Shelter reaches out for help for blind senior dog who was surrendered by owner

Penny Eims

Dog News Examiner

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Hempstead Animal Shelter

March 20, 2014

At twelve plus years of age, and mostly blind, Athena is no longer considered to be a "highly adoptable" dog - a fact which her prior owner discovered she attempted to secure a new home for the elderly dog.
Though Athena's former guardian loved her beautiful senior dog, she was no longer able to care for her, and after attempts to find Athena a new home failed, that person reached out to the Hempstead Town Shelter in Wantagh, N.Y., to have the dog put down.
The shelter staff went to retrieve Athena and promised the dog's owner, who is disabled and had fallen ill, that they would try to find a home for Athena before euthanasia was considered.
The shelter posted this statement on Thursday:


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