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If you can’t afford urgent care for your dog who has a broken leg or your cat who has swallowed a small toy, the veterinary hospital at CSU Spur offers donor-subsidized services.

The doors open at 7 a.m. But by 8 a.m., the hospital is full for the rest of the day.

“We have to tell people, ‘We can’t help you, and we don’t know anybody that can,’ and that is absolutely heartbreaking,”…