Baden is a 13-year-old German Shepherd mix in Norwood, MA, who needs $2,000 for emergency surgery after being hit by a train.

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Baden's story might be one of the most tragic ones we've ever read here at Waggle.

His family left him behind after they moved out--abandoned and left to fend for himself in a Russian danger zone during a brutal winter with temperatures -20C and below.

One day, searching for food, he collapsed on train tracks. He was so weak he was unable to escape the impending danger.

A train crushed his leg, and for ten agonizing days, he dragged it around until his leg finally detached on its own. The excruciating pain he endured is beyond imagination.

"Many people saw Baden crying in pain and desperately trying to survive, but only one compassionate soul captured his struggle on video, and that footage led us to Baden," says Irina V. with Big Little Life Animal Rescue.

The nonprofit group helps save animals in post-Soviet Russian countries.

"We found him gathering the last of his strength, crawling up the stairs of an abandoned building towards his deserted apartment," Irina tells Waggle.

The group rushed Baden to an animal hospital, where he needed emergency surgery to amputate the rest of his leg and tail.

He has a tough recovery ahead of him, as healing his battered body and exhausted mind will take time.

Please give to help this poor senior boy!