Veterinarians help dogs injured in fire in Chile
- February 6, 2024
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Among mountains of debris left behind by devastating wildfires that killed more than 120 people. Chile lost dogs and cats are found wandering the streets, covered in ash
Among mountains of debris left behind by devastating wildfires that killed more than 120 people. Chile lost dogs and cats are found wandering the streets, covered in ash and Burns.
Some pets They stay behind doors where they used to be at home, others stay with new people they’ve met, and others eat piles of food. dogs that people have gone to the corners.
Christopher Romero, 22, was grocery shopping when a fire engulfed his home in Vina del Mar. He said his father managed to save his family but his two dogs, Black and Ciara, fled into the night.
Romero and his family finally returned to their home on Sunday to clear out trash and look for your pets, but they were out of luck. Then they were told that a dog was lying in the ravine, burned and not moving.
“We went to check and it was him (Black),” Romero said. “I couldn’t walk. And he was scared, he was in shock, he couldn’t, he wouldn’t let anyone get close.”
More neighbors then came to help Romero and his family pick up Black and take him to the hospital. Veterinary Clinic of the University of America in Viña del Mar, which cares for pets affected by forest fires.
Black was given painkillers, injections, burns cleaned and wounds before discharge.
Nicholas Escobar, director of the university’s veterinary medicine program, said the clinic has treated more than 100 dogs. cats and rabbits since Friday, treating burns, giving them oxygen and even resuscitating some of them.
Escobar said the clinic has treated pets during other wildfires, but the current fire is unlike anything he’s ever seen.
“This tragedy a lot more. I have not seen such a difficult situation,” he said, adding that many of his students lost their homes.
He added that the clinic has also helped locate owners of lost pets through social media or by scanning microchips. Escobar explained that they were able to reunite some of the pets, but many others are still missing. Ciara, Romero’s other dog and Black’s partner, is one of them.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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