Wood Green, The Animals Charity, has launched an urgent appeal to raise £5,000 for an emergency operation to save a puppy with a life-threatening heart condition.   

Yoyo, a seven-month old Terrier, has been diagnosed with a Grade 6 heart murmur caused by a congenital heart condition, Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA).  Sadly, this means that she has a 50% chance of dying within her first year of life, without a life-saving operation to close off the abnormal blood vessel in her heart.

Director of Veterinary Services, Vanessa Cunningham explained:

“Although we do have some funding for major operations it is very limited, so to ensure the future of Yoyo and others like her, we are calling on the public to help us raise the money for the specialist surgery that could save her life.”

Once she has her operation, Yoyo will need weeks of rest, care and attention but she should be able to live a normal life, ready to find her forever family.

If the target for Yoyo is reached, any extra money raised will go straight to the Charity’s General Fund, to give shelter and food for Yoyo and the hundreds of animals in their care this summer.

If you can help save Yoyo’s life, please visit her Just Giving page, text URGENT YOYO to 70300 to donate £3 or URGENT YOYO to 70500 to give £5 alternatively call the Charity’s donation hotline on 0300 303 9876.   

Texts are charged at £3 or £5 plus your standard network rate. Wood Green, The Animals Charity will receive 100% of your donation. When texting, if you don’t want Wood Green to use your number to contact you by text, to tell you about urgent appeals, add the words URGENT YOYO NO INFO to the end of your message.

To find out more visit www.woodgreen.org.uk