06/26/2026
❤️🦁 $5 FRIDAY FOR THE LION KING CREW — ONE WEEK LATER 🐾❤️
🙏🙏 GOAL $5,000 — RAISED $1,385 🙏🙏
Last Friday, we introduced you to five dogs whose lives had been defined by neglect, illness, abandonment, and survival.
Today, we want to show you something even more important.
Hope.
Because while we still have a long road ahead, your generosity has already begun changing lives.
Just look at them.
These dogs arrived scared, sick, exhausted, and unsure of what tomorrow would bring. Today, they're settling into foster homes, sleeping on soft beds, receiving veterinary care, learning routines, building trust, and finally beginning to understand that they are safe.
Rafiki is receiving the medical care he desperately needed for his skin and anxiety.
Pumbaa continues his fight against heartworms with an entire team cheering him on.
Kiara is getting the opportunity every puppy deserves, to simply be a puppy.
Sarabi continues to battle the effects of years of neglect and heartworms, but each day brings a little more strength, a little more healing, and a little more comfort.
And sweet Timon is proving that even after everything he's endured, his heart remains full of love as his hair begins to regrow.
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What these photos represent isn't just veterinary care.
It's decompression.
It's trust.
It's healing.
It's learning that food will come tomorrow.
It's learning that hands can be gentle.
It's learning that the world can be kind.
And that transformation doesn't happen overnight.
These aren't dogs who will be "fixed" in a few days and adopted in a few weeks.
These are dogs who need time.
Time to heal physically.
Time to heal emotionally.
Time to learn that survival is no longer their full-time job.
That journey requires foster homes, training, medications, diagnostics, veterinary care, and an incredible village of people willing to stand beside them every step of the way.
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To everyone who has donated, shared, commented, volunteered, fostered, transported, or simply followed along on their journey…..thank you.
Because of you, we have already raised $1,385 toward our $5,000 goal.
We are incredibly grateful.
But we still have a long way to go.
If you're able to donate $5 today, we would be thankful.
If you're able to give more, we would be grateful.
And if donating isn't possible right now, please hit the share button.
Truly.
Sharing these dogs' stories may be one of the most powerful gifts you can give them.
Fundraising is hard.
Everyone is asking.
But these dogs depend on people like you helping their stories reach farther than we ever could alone.
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The Lion King crew is healing because an entire community chose to care.
Let's keep the magic going.
Let's keep showing them that they were never forgotten.
GIVE NOW 🐾
🐾 Venmo: SiouxEmpirePitRescue
🐾 PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=4KN75K98GUHSW
🐾 Mail: SEPR PO Box 2321 Sioux Falls, SD 57101
🐾 Phone Donations: Tea Vet Clinic 605-368-2088
