Stray Animals Emergencies Funding in Colombia

Dear donor and friend, we are so grateful to be able not only to take care of our shelter dogs, but also attend some urgent cases, thanks to your support and solidarity. We received an emergency notification from a citizen of Bogotá, who had rescued a female Golden Retriever from being abused. He could not keep her any longer, because he took her from his neighbours, cruel and violent people, who already suspected him. In order not to be seen, he brought the dog in through the window, which was almost a cinematic action. We agreed to receive her, she arrived on a  motorbike and found a foster home the same day. She was very skinny, malnourished and anxious. The medical examination revealed anemia, fever and a severe uterine infection. Menta is a young dog of 4 years and was used for illegal breeding, and it was so devastating to find out, that she probably just had puppies one week before her rescue. Nobody could tell us, what happened to them, and sadly, there is no imaginable positive scenario. So let´s focus on Menta, an amazing being, so resilient and ready to trust again. She came to a real paradise and was welcomed by her foster mom and six friendly dogs. She just couldn´t believe it and a profound exhaustion helped her to fall asleep and decompress. After settling in, she now enjoys long walks and even found her first toy, a green rubber ball. As soon as she recovers, she’ll be neutered and will hopefully find her perfect human match.

Dear donor and friend, we received an emergency call, reporting an abandoned and sick dog, lying on the side of a rural road. We approached the indicated place, and there he was, barely conscious at first, due to a high fever, a debilitating cough and hunger. Immediately we offered him water and food, which he devoured. Then we made the necessary call to the local Secretariat of Animal and Environmental Protection, so that they send us a vet. In the meantime, we began to investigate about the dog’s background story. A neighbour told us, that the poor doggie lived nearby, with a family who has two more dogs, but is never home, and when the dog got sick, they simply got rid of their responsibility by ignoring him and leaving him outside, shivering with fever during the cold nights. That said, we contacted the authorities, informing about this case of abandonment, negligence and cruelty, asking for official intervention. They realized a formal apprehension, the dog was diagnosed with severe bronchitis and is still hospitalized, slowly recovering. We called him Benni.