Giving Tuesday: Your Donation SAVES Lives!

MUR Team Donate, Rescue Stories

Today is a day for miracles, and YOU hold the power to make them happen! On this Giving Tuesday, your donation to Manitoba Underdogs Rescue will save lives. We want to share a recent story that underscores why your support matters so much. Earlier this year, we received a plea for help: four females up north desperately needed our aid. Despite our …

UNDERDOGS WINS DEFENDER SERVICE AWARD

MUR Team Press Releases

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 13 November 2023 – Manitoba Underdogs Rescue Inc. has been awarded a customized Land Rover Defender 130 vehicle and $32,500 USD in prize money after winning one of six categories in the 2023 “Defender Service Awards” Presented by CHASE. Animal, Wildlife & Marine Mammal Welfare Presented by Animal Planet recognized charitable organizations that do so much to benefit their local communities by supporting needs relating to community …

Top Two Finalist in Defender Service Awards

MUR Team Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Winnipeg, Manitoba | October 12, 2023 – Manitoba Underdogs Rescue (MUR) learned this week that it has been named to the top two in the Animal, Wildlife and Marine Mammal Welfare category of the 2023 Landrover Defender Service Awards! The top two were determined by online voting with the MUR community showing up in a BIG way to …

Defender Service Awards: MUR One of Top Five Finalists

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Today, Manitoba Underdogs Rescue was named a finalist in the Animal, Wildlife and Marine Mammal Welfare Category In the third annual Defender Service Awards presented by CHASE, which embraces the Defender’s inner spirit of heroism and recognizes those who embody this. We are one of 25 U.S. non-profits and Canadian registered charities recognized for making a positive impact in our …

MURacle Match-a-thon: Double your donation!

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In April, your donation will go twice as far! DONATE TODAY! Join us in making a difference in the lives of dogs in need! Manitoba Underdogs Rescue is excited to launch our MURacle Match-a-thon for the month of April, generously supported by the Fettes Family Foundation. Your donation will be matched up to $10,000, doubling the impact of your contribution …

ISAAC HAS BEEN DISCHARGED

MUR Team Rescue Stories, STARKE Dogs

After 11 days of hospitalization, care and treatment with Pembina Veterinary Hospital/Winnipeg Animal Emergency Hospital, Isaac said his “see ya later” to the lovely staff. Isaac joined his foster family last night. As much as he needed the care, and loved all his veterinary friends, he’s a young pooch and was getting a little stir crazy! Isaac is already playing …

Isaac + Wrecks: Medical Updates

MUR Team Rescue Stories, STARKE Dogs

It’s #ThankYouThursday! As part of our thanks, we’re sharing a video update on Isaac, with a bonus update on Wrecks who came in last week after being hit by a car. Thank you to Pembina Veterinary Hospital for allowing us to spend some time with the boys this afternoon, and the 24/7 care they have been receiving on day practice …

Funds Needed for Dog with ‘Horrific’ Injuries

MUR Team Press Releases

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WINNIPEG, NOVEMBER 29, 2022 – Manitoba Underdogs Rescue (MUR) is fundraising to help save Isaac, a one-year-old Shepherd mix who was surrendered to the rescue with severe injuries to the face and the head. Veterinarians believe his primary injury, a 1.5 – 2 centimetre hole that exposes his skull, was possibly caused by an ice-pick or …

Happy New Year!

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We headed into 2020 just like the many years before it. The various departments in the rescue met and made goals for the year, planned initiatives and events to take place, and looked for new and improved ways to help our canine companions in need. And then all of that went to the wayside, as it did for so many …