Santa Cruz, Galapagos
Nina was rushed into the Darwin Animal Doctors’ clinic in the arms of her guardians. She was dripping with blood, coming from the multiple wounds that covered her body. Nina had been attached by a group of dogs and was left in a near-death state before her guardians found her and rushed her to the Galapagos clinic.
As soon as the Doctors saw Nina, they rushed to action. Nina was inspected all over for wounds by some of team to gauge the seriousness of her state while others began treating Nina with some much needed pain medication. As the team helped Nina return to a calm and balanced state, they simultaneously prepared for a long and arduous surgery.
The team ensure to locate each and every one of Nina’s wounds before preparing her for surgery
Once it was safe to begin, the team anesthetized Nina and set into a long afternoon of surgery. The team were faced with patching the poor, sweet pup back together.
During the surgery, the team could really see just how deep and damaging Nina’s wounds were. Nina had a huge number of very deep wounds and in some areas the skin had been ripped away from large areas of deeper layers. Dr. Justin and Dr. Stella had their work cut out for them. Some wounds were stitched while others needed to be left partially open to provide a natural drainage. The Doctors worked their way through the maze of lacerations…
After her surgery, Nina woke and greeted the team with love and gratitude. The sweet dog won the hearts of the team with her kind and gentle nature and her strength in her recovery. When her guardians arrived, Nina began wagging her tail, pleased to see her family again.
Stories like this are not as uncommon as one would like to think and form one of the reasons why education into responsible ownership is so important. Everyone who takes on the responsibility of the life of an animal also needs to understand how to properly care for that animal and bring them up to be loving and caring – not animals that might attack another. Just as in humans, the way a young animal is treated will play a big part in determining how they will act later in life.
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