From the operating table to walking on a lead again
Animal rehabilitation is the half of rescue that nobody photographs: weeks of drips, dressings, physiotherapy and quiet rooms. It is also where most of the money goes.
An animal ambulance in our network is usually a partner’s own vehicle with a crate, a blanket and a first aid box. It works because it is close by and leaves within the hour. Speed matters more than equipment in the first sixty minutes, and the equipment matters more than anything afterwards.
What treatment costs at our partner clinics
Prices are what the clinics invoice us, not retail rates. They are the reason we ask for specific sums rather than round numbers.
| Case | Typical cost | Recovery |
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| Vaccination and parasite treatment | 3 to 6 euro per animal | Same day |
| Sterilisation of a cat | 25 to 35 euro | 7 to 10 days |
| Sterilisation of a dog | 40 to 70 euro | 10 to 14 days |
| Average cost of dog surgery after a car accident | 150 to 220 euro | 4 to 8 weeks |
| Orthopaedic repair with implants | 300 to 450 euro | 8 to 16 weeks |
| Course of physiotherapy after limb injury | 90 to 140 euro | 4 to 12 weeks |
What the programme covers
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Emergency intake
Stabilisation and pain relief, imaging and blood work in the first hours, when the outcome is still decided by speed.
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Surgery
Fracture repair, wound closure, amputation where a limb cannot be saved, and dental work that quietly ruins an animal's life if skipped.
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Animal rehabilitation
Physiotherapy, controlled walking, weight work and the slow return of muscle after weeks of lying down.
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Behaviour recovery
Animals from shelling and from cruelty cases need a quiet room and a predictable routine before they can meet an adopter.
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Animal orthopedics
Braces, supports, orthopaedic beds and fitted prosthetics for animals that arrive with limbs missing or badly set.
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Palliative care for animals
For animals whose damage cannot be undone, we fund pain control and a warm place instead of an early decision.
Eyes, ears, and a great deal of patience
This dog arrived with damaged eyes and torn ears after weeks on the street. Five photographs, one week apart at the start, then longer gaps.
Cases like this one look hopeless in the first hour and routine by the fourth week. The cost is not in the drama, it is in the dressings changed every second day, the antibiotics, and the room that cannot be given to another animal until this one leaves.
First examination 
Ear damage 
After cleaning 
Recovery
The day after surgery
Walking the day after surgery Recovery ward at a partner clinic The video loads only after you press play
Diagnostics, not guesswork
An ultrasound costs less than a wrong course of treatment. Partner clinics send us the images with the invoice.
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Before the examination -
Ultrasound -
Examination
Questions about treatment
Who decides whether an animal is treated or euthanised?
The treating veterinarian, on medical grounds, with a second opinion for irreversible decisions. Money is not the deciding factor; if the animal can recover with a decent quality of life, we fund the treatment.
Do you run your own clinic?
No. We work with partner clinics and mobile veterinary teams, which is cheaper and puts treatment closer to where animals are found.
Can I pay for one specific animal's treatment?
Yes. Tell us in the payment comment, and you will receive the invoice, the photographs and the discharge summary for that animal.
Pay for one surgery
The clearest way to help this programme is to cover a single named bill. It is also the easiest for us to report back on.