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7-year-old dog helped save hundreds of dogs who were hit by cars, suffering from heartworms or hemorrhaging after consuming poisons- He was the blood donor.
Beavis was used most frequently during flea and tick season. Many dogs who came in “sucked dry” in warm-weather months received blood from Beavis, Dr. Naylor said.
“It was either him or no pet,”she said. “ A lot of people don’t realize he saved their dogs”.
A cage in the clinics’ laundry measuring 3 ½ feet high and 4 ½ feet wide became Beavis’ home after clinic officials got him from the Humane Educational Society of Chattanooga. Beavis ran around in an enclosed area behind the clinic in the afternoons, and the clinic workers sometimes took him for walks. Read more...
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