In Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sulthe shelter located at the school Infante Dom Henrique It’s a barking noise. It opened its doors just a day ago and already takes care of 47 dogsto which will be added 10 cats in the next few hours.
Still unnamed, brown dog number 16 is stretched out on her bed looking tired. She was rescued from El Dorado, a city of 42,000 that was almost entirely flooded, and is now receiving treatment for scabies.
“We do not know anything; only where they rescued her“explains volunteer Letícia Rodrigues to EFE, who says that they have leashes, cages and leftover foodeverything donated, but what is missing are people willing to adopt.
The volunteers have opened a social media account with images of dogs to see if they can find the owners, although it is difficult in the middle of the existing chaos.
When the floods began, Rodrigues, a 35-year-old judicial official, launched to rescue isolated people on the roofs of their houses, but he soon realized that no one was taking care of the animals.
“We entered the water with the firefighters and took them out of all the imaginable places. Then, we saw that there was nowhere to take them,” she says.
About 10 thousand animalsbetween pets and wild species, have been rescued in Rio Grande do Sul in the last week and a half, according to regional authorities.
Some of these operations have received exceptional care in the media and social networks in a country that goes out of his way for pets.
It is the case of Candy horsewhich was rescued from a roof thanks to a special operation with inflatable bootsa dozen firefighters and veterinarians, and a helicopter from the Globo network recording every detail.
Far from the spotlight, three veterinarians, with stethoscopes around their necks, they make rounds at the Porto Alegre shelter to check on the dogs. They listen, they look teeth and give medicine to kill the worms. Some bark, although most are calm waiting for their portion of food.
“They arrive in panic, but once settled they begin to relax”explains Marilia Corsetti, a 62-year-old veterinarian.
Pese a la skin infectiondog number 16 has caught the interest of Ana Paula Ramosa 31-year-old teacher who already has two puppies but who says that “where two fit, three fit.”
He runs his hand over her back and asks Corsetti What treatment should you follow for scabies? Once the doubts were cleared, she decided to keep it, to the joy of the veterinary and volunteers.
Renamed as Daisythe dog stands up and leaves the shelter moving the tail with its new owner.
“¡Thank God one more adopted!”, exclaims Corsetti
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