Izzie's Pond

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Donations help us cover the expense of rescuing, feeding and providing medical care for the many injured, orphaned, or abandoned animals that comes to us.
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Izzie’s Pond, a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization, provides rescue, rehabilitation and refuge for injured or orphaned wildlife with a focus on rabies vector species. Through community outreach, we raise public awareness and appreciation for animals by educating children and adults to coexist with wildlife and to take their share of responsibility for a thriving ecosystem. If you would like to sponsor an animal, become a monthly contributor, or make a one time donation, you can:

Mail a check to:
Izzie's Pond
335 Ross Road
Liberty SC 29657

GiveLively to https://secure.givelively.org/donate/izzies-pond

PayPal donation to [email protected]

Venmo donation to

You can also purchase items from our Amazon Wishlist:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/ref=cm_reg_rd-upd?ie=UTF8&id=25KOVLT1Y7M5M&type=wishlist

Buy our Merchandise! Visit our store. We would like to thank each and every one of our supporters and adopters, for the mutual love of God's creatures. Izzie thanks you, too!

10/22/2026

America's Next Top Model?

10/20/2026

Why do I feel like I'm about to get a "talking to" 😆

10/14/2026

Today I asked Nora to take a torn old hammock out of one of the enclosures. There's a big rip all the way down the middle, making it pretty useless as a hammock.

As she was taking it down, Bobo objected. Apparently he thinks it's still good. Bobo putting the trash in trash panda 😅

Pic by Nora Sherron Mason

10/05/2026

🎉 Happy Happy Birthday Izzie! 🎉

Today is Izzie's 17th birthday. 👀
We can't believe how this year has flown by.

Most of you know the drill on her birthday and that pictures of your animals are her favorite thing to get. ❤️

It’s become a tradition for us to ask our friends and followers to send pics of your pets and favorite wildlife in your yard. This is one of the most favorite parts of Izzie’s birthday plans, at the end of the day, we sit down and look at all the pictures together. They put the biggest smile on her face, and the fact that everyone takes time out of their day to wish her a happy birthday means the world to her.

We're starting it off with our newest cat Mehrak. Izzie found him down the road near a swamp, skin and bones, covered in fleas, maggots and fly strike. She nursed him back to health. I'll post a pic of him now in the comments.

So please share this post, and share your favorite pictures with Izzie to help us make her birthday extra special.

❤️ Thank you ❤️

10/01/2026

I have a very sad update. The injuries this raccoon had were much worse than we realized. *She* had exposed bone on her hand and did actually have burns on her so I have no idea what all she went thru. Her condition left a very poor prognosis for recovery and Dr Tope recommended humane euthanasia to put an end to suffering. One thing I will always do here, is follow the advice of our veterinarian. I think that's one of the things that keeps us within our financial, as well as physical ability, to give a good quality of life to the animals in our care. Animal rescue is hard and very emotional. This isn't the outcome that we were hoping for.

We've stopped the donation part of the post because her physical exam and humane euthanasia has been covered . Thank you for being there with us thru it all, even the sad parts.

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We have a vet appointment today for this poor raccoon.

Obviously, we'll never know exactly what happened but based on the injuries, this is consistent with the damage a "dog proof raccoon trap" does. It's a steel cylinder that holds bait in the bottom. The raccoon reaches in for the bait and an internal spring snaps a bar across the paw.

It appears like this raccoon struggled, chewed at the trap and used his other limbs trying to get out, rubbing off fur and creating multiple wounds until eventually he pulled his fingers off to get out. And it's all perfectly legal. These inhumane animal torture traps are sold in almost every hardware store.

For those that want to argue I'm wrong, it's possible, but considering what we see, I don't think I'm wrong. What else could it have been?

Honestly, how it happened is in the past, but what happened after that was pretty amazing. Some very kind people worked on getting him in a crate and transported him 2 hours to get him here. A slow release antibiotic will be given to make his recovery less stressful. I'm hoping he was caught in time and it's all good things for this little guy from here on out.

If you'd like to donate towards his vet bill and long term recovery care, check the comments for donation links. All donations are tax deductible. Thank you for your help and support.

What do you think about a name? Greg wants to name him Glover. (I told y'all we ran out of names a long time ago 😂)

09/27/2026

Mowing grass with an audience. Do you see him?

09/21/2026

Greg just lost a glove. It belongs to Gatsby now. 🤣

09/16/2026

New intakes:
Precious baby raccoons ❤️🦝❤️
These guys are little so they'll be spending the winter with us and have a spring release.

09/05/2026

Went to collect eggs and someone beat us to it 🤣
It's so cool watching the egg go down. I actually heard it crush when he got it down far enough.
He's a big one too!
And don't worry, we wouldn't hurt a snake for anything. We appreciate the help with rodent control and a couple eggs is a small price to pay.
Now I gotta name our black rat snake 🤣

09/03/2026

We took in this precious baby raccoon from the Mauldin Police Department last night. She's pretty sick but she had a great vet appointment today. She has mycoplasma cellulitis infection in both back feet and hocks, and a draining abscess on one of her front feet. There's a heavy cocci load in the abscesses so she's on 2 separate antibiotics. It's definitely serious, so her treatment plan reflects that.
*BUT* X-rays show that she has ZERO joint damage, which is probably the best news you can get with a myco in the joints diagnosis. 🎉. We're hoping that means this little girl is gonna have 100% recovery. She will be here quite a while so if you'd like to help sponsor some treats, toys, vaccines, or whatever, I'll post our links in the comments.
On another note, I'm pulling a blank for names. I ran out of names years ago. We don't always name the ones being rehabbed for release, but this is too soon to tell what's going to happen here. Considering how long she's likely to be here, you guys need to help us come up with a cute girl name suitable for this adorable face 😍
Suggestions plez

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335 Ross Road
Liberty, SC
29657

Website

http://www.izziespond.org/

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