Emaciated Boxer Being Cared For By Bergen Rescue Group

OAKLAND, NJ — Kira's story is not completely know. It doesn't have to be. The Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge is caring for her regardless of what they know, or don't know, about her.

Kira was surrendered to the shelter emaciated and starving. The no-kill shelter is caring for her.

"You wonder how her owners could eat in her presence, how they could laugh, how they could lay in their comfortable beds — knowing that Kira was slowly starving to death, soaked in her own urine with pressure sores building from lying on hard urine-soaked surfaces," said Megan Brinster, the shelter's executive director. "It’s impossible for you to imagine, knowing that you would sooner starve than allow this to happen to such a sweet, loving, forgiving animal."

Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge is raising money to help Kira recover. The nonprofit serves all of North Jersey. Donate online at rbari.org or mail donations to the refuge at 2 Shelter Lane, Oakland NJ 07436.

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Photos of Kira, a emaciated boxer the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge is caring for. Courtesy of RBAR