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Ladybug Rescue
Woman spends months trying to save stray dog in Mesa
by Scott Craven – Sept. 7, 2010 06:11 PM
The Arizona Republic
It was just one dog.
It roamed a concrete basin south of Mesa’s Fiesta Mall, not far from a two-story parking garage where everyday shoppers likely caught a glance of the stray, scared and dirty, ribs poking through matted fur. Maybe they shook their heads and felt pity before stuffing their bags into their trunks and driving away.
Because it was just one dog.
A few months earlier, it had been two dogs. A large yellow dog ran with the smaller, scrawny one, until a rescue agency was called and took away the yellow dog, which eventually had to be euthanized.
But the smaller dog was too smart, too fast to be taken in. And so the man carrying the long pole with the noose gave up, hopping into his truck and disappearing.
Leaving just the one dog.
On a morning in early June, the sun peeking over the horizon, Gerlinde Arbizu pulled into the Fiesta Mall lot, as she did several times a week, dropping her daughter Christina at her job. The two live just five minutes away, so Arbizu didn’t mind her part-time chauffeur duty.
As Christina got out, she turned to shut the door, facing south toward the Superstition Freeway. And she noticed movement in some bushes not far from the chain-link fence that separates the mall from the freeway.
“Mom,” she said, “I think there’s a dog over there.”
Arbizu got out and looked to where her daughter was pointing. And yes, about 100 feet away, a dog huddled under the shrubs…
Selene Rescue
Selene and Her Puppies Rescued from Canal
A dog and her two newborn puppies are getting help, after surviving for months on their own.
Animals Benefit Club have now stepped in to help the family of dogs, but for the past few months, they lived in a trash-filled canal.
Mom and her puppies survived on scraps of food.
“They’re in fairly good shape, because people have been feeding them for the past couple months,” says Andra Jeffress from ABC.
People who noticed the dogs but couldn’t get near them knew they needed help. That’s when they called Animals Benefit Club.
At first its volunteers had little luck with the dogs. “They would go and hide because they were very leery of strangers,” says Jeffress…
Read the full story at myfoxphoenix.com.
Watch “Selene’s Tale” ABC’s winning entry in the 2010 Tales from the Pet Lover’s Heart contest.
ABC rescues animals regardless of their medical condition. Many times an animal needs surgery or extended medical care before he or she is ready for adoption. Our Critical Care Corner will keep you updated on these special needs animals.
