Costa Rica

"They said, 'No, he's sick, he's old,'" Battle said. "And I said, 'It doesn't matter if he lives a week. If he's going to die, let him die having a home.'"
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Os animais que vivem nas ruas acabam passando por situações muito difíceis, como fome, maus tratos e violência. Porém, alguns ainda sofrem bem mais do outros, como é o caso do cão Duke.

Duke, um cão de cerca de dois anos de idade sem raça definida, foi encontrado na área de Tres Rios, na Costa Rica, com uma parte de sua boca pendurada. Literalmente presa por um fio. Segundo a Asociación Vida Animal Costa Rica, que divulgou a história do animal no Facebook, o cão havia sido brutalmente ferido com um facão.

The poor girl was in much worse shape that Flori could have known. A vet visit determined that she had spiked a fever, was very anemic, and quite malnourished.
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“We gave her water and a bit of food. She could hardly hold herself up. We brought her to Finca Morpho who gave her a foster home and lots of love, food and flea drops.”
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Uma cachorra enfrentava o calor e a fome na beira de uma estrada quando recebeu a ajuda de um grupo de resgate. Sem acreditar no que estava acontecendo, a cadela desmoronou e começou a chorar.

 

“This sanctuary explores how a free range environment improves health and adoptability. It is a no-kill shelter.”
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The way things go as of now, dog fighting organizers only really had dogs confiscated, but there were no other real punishments on the books. When a man had a $200 fine levied on him for being found guilty of hosting dog fighting on property he owns, it was the first ever fine ever given to someone for this offense in Costa Rica.