Sansa is a three-year-old Shepherd Mix in Stone Mountain, GA, who needs $1,500 for emergency care.

Animal rescuers know heartbreaking cases come with the territory. Sadly, they're used to seeing dogs and cats in hideous shape, cowering and abused. But when the crew at Atlanta Animal Rescue Friends (AARF) first saw Sansa, even they were shocked.

"Someone abandoned this sweet girl at AARF," Susan L., from the rescue, tells Waggle. "She had a short piece of clothesline tied to an old, filthy collar. She was starving and barely able to walk, but her tail just wags. She still has some faith that someone will be nice to her. We are calling her Sansa, Queen of the North because she is a beautiful redhead who has been through some hell!"

Susan is so thankful the Shepherd mix was abandoned at their shelter. "Luckily, she ended up with a rescue group and not in the middle of the street or dying alone in the woods," Susan says.

> The AARF staff rushed Sansa to see veterinarian Françoise Tyler at Village Vets in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The dog only weighed 26 pounds, that's half of what she was supposed to weigh. The medical staff immediately went to work to help Sansa. "Sansa is severely malnourished," Susan adds. "She is also heartworm positive, which will need to be treated once she is strong enough."

Any emergency medical case a rescue takes hits them right in their bank account. They stress over paying the vet bills and raising enough money to help the animals they save.
In AARF's case, the group turned to Waggle for assistance. Now we're asking for YOUR help to help give Sansa a bright 2021! With medical care, she's expected to recover and become the happy dog she was meant to be.

"Sansa is the sweetest dog and loves everyone she meets. Even when she was so weak, she just wagged her tail and waited for a kind word or a soft pet," Susan says. "She has a long way to go, but this girl has a zest for life and is ready to live a happy and healthy life again."