A Texas man with cancer has one last wish – to get his 11 rescued dogs adopted.

71-year-old Richard Ewers has rescued stray and abandoned dogs from around the San Antonio area for the past couple of years.

Ewers, who has stomach cancer, is in hospice care and has just a few weeks to live. His dying wish is to get his 11 rescued dogs adopted.

After his story went viral, a plethora of animal rescuers and volunteers stepped in to fulfill Ewers’ last wish.

“We are all very saddened by this, of course, and we want to make that last wish come true for him,” Mary Oyler with Save Our Strays San Antonio told ABC-affiliate KSAT.

11 of Ewers’ 27 rescued dogs still need to get adopted. Volunteers are taking care of the remaining 11 dogs.

“They can’t be here much longer,” Oyler told KSAT.

“Not having Mr. Richard here, there’s confusion, loneliness. There’s depression.”

“There’s no one to give them attention and love,. There is no running water. There is no electricity. The conditions are just not ideal”, Oyler told KSAT.

A Facebook page named Helping Mr. Richard and His Dogs has been created to help fulfill Ewers’ last wish.

“All they’ve ever known is Mr. Richard. So, it’s going to require a family that will have a lot of patience,” Oyler told KSAT.

The dogs will be taken by the county if they do not get adopted soon.

 

 

 

 

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