05/08/2025
Please help us help Duke — a tiny puppy found with bandaged legs pierced by wooden stakes with nails. 🥹
Just a few days ago, we were shattered by a video that came out of Alexandria, Egypt — a 2-month-old puppy lying abandoned beneath a tree, unable to move. His legs were wrapped in dirty bandages. At first, we thought someone might have tried to help him. But what we uncovered after rushing him to the vet — with the help of Spirit Foundation For Animal Rescue - Dadeg Kamel — was something none of us were prepared for.
Beneath those bandages were wooden sticks with nails piercing his fragile legs. Nails. Driven into his body. Every single movement must have brought him excruciating pain. We are still in disbelief that anyone could think this was a way to help — or worse, that someone could deliberately inflict this kind of suffering.
Duke was also severely dehydrated, crawling with fleas and ticks, and utterly defeated.
X-rays showed even more heartbreaking news: abnormalities in his pelvic region, with an abnormal gap between his L8 and sacrum bones. This could be putting pressure on his nerves, possibly explaining why he can’t stand or move his hind legs. Right now, we don’t know if surgery will be required. What we do know is that Duke needs rest, medical care, nutrition, and love.
He’s in the hospital now, being monitored around the clock, treated for blood parasites, and finally safe — but the bills are already adding up. His initial vetting alone is $450 USD, and he will need to stay for continued care.
Please… if you can find it in your heart to help Duke, now is the time. No puppy deserves this — to suffer, to be abandoned, to be left in pain with nails in their legs. He just needed to be saved. And now that we have him, we will not give up on him.
But we cannot do this without you.
Please donate, share, and keep little Duke in your thoughts. He is fighting. Let’s fight alongside him.
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