17/10/2026
We are incredibly disappointed to be making this post, it’s not something we would usually publicise. We have received allegations of ‘killing a young, healthy dog for no reason’.
Please see below Mona’s veterinary records, stating how unwell she was and that she was tested positive for distemper.
Mona cost us £1.7k in vet bills and transport from her foster home to the vetinary hospital. If we wanted to ‘kill a young healthy dog for no reason’ we would have done it at her foster home for ‘cheap’ rather than paying almost £2k mostly of out pocket.
We have also been accused of letting her die alone and that we’ve supposedly lied about a volunteer being with her when she died. We have also been accused of faking Mona’s invoice. Really nasty and damaging accusations, all of which can be proven false.
Mona was meant to be 3 years old and fully healthy, fully vaccinated when she left Serbia. However, she saw roughly 8 vets who all stated she was much older, proven by her teeth being so rotted that the roots of her molars fully visible and about to fall out and they have all expressed concerns about her vaccination records not being vet stamped and potentially being fraudulent.
Every single vet wanted to PTS immediately but we refused and still requested tests, treatment and hospitalisation. Nobody here wanted Mona to leave us, we fought and didn’t care what the total bill would come to to save her.
Sadly, she wasn’t responding to treatment and ended up too unwell to independently lift her head or move. We couldn’t let her pass alone, suffering, so we made the heartbreaking choice to let her go following many discussions, in the arms of a rescue volunteer.
This has been posted with permission of Mona’s foster family.
We request that this is left alone now or dealt with privately, as it always should have been, as many people are grieving and finding Mona’s death difficult.
Forever loved, sweet Mona ❤️