Wild Dingo

Kelly needs a home. Bad. And of all the stories I’ve read lately this one reached out to me, so I’m posting it for my rescue story this week. And yes, I know there are many sad stories here of dogs in the United States. But we know better (at least our laws say we do). Taiwan has absolutely no animal cruelty laws, hence the need for help. There are many Americans* working abroad there in so many rescue organizations and are doing their best to educate and help control stray animal population as well as rescue and find homes for dogs and cats. Here’s is Kelly’s story, as forwarded to Wild Dingo.

Kelly has been a stray dog puppy with her mom in a village near a sandy beach since she was born. According to a villager living nearby, Kelly has been left alone since her mom was poisoned in April. She had to struggle for her living along the beach by begging food from the tourists. When the weather was bad, Kelly had nothing to eat because there were few visitors to the resort village. She had no other choice but to manage to survive by searching the leftover in the garbage damp if there was any.

Poor nutrition and stinky food caused her to lose her hair day by day. She turned out to be hairless and gave off bad smell. Wherever she went, she was turned away or even driven away with threatening shourts or throwing heavy objects. Still, the sausage stand had great temptation to her. She was always lingering around but the sausage vendor was not an animal lover. He hated dogs around the stand. To keep Kelly away from his place,he always throws sticks or stones at Kelly, whose legs were thus badly wounded but the good smell was too temping to resist.

Kelly was reported to ART in late June when the volunteer got a call from a tourist, who found Kelly was badly wounded in both legs and couldn’t walk any more. When ART got to her, she was lying on the bank of the beach, very weak and dehydrated. We rushed her back to the vet’s for a check-up and put her immedicately under treatment. Fortunately, Kelly got recovered very soon. Her hair grows back and the coat is as smooth as silver. Even though her leg was injured, she can walk and run very well. The vet had her x-ray checked and found that there was no need to have a surgery on her. She is now a healthy and pretty young lady after two months of treatment.

Kelly is very sweet even though she has had so much suffering. She is trusting, very friendly with people and other animals. She seems to be resolved to her destiny, very gentle and calm. But she has absolutely no chance to get herself adopted here in Taiwan. We do hope that you can give this sweet girl a second chance to renew her life. Once you open your heart to her, you won’t regret it.

This is how Kelly was found.

This is Kelly today. Healthy, revitalized and looking to belong to someone who will love her.

“OH please adopt me and find me a necklace that will pick up on my natural beauty. Something earthy and brown perhaps with a few sparkles?”

“Or perhaps something in light pink, like my sweet belly, with a silver name tag.”

Kelly

• 7 months old
• 16 lbs
• Female (spayed) Mixed Breed
• Personality: very friendly, can get along with other dogs ver well
• Medical record: all the tests are NEG;dewormed; completed the three shots and rabies, microchipped

If anyone is at all able to give this sweet little girl a home, please contact Judy at Walkin’ the Bark web site or email Judy. Or if you are interested in fostering her, you may contact Judy as well.

*Update 9/3: I wrote that there are “so many Americans working abroad there in so many rescue organizations,” but I didn’t mean to imply that there weren’t any Taiwanese people who weren’t fighting animal cruelty. My point was  that though we have our own problems with animal overpopulation and certainly with animal cruelty (i.e. sicko Vicks), at least we have cruelty laws. And because of that some Americans are living in Taiwan in order to help prevent animal cruelty and try to bring about change. Because when it comes to humanity, there are no borders. Americans and Taiwanese in both the U.S. and Taiwan are working at preventing such horrific situations for dogs and cats in Taiwan.

Also note, Kelly needs surgery on her legs and/or knees to repair ACL damage. It’s routine surgery, but expensive. If you’d like to donate, please donate at: http://popeyethedog.com/donate.html please put “Kelly” in the donation in the Instructions section.