Thursday 31st December, 0830. Pedro Munoz animal shelter, Ciudad Real.
Loli says ‘This is what we found on arrival at the shelter today. These three poor dogs, bound and chained and icy cold. They may have spent all night getting wet .
This has been the gift that someone gave us on the last day of the year.’
The man in the photo is the volunteer cutting the dogs free with wire clippers and taking them into the shelter.
I suppose the only good thing is that they were left outside the shelter, rather than dumped down a well, thrown into a canal, or abandoned on the motorway.
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3 responses to “Abandoned dogs on New Year’s Eve – How do the Volunteers cope?”
Well, I suppose we can consider these three the ‘lucky’ ones…..
Yes, these 3 dogs ARE lucky. Lucky that they were left at your rescue center, lucky that they were not thrown down into a well, lucky that they were not hung or burned (which also seems to be the fate of many). Luck can be in some strange and questionable packages, but for these 3 dogs, this was a “lucky” move. At least the person who did this chose a positive fate for these pups instead of an evil, painful and terrifying fate. By being placed at your center this person knew they would be loved, feed and sheltered. That they would eventually be placed in loving forever homes. My daughter and I do dog, cat, horse and even wild animal rescue when able. I encourage people who can no longer care for their dogs or cats to take them to our local shelter. I also try to get people who have dogs/cats, etc and treat them cruelly to take them to our shelter. I do not understand why they have them in the first place… For this is one thing in life that one does have a choice in. If you do not like dogs, cats..etc, do not have them. Please keep doing what you can for these and other creatures. Sadly, I think it will always be a hard and heart breaking situation. But, there is also the good and happy moments, when for that one creature, their life has finally turned for the good and they are loved. Please, try to find the “positive & good” in situations as this. God Bless you and all creatures…
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Bonjour Rebecca
Thank you for your really interesting post. I
agree with everything you say. I don t know how Loli and the volunteers
at Pedro Munoz shelter cope with it all, it must be so emotionally
draining. I hope you are able to rehome many of the animals which you take
in. It is so rewarding to take an animal which has been abused and see its
personality and character blossom in a loving home. I feel that especially
about our latest addition, Carmela. From a terrified beaten galga she is
now a happy playful and very loving dog.
Keep up your good work.
Beryl
http://www.galgonews.com
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