OUR NEW RESCUES

JUNE 24/2010

OUR SPECIAL FRIENDS, PARANA'S FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO PUT OUT A FIRE IN AN ABANDONED BUILDING, AND WHILE SECURING THE STRUCTURE, THEY CAME ACROSS TWO YOUNG PUPPIES...A BOY AND A GIRL...THEY HAVE BEEN NAMED TOMAS AND TOMASINA...THESE WONDERFUL MEN SAVED THEM FROM BEING BURNED ALIVE...THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE VET WHERE THEY WERE DEWORMED, AND GIVEN SOME VITAMIN SHOTS...THEY ARE APPROXIMATELY 25 DAYS OLD...THEY WILL STAY AT THE VET'S OFFICE FOR A FEW MORE DAYS BEFORE WE TAKE THEM TO THE SHELTER...THEY WILL NEED THEIR OWN LITTLE AREA UNTIL THEY ARE BIG ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES...SOME OF OUR BIG DOGS PLAY TOO ROUGH FOR PUPPIES.

OFFICERS LUCIO YEDRO, ANDRES NOHARA AND FEDERICO RIVERO

TOMASINA ON THE LEFT AND TOMAS ON THE RIGHT

MEET AN ARGENTINE DOGO

THE ABOVE PHOTO IS HOW A DOGO-ARGENTINO SHOULD LOOK

THIS DEAR OLD GIRL WHOM WE NAMED ESTRELLITA (LITTLE STAR) WAS LEFT TIED UP IN A BACK YARD WITH HER NEWBORN PUPPIES...NO ONE SEEMED TO CARE WHAT HAPPENED TO HER...SHE IS TERRIBLY EMACIATED AND HAS SEVERE MANGE...HER PUPPIES ARE MANGE FREE AND WILL BE FINE, BUT SHE AND HER BABIES WILL HAVE TO REMAIN AT THE HOSPITAL UNTIL WE CAN BUILD HER A SPECIAL HOUSE TO LIVE IN WITH  HER FAMILY...HER PREVIOUS OWNERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY, BUT THEY WILL GET A SLAP ON THE WRIST...IT'S COMMON PRACTICE TO KEEP ANIMALS ON A CHAIN AS THE PEOPLE IN THE SHANTY TOWNS HAVEN'T ANY FENCES.

HER THREE DOGO BABIES...THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

DONATIONS FOR THEIR HOSPITAL STAY WILL BE APPRECIATED.

MEET OUR NEW BLIND DOG BLANCA

THIS DEAR LITTLE COCKER SPANIEL WAS HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A HEAVY OBJECT AND SHE HAS LOST HER SIGHT...SHE ALSO HAS NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS, AS SHE CAN'T WALK IN A STRAIGHT LINE...IT'S NOT A VERY GOOD PHOTO OF HER, AS SHE DOESN'T STAY STILL VERY LONG...WE WILL ADD A BETTER PHOTO AT A LATER DATE.

DONATIONS WILL BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED