A MIRACLE CALLED: ROOSTER

THE ABOVE PHOTO WAS TAKEN WITH A MOBILE PHONE; THE POLICE/FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED, WHO IN TURN CALLED CVFAF-ARGENTINA...WHEN WE ARRIVED WE COULDN'T BELIEVE THE PLIGHT THIS POOR ANIMAL HAD SUFFERED...EVERYONE WHO SAW ROOSTER THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD, BUT ONE PERSON SAW HIM TRYING TO GET UP, AND THAT IS WHEN THE AUTHORITIES WERE CALLED.

ROOSTER WAS LEFT NEAR A FILTHY CREEK IN A VERY DANGEROUS NEIGHBOURHOOD...HE LAY THERE FOR THREE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER AND WAS NEAR DEATH...WHEN THE RESCUERS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, THEY REALIZED THEY WERE ON THE TOP OF A THREE METRE CLIFF; THERE WAS A CREEK JUST BELOW THE CLIFF AND ROOSTER WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE...THE RESCUE OF ROOSTER TOOK ALMOST SIX HOURS....EVERYTHING HAD TO BE DONE USING THE MANPOWER OF THE POLICE/FIREMEN, AND THE RANGERS...FIFTEEN OFFICERS, FIREMEN, AND RANGERS CARRIED ROOSTER ACROSS THE CREEK, AND THAT TOOK A LONG TIME AS THEY DIDN'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY HARM TO HIM...WHEN THEY GOT HIM ACROSS THE CREEK, THEY IMPROVISED A SORT OF RAMP TO PULL HIM UP OVER THE THREE METRE CLIFF TO SAFETY...REGRETTABLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY PHOTOS OF THE ACTUAL RESCUE; ONLY PHOTOS OF ROOSTERS REHABILITATION.

JUST LOOKING AT THE ABOVE PHOTOS, ONE CAN SEE THE TERRIBLE SHAPE ROOSTER IS IN...ON THE LEFT THE VET'S ASSISTANT IS CLEANING THE DIRT AND SAND OUT OF ROOSTER'S EYES, AND SOME OF THE OFFICERS ARE ASSEMBLING A TRIPOD, SO THAT THEY COULD GET ROOSTER UPRIGHT...ON THE RIGHT HE IS EATING SOME ALFALFA...HE WAS SO HUNGRY HE NEARLY BIT COQUI'S HAND, TRYING TO GET AS MUCH FOOD AS POSSIBLE...THE POOR BABY WAS HALF STARVED.

ABOVE THE VET'S ASSISTANT IS SPEAKING SOFTLY TO ROOSTER WHILE THE OFFICERS TRY TO GET A HARNESS ON SO THAT ROOSTER CAN BE LIFTED TO A STANDING POSITION, SO THAT HE COULD BE CLEANED OF THE MUCK AND DIRT.

THE TRIPOD IS READY, BUT THEY LET ROOSTER EAT AS MUCH AS HE WANTED BEFORE LIFTING HIM.

INTRAVENOUS BEING INSERTED INTO ROOSTER'S VEIN TO HELP WITH DEHYDRATION

ROOSTER IS STANDING AND BEING COMFORTED BY HIS RESCUER, OFFICER RUBEN (GALLO) COLLIARD, DIEGO (the vet's assistant) AND DOCTOR FEDERICO GONZALEZ, THE VETERINARIAN OF THE STATE POLICE...GALLO IN SPANISH, MEANS ROOSTER...OFFICER COLLIARD'S NICK-NAME...OFFICER COLLIARD IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BRAVEST OFFICERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ABOVE SOME OF THE RANGERS CARRY A HEAVY CONTAINER FULL OF WATER FOR ROOSTER...AS SOON AS ROOSTER SAW THE WATER HE BEGAN DRINKING...ROOSTER IS NOW ON ANTIBIOTICS, AND IS GETTING FLUIDS VIA INTRAVENOUS.

THE RESCUERS TAKE A REST AFTER A LONG RESCUE OPERATION...WE CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE TO HELP WHEN AN ANIMAL IS IN DISTRESS...THANK YOU GENTLEMEN...YOU ARE OUR HEROES...WHERE ELSE IN THIS WORLD CAN YOU FIND SUCH DEDICATED POLICE/ FIREFIGHTERS, AND RANGERS...WE SALUTE THESE WONDERFUL MEN OF ENTRE RIOS.

WE CAN ONLY GET ROOSTER WELL WITH YOUR HELP...ANY DONATION, EVEN THE SMALLEST WILL BE A GREAT HELP.

MAY 28, 2010 ROOSTER UPDATE

OUR DEAR OLD BOY ROOSTER PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY...HE HAD BEEN TRYING TO WALK, BUT WE HAD TO KEEP HIM IN A HOLD-UP HARNESS...HE BECAME QUITE WEAK AND ALTHOUGH THE VET DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO HELP ROOSTER IT WAS TOO LATE...WINTER HAS SET IN AT THE SHELTER AND THE COLD WEATHER WAS TOO MUCH FOR SUCH AN OLD HORSE...HE WAS PROBABLY IN HIS 30'S AND HAD BEEN ABUSED AND UNDERFED ALL OF HIS POOR MISERABLE LIFE...HE AT LEAST HAD THREE WEEKS OF LOVE AND ATTENTION AND HE SEEMED TO BE SO HAPPY.

WE ARE HOPING THAT ONE DAY WE CAN GET THE 25,000 DOLLARS NEEDED,  SO THAT WE CAN BUILD A BARN THAT CAN BE HEATED FOR THE OLDER HORSES...SO, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COME TO THE HORSES RESCUE, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO NAME THE REHABILITATION CENTRE AFTER YOU... E.G., THE JOHN DOE CENTRE FOR ABUSED HORSES.

DONATIONS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED