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Cadiz: Linda needed an urgent operation
February 27, 2008, 2:4AM MT
By Sharon St. Joan
And is now starting to recover
And is now starting to recover
By Maria José Jaén Jimenez, Kimba Shelter
Translated by Michael Rodrigue, Best Friends Network
A few days ago Kimba took charge of a poor Pointer who was a walking skeleton, malnourished, abused, incapable of moving, and the list goes on.
We immediately took her to our veterinarian who had to operate on her urgently. We found out that in addition to the long list of other problems, Linda had also been pregnant, and in giving birth she had had complications and now had a serious infection.
It has been very difficult trying to help her recover. Our financial situation is like that of any other animal shelter in Spain; we are faced with surgical interventions, blood analyses and treatments. But her fortitude will help her to recover.
This poor little hunting dog has suffered the insufferable. These are the breeds who suffer the most in Spain; they are neither pets nor companions to anyone. They are merely tools to be used in Jaén and discarded in Cádiz.
Her previous owner has had charges filed against him, and we are hoping that articles 632.2 and 337 of the penal code, which are intended to protect the animals in Spain, will be enforced.
Linda does not have a voice, but we have thousands of voices, both in Spain and abroad, and we will not give up until we see to it that justice is done for this poor little long-suffering dog.
Linda is now recovering in a wonderful foster home where she is much loved and cared for!
Photo: Kimba Shelter
What you can do
The Kimba Shelter website, in English, Spanish, and German, is
http://www.refugiokimba.org/
Caution: some graphic photos