Hi, I'm Yas and this here is Prince Jeffrey. We named him that because I want him to be treated like royalty after what he has been through...

(^ Jeffrey when he was first spotted, with his badly injured wing)

Jeffrey was dumped into a lake with a female duck and a duckling - his family. He was spotted by animal rescue volunteers who bravely rescued him and brought him to the wildlife shelter I work at. We were able to assess him and give him a good feed and run some basic tests at the shelter, but we can't do surgery on site.

He is horrifically thin, and suffering with a disease that he has picked up from the lake, making him unable to absorb any nutrients from the scraps or handouts he was able to find. He also has a terribly broken wing and sadly it's not a new injury. The wing is badly damaged and infected, going dead. He needs surgery to remove the wing and treat his disease if he is to live.

(^ his chest bone is very prominent and the mass on the right is part of his badly injured wing)

I have found a wonderful vet clinic to treat this boy and remove the dead wing so he can live a happy, pain free life. All it comes down to us whether the community can help fund his procedures.

So please if you can spare some money, donate to help us save this boy.

(And for those wondering about his wife and child, volunteers are out there trying to catch them so the family can be reunited)