Mae the French Mastiff was discovered as a stray in Indiana. She was extremely skinny with all her rib bones clearly seen. When Southern Indiana Animal Rescue got here to choose her up, they discovered that she was solely 70 kilos when she ought to’ve been about 140. However, the rescue later realized that her weight wasn’t even her worst downside. Poor Mae was identified with terminal most cancers, given between 2 weeks and a pair of months to stay.

The rescue knew that Mae deserved to stay out her final days in consolation. So, Elizabeth Starck stepped ahead to foster her. Over the previous 9 years, Starck has fostered about 400 animals. She’s all the time decided to provide them the perfect life potential.

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“I love the old ones. I love the ones that just need a place to go until it is their time,” Starck mentioned. “Just knowing whether they are with me a week or for two years… I hope that their time with me is wonderful for them. It changes their life hopefully.”

Caring for Mae

Being such a big canine, Mae just isn’t low-cost, particularly in terms of meals. She eats about 10 cans of meals a day! So, the rescue posted on Facebook asking for meals donations, and to their shock, many individuals have been extraordinarily beneficiant.


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About 800 cans of pet food have been donated to the rescue. Some of these donations even got here from areas farther away reminiscent of Texas, California, and even Hawaii! These superb donations not solely gave Mae a lot to eat, however it helped out a lot of different canine in want as effectively.

Mae quickly turned very fashionable on social media. The rescue and Starck recurrently put up lovable pictures and updates on Mae. She has loads of folks cheering her on. She has even attended some fundraisers and meet-and-greets with followers.

This candy canine even will get together with all her fellow foster canine and foster cats. She’s very curious across the cats and likes to comply with them round.


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A Formal Adoption

Starck rapidly realized that she and Mae had a particular bond. Mae is such a candy and loving canine, and Starck knew that Mae was meant to be part of her household. So, after fostering her for lower than 2 months, Starck determined to undertake her.


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Starck introduced Mae to the courtroom, the place she pledged to like and take care of her. County Judge Vicki Carmichael signed an adoption certificates, making Mae formally a member of Starck’s household.

Now, Mae has a loving dwelling to stay out the remainder of her days. Starck doesn’t understand how for much longer Mae might be together with her, however she’s so grateful to have such a candy canine in her life, even when it’s just for a brief time frame.


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UPDATE: 

Mae lived a cheerful life together with her new household – however her people all the time knew that their time could be brief. On January 9 2020, Mae’s mother posted the next to Facebook:

“I’ve dreaded this since November 16th when I received the “it’s cancer” cellphone name. Today Mae let me know she was drained and her mission and function in life have been fulfilled.

“She shared her love of life and other people with everybody she met. She lived for meals and her newly discovered cat mates. She had such a mild method about her and her calm method confirmed each time she met somebody new.

I’m going to overlook her lovable face a lot and I’d do it over again if I may. Her 9 weeks with all of us was one thing I by no means anticipated, however you all made it fantastic for her and myself. She deserved it and liked each minute of it. She felt all the love, from close to and much. ❤️

“Mae, until we meet again. Run free sweet girl, you are one in a million.”


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H/T: newsandtribune.com
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