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Date Posted: 13:32:08 04/24/03 Thu
Author: Alice
Author Host/IP: adsl-63-206-88-129.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net / 63.206.88.129
Subject: Pobre perro...

Triumph of the Will (To Live)

Dog That Refused To Die Recovering From Injuries
POSTED: 10:21 p.m. PDT April 23, 2003

CLEARLAKE, Calif. -- A dog who was hit by a car, shot in the head, kept in a freezer and lived to bark about it probably won't have any long-term health effects besides an impaired right ear, her veterinarians said Wednesday.

"Her eardrum burst, she kind of leans her head to the side," said Yvonne Scott, office manager of Clearlake Veterinary Clinic, where Dosha the dog is recuperating.

The animal's ordeal started on April 15, when Dosha, a 10-month-old mixed breed, escaped from a backyard and got hit by a car. The Clearlake police officer who reported to the scene shot the dog, who didn't have a collar, when no one could tell him who owned her.

Presumed dead, the dog was taken to the local animal shelter, where she was put in a freezer. About two hours later, the center's interim director opened the freezer door and found the dog standing upright in a plastic orange bag.

When Dosha arrived at the vet's office, she was suffering from hypothermia and a gunshot wound. "The car accident was the least of her problems," Scott said. "The gunshot was, of course, no good. The hypothermia was more life threatening when she arrived here."

Scott said the gunshot probably caused the damage to Dosha's ear, and that veterinarians are considering sending her to another clinic for neurological testing.

Local animal groups and the Humane Society of the United States have begun fund-raising efforts to pay for her care.

Clearlake's police chief has defended the officer's decision to shoot the dog. The officer said Dosha appeared to be in extreme pain and he wanted to end her suffering.

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Re: Pobre perro... -- isabelle, 20:12:26 04/24/03 Thu
- Re: Pobre perro... -- Alice, 20:58:51 04/24/03 Thu