Although we knew when he arrived that his time with us would be very short, King’s life was very important to us. The kind of work we do never gets easier.
King passed peacefully, on his own terms during his afternoon nap yesterday – and our hearts are broken once again. He joined us when we realized we could not stand by and allow him to die alone in a shelter without the kindness, compassion, love and dignity he deserved.
We did everything we possibly could to help him and really thought he would have had more time with us, but his little body could not keep up with his will to live.
King was one of the happiest, sweetest, most gentle boys ever and we will never be able to understand how anyone could have mistreated him and then tossed him away.
You will always live on in our hearts King– you were taken way too soon. We were blessed to have known you! You will forever be a part of us and live on in our hearts – Heaven’s gain is our loss…
We would like to acknowledge King’s generous lifetime sponsor, Kelley, for assisting us with his care and for helping give us the ability to provide him with everything he needed to live out his remaining days here in Sanctuary with much needed medical care, comfort, and love. On behalf of King, we thank you from the bottom of his little heart and ours. It is supporters like you that are the driving force behind what we do.
Thank you to all of our followers and supporters for caring and for being a support to us during this difficult time.
Even though I never personally met you ,I loved you from afar. I’m sorry you weren’t loved like you deserved to be loved. My heart is heavy today and the tears are flowing- but I know Lea and her volunteers loved you and kept you safe and I thank them for that-