The Willow Fund: Pit Bull Fund-Raiser Hits Snag
Willow The Pit Bull
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Willow is very sick and needs help.
But, fund-raising efforts for a pit bull found earlier this month starving in an alley on Chicago's South Side have hit a snag.
WBBM's Nancy Harty reports, the people who run an Edgewater no-kill shelter were thrilled with donations pouring in to an online site to care for Willow, a severely malnourished one-year-old pit bull.
But once Executive Director Abby Smith looked closer at some suspicious donations, she learned $8,000 came from stolen credit cards.
She says she couldn't fathom what kind of person would do that.
She's not sure if it's a thief trying to be nice or just testing if the cards work.
Smith describes getting the news as "crushing.".
But once she saw that people continued to give - legitimately - she says her faith has been restored.
As of this morning, the Willow Fund on gofundme.com had more than $14,000 in donations.
Smith says she hopes the money will care for Willow and other dogs and cats at the no-kill shelter.
