national housing shortage, and the rising costs of supplies and vet care. We are experiencing an increase in surrender forms from pet owners who can no longer care for their animals and desperate pleas for help from overburdened shelters who have no more space. For the first time in years, euthanasia of dogs has increased instead of decreased in our country.

We are facing the worst emergency the animal welfare system has seen in years. We need your help now, more than ever, to ensure that we can keep saying yes to lifesaving care!

Helping Animals Live and Overcome (H.A.L.O.) provides a no-kill safe haven where extraordinary measures are taken to save homeless pets and protect them from abuse and neglect. H.A.L.O. believes in engaging our community by providing resources, education, and programs to do the same. Tax ID: 20-8466866

Thank you for believing!

We were hoping it would not come to this, but Kal's leg needs to be operated on again.

Kal, short for Kal-el (superman's birth name) aptly re-named because he wants to fly once he is fully healed, came to HALO last Monday.

In February he broke his leg. His owners received help from a caring vet with surgery, but on Monday during a bandage change at the vet clinic, his belongings were left in the parking lot and Kal was homeless.

When we arrived to pick Kal up he was full of anxiety and at only 8 months old he knew only loss.

A combination of improper exercise restriction and infection, Kal's fixator is now loose and he looks like he is having a hypertrophic delayed union. The only way to save his leg is to remove the external fixator, and plate his leg along with a heavy course of antibiotics to treat the infection.

We need your help! We want Kal to never know loss again and are grateful to be able to step in and change his future to one filled with the same joy and happiness that he gives in return to everyone he meets.

Helping Animals Live and Overcome (H.A.L.O.) provides a no-kill safe haven where extraordinary measures are taken to save homeless pets and protect them from abuse and neglect. H.A.L.O. believes in engaging our community by providing resources, education, and programs to do the same. Tax ID: 20-8466866

Thank you for believing!

H.A.L.O.’s Angel Medical Fund is desperately depleted and we need your help to cover the multiple upcoming lifesaving bills!

Following Hurricane Ian, we participated in a Rescue pull out of Ft. Myers. Four of the dogs we pulled are heartworm positive and require treatment.

At the same time, we accepted a local stray who is also heartworm positive, and riddled with Bebe pellets throughout her body. She has very obviously suffered, but her tail, always wagging, tells us a story of unconditional love despite her past.

And… we accepted a puppy suffering from a fractured leg that requires extensive surgery due to the length of time since the injury, including stem cell therapy to help the repair success rate.

We are looking at a minimum of $10,000.00 to cover the costs for all of these cases.

While that figure is a daunting number to add up in a short week’s time, we know these animals deserve for us to give them each of the treatments they deserve to be able to live full and rewarding lives.

H.A.L.O. No-Kill Rescue was created in 2006 with a mission to create a NO-KILL safe haven for abused and abandoned animals in Indian River County. We believe in a community where there are no more homeless pets and that together we can eliminate the killing of companion animals. For over a decade, H.A.L.O. has advocated for our community’s pets, paved the way for no-kill rescue, and reduced euthanasia by 92%!

What sets H.A.L.O. apart from other shelters is that we go to extraordinary measures to provide support for the at-risk pets in our community. We will NEVER euthanize based on age, space, medical needs, or behavioral issues. Our commitment to save lives does not carry a time limit or price tag and we aim to provide exemplary quality of care and meet combined behavioral and medical needs. Once an animal walks through our doors, we make a pledge to provide them with the physical, emotional, and medical care needed until a fur-ever home is found.

We depend on animals for everything including unconditional love and H.A.L.O. ensures they can depend on us in return.

We need you!

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We need your help!

Thanks to a very generous donation from the Leslie L. Alexander Foundation, we are half way there to purchasing the generator needed to fully power all animal spaces at the shelter.

We received a quote for a Cummins 50KW Liquid Cooled, but it is going to cost over $54,000 to meet our needs.

This opportunity is so exciting because now we can have peace of mind that the animals at H.A.L.O. will never be at risk to the threat of heatstroke, severe dehydration, or lack of medical care in the event of a power failure or storm.

Gone will be the fear of not being able to run lifesaving medical equipment, like our oxygen chamber or IV fluid machines, or how to refrigerate vital medications.

This is a game changer in the way we can care for our current rescues and the injured pets that come into the shelter!

No amount is too small to give, and every $1 is doubled!

H.A.L.O. No-Kill Rescue was created in 2006 with a mission to create a NO-KILL safe haven for abused and abandoned animals in Indian River County. We believe in a community where there are no more homeless pets and that together we can eliminate the killing of companion animals. For over a decade, H.A.L.O. has advocated for our community’s pets, paved the way for no-kill rescue, and reduced euthanasia by 92%!

What sets H.A.L.O. apart from other shelters is that we go to extraordinary measures to provide support for the at-risk pets in our community. We will NEVER euthanize based on age, space, medical needs, or behavioral issues. Our commitment to saving lives does not carry a time limit or price tag, and we aim to provide exemplary quality of care and meet combined behavioral and medical needs. Once an animal walks through our doors, we make a pledge to provide them with the physical, emotional, and medical care needed until a fur-ever home is found.

We depend on animals for everything, including unconditional love, and H.A.L.O. ensures they can depend on us in return.

My name is Salacious Crumb, and my life is on the line.

Surrendered from a breeder that no longer wanted me, I quickly became the apple of everyone’s eye.

I was adopted, neutered, received a dental and was looking forward to a home as a loved pet.

On Sunday, I began to vomit and show minor signs of a respiratory infection. My shelter caretakers started treatment in the hopes I would mend quickly, but I only grew weaker.

I was rushed to the vet and an ultrasound determined I have Intussusception. This means a part of my bowl has slid into the next. This has caused the flow of fluids and food through my bowel to become blocked. My intestine is swollen and bleeding.

I am in critical care at Animal Specialty in Rockledge for stabilization and emergency surgery.

In just 24 hours, my life changed from the excitement at my forever home to fighting for my life.

H.A.L.O. believes in no-kill rescue and in fighting for every life. We will pour every resource into giving Crumb a second chance. Our vet bill will be in excess of $5,000, and we really need your help with our depleted Angel Medical Fund.

HALO is a 501(c)3 and all donations are tax-deductible. Thank you for believing in H.A.L.O. and Miracles!

For Giving Tuesday, we are launching H.A.L.O.'s Giving Tree! Because of your amazing support, H.A.L.O. has saved over 18,000 precious lives! But we still need your help. 

Your gift of $10 will provide enriching toys for the rescues, while $25 will provide pet food, and $50 will provide preventative medications or $100 will provide lifesaving nursery supplies!  

No matter the amount you can contribute, you will be making a homeless pet smile this holiday season!