Esther is a 10-year-old Shepherd mix in Huntington, WV, who needs $2,000 for urgent surgery.

Watching Esther hobble in pain, holding her withered back leg, is heartbreaking.

The sweet senior dog was hit by a car and left to die. Finally, someone saw her and called animal control officers, who brought her to a shelter.

The shelter did not have the money to help Esther, who appears to have been neglected for years. She was emaciated, had missing fur, and leathery, callused skin. After all this girl suffered, she now faced economic euthanasia.

As a last-ditch effort, the shelter contacted One By One Animal Advocates to see if they could save her. The nonprofit group said yes!

"Imagine being more than ten years old, out on your own, injured, and trying to get by," Heather A., with the group, tells Waggle. "It has been far too long since someone cared about Esther, if ever."

Now Esther needs urgent medical care to save her. Once strong enough, she will have surgery on her leg, her teeth and be spayed.

"Can you help us raise the money for her orthopedic surgery," Heather asks. "Help us change her expression to hope, relief, and happiness -- and eventually find her forever home!"