LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The Capital Humane Society received a desperate call to rescue a 9-month-old black Labrador on Friday.

A person found the puppy starving and extremely weak, lying in a pumpkin patch near Nebraska City.

“When Zephyr came in, she had a very difficult time moving at all,” said Jake Bornschlegl, the Director of Veterinary Medicine at Capital Humane Society. “She can’t lift her head up, she can’t move herself in any way, shape or form. She just kind of laid there in whatever position she was at.”

He said right now it’s all about giving her the most support possible.

“It’s a lot of IV fluids, making sure that we’re on an eating schedule,” he said. “Every couple of hours offering food, things like that. As we gain more weight, we can get more muscle back and more energy

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