San Francisco Aid for Animals
A Project of the San Francisco Veterinary Medical Association

A fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives, 501(c)(3)

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San Francisco Aid for Animals - SFAfA
A fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives, 501( c )( 3 )
354 Pine Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94104 - 3229
www.sfaidforanimals.org •  info@sfafa.org

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     RIOT AND ELEKTRA - TWO LUCKY PETS !!

Riot, a 5 year-old male Chihuahua and Elektra, a 16 month old female tabby cat were two of the first recipients of grants from San Francisco Aid for Animals (SFAfA) which helped pay for their emergency medical care and played a large role in saving their lives.

In July 2011 Riot was diagnosed with bladder stones and could not urinate and needed emergency surgery. The estimated bill was around $2000. Riot’s owners, Mr. And Mrs. Pete McGurty of Brisbane knew this was beyond their means and were facing a very difficult decision. It was their good luck that Riot was seen by Dr. Ilana Strubel, one of the founding members of SFAfA.

The organization was just getting started but was able to come up with a matching grant which, with the donated services of the surgeon, left the McGurtys with an affordable veterinary bill of $500. Riot had his surgery, recovered well and is back home with his family.

More recently, Elektra was taken to Especially Cats Veterinary Clinic in San Francisco for persistent vomiting. Dr Anne Marie Benfatto diagnosed a gastrointestinal foreign body which required immediate surgery for removal. Elektra was transferred to Animal Internal Medicine Specialty Services on 9th Ave. where Dr. Jill Williamson confirmed the diagnosis and performed the surgery to remove a hair scrunchy from Elektra’s small intestine. The bill for all of this was about $3000.  However, with a matching grant from  SFAfA and a generous gift from Dr Williamson, Elektra’s bill came to about $500.

When asked about the entire episode Elektra’s owner Page Edwards told us that he had been unemployed for over a year and that “without SFAfA our family had some very tough decisions to make.”  He continued:  “This whole experience has been very emotional and very meaningful. I always say I am 50% idealist and 50% cynic.  This was definitely an example of our better angels in action. It gives the idealist part of me hope.” Elektra is back home, doing well and her eating habits are being more carefully monitored.

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SF Aid for Animals and Riot’s story was also featured in SF Chronicle and SFGate.com!
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