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Picasso Veterinary Fund in Action

Leroy Gives Up Chicken, Gets a New Home

Leroy was healed from lacerations, jaundice, and a dangerously upset stomach with the help of the Picasso Veterinary Fund.

Was it the chicken bones found in his stomach, or the startling amount of chicken he threw up that made little Leroy so sick? Who knows? And then being hit by a car didn't help.

When Leroy, a sweet Bijon mix, was picked up as a stray in Queens in April, he was in pretty sore shape, inside and out. Workers at Animal Care & Control's (AC&C) Brooklyn shelter knew the minute he arrived that the little guy needed some special help. So they arranged with the Mayor's Alliance for Leroy to go to the Veterinary Emergency & Referral Group (V.E.R.G.) in Brooklyn, where he was treated for lacerations, jaundice, and an extremely upset stomach from ingesting chicken bones and way too much chicken. Leroy's medical bill was paid by the Picasso Veterinary Fund, which is administered by the Mayor's Alliance.

After being brought back from death's door by the caring and talented veterinarians and vet techs at V.E.R.G., Leroy was taken into foster care by Elizabeth Ferguson, a vet tech at the hospital and a foster care volunteer for P.L.U.T.O. Rescue of Richmond County, an Alliance Participating Organization (APO). As a result of this powerful collaborative effort -- AC&C, V.E.R.G., P.L.U.T.O. Rescue, and the Picasso Veterinary Fund of the Mayor's Alliance, today Leroy is enjoying life in a permanent new home.

A frisky Leroy romps with Luke, foster mom Elizabeth Ferguson's kid brother, after receiving emergency medical care, paid for by the Picasso Veterinary Fund, at Veterinary Emergency & Referral Group in Brooklyn. To donate to this life-saving fund, please click here.

"What a little miracle that dog turned out to be!" Elizabeth says. "He has gotten his second chance at life and now is enjoying his forever home with a kind woman named Joan."

Leroy is indeed a miracle, as are many of the dogs and cats who got second chances at a good life because of the Picasso Veterinary Fund. This special fund, created by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore and administered by the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, pays for extraordinary medical care for AC&C animals who are transferred to other APOs where permanent homes for them will be found. Leroy, like all the other Picasso animals, would likely not have survived were it not for the Picasso Veterinary Fund.

Because the fund is supported solely by private donations, we rely upon people like you to ensure that these miracles continue to happen. Please be a part of this life-saving effort; donate online or mail your tax-deductible donation (made payable to Mayor's Alliance/Picasso Veterinary Fund) to: Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, Attn: Picasso Veterinary Fund, 244 Fifth Avenue, Suite R290, New York, NY 10001-7604.

About the Picasso Veterinary Fund

The Picasso Veterinary Fund, administered by the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, provides financial assistance to help pay for extraordinary life-saving medical treatment for AC&C animals transferred to other Alliance Participating Organizations for adoption. Since 2003, hundreds of dogs and cats have received medical treatment paid for by this fund. Click here to read about some of the lucky Picasso recipients, adopt a Picasso pet, subscribe to the Picasso Veterinary Fund in Action! newsletter, or make a convenient online donation to the fund.