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Hung upside down in a dark room, the 2-year-old dog was constantly beaten to make her meat more tender. Her legs were bound so tightly that her flesh got infected and started rotting. Being no use as meat, the pooch was left to die in a garbage bag in a dog meat slaughter region of South Korea. Luckily, she was found in time.
All of her paws had to be amputated to save her life but her eyes still sparkled with hope. “She survived and the day after surgery she was trying to walk. She was smiling and wagging her tail,” said Shannon Keith, president of Animal Rescue, Media & Education. The pup was named Chi Chi which means ‘loving’ in Korean.
Having spent 2 months recovering at a veterinary practice in Seoul, the Golden Retriever mix was transferred to her new forever home in Phoenix, Arizona where Richard, Elizabeth and Megan Howell were waiting to give her the love she deserves so much. Chi Chi will even get prosthetics!
When she fully recovers, The Howells are planning to turn the lovely pup into a therapy dog so she can comfort children and veterans who have lost limbs.
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Hung upside down in a dark room, the 2-year-old dog was constantly beaten to make her meat more tender
Being no use as meat, the pooch was left to die in a garbage bag near dog meat farm in South Korea
Her legs were bound so tightly that her flesh got infected and started rotting
Luckily, she was found in time
All of her paws had to be amputated to save her life but her eyes still sparkled with hope
“She survived and the day after surgery she was trying to walk. She was smiling and wagging her tail”
After 2 months spent at a vet in Seoul, the pup was transferred to her new forever home in Phoenix, Arizona to live with the Howell family
“She can pretty much do anything a real dog can do except go up the stairs,” said 12-year-old Megan Howell
Her new family is overwhelmed with her gentle and loving nature
When she recovers, they’ll have her trained as a therapy dog for children and veterans who lost their limbs
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TheresaTaylor 9 years ago
I don't agree with any animals being treated this way. Pigs, cows, chickens. It's great when there is activism to save dogs in Asia but then people allow animals that have been proven to be as sentient, as intelligent, as capable of knowing pain and fear suffer in factory farms that abuse and mistreat millions of animals every day in their own countries while judging Asians for eating dogs.
Alec 9 years ago
“She can pretty much do anything a real dog can do except go up the stairs”. She looks like a real dog to me, the fact that she's missing her paws doesn't change that.
JustineEardley 9 years ago
Alec, that comment was made by a 12-year old. Just relax will you?
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Gabriela 9 years ago
I bet everyone will be like oh, poor puppy, such cruelty!, while nobody cares that this happens every second to pigs, cows, chicken, etc... They suffer and feel pain just as much, but I guess it doesn't matter because they taste so good... If this message makes you feel anything, anger even, let me tell you what you're actually feeling: guilt.
JustineEardley 9 years ago
Gabriela, being outraged at something terrible happening to one animal doesn't mean someone can't feel outrage about what happens to others. We don't have only one "care" to give out each day so just relax will you. I care about this dog, it's cruel and awful and it is a great shame. That doesn't mean I don't also care about it happening to other animals. It's like when people say "oh look at that bunch of protesters complaining about X, I bet they don't care that much about Y"...get a grip! Just because they have decided to make a stand about something awful doesn't mean that it's the ONLY thing they can ever have an opinion about ever again.
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Maureen Mower 9 years ago
It's amazing, after the way that she was treated, that she can still love humans so much! What I don't understand is how what she went through is even remotely legal - in Korea or anywhere else. ___ I can understand if there isn't enough food for everyone, that people might eat dog meat to survive... but for this "butcher" to take a healthy dog, abuse it so horribly, and then toss it out like trash... SOMETHING in that has to be illegal. I'd like to hope that the people who did that to her would be shut down, and maybe even jailed. I know it's a different culture and all - but that cruelty can NOT be considered legal anywhere - can it?
TheresaTaylor 9 years ago
I don't agree with any animals being treated this way. Pigs, cows, chickens. It's great when there is activism to save dogs in Asia but then people allow animals that have been proven to be as sentient, as intelligent, as capable of knowing pain and fear suffer in factory farms that abuse and mistreat millions of animals every day in their own countries while judging Asians for eating dogs.
Alec 9 years ago
“She can pretty much do anything a real dog can do except go up the stairs”. She looks like a real dog to me, the fact that she's missing her paws doesn't change that.
JustineEardley 9 years ago
Alec, that comment was made by a 12-year old. Just relax will you?
Load More Replies... Gabriela 9 years ago
I bet everyone will be like oh, poor puppy, such cruelty!, while nobody cares that this happens every second to pigs, cows, chicken, etc... They suffer and feel pain just as much, but I guess it doesn't matter because they taste so good... If this message makes you feel anything, anger even, let me tell you what you're actually feeling: guilt.
JustineEardley 9 years ago
Gabriela, being outraged at something terrible happening to one animal doesn't mean someone can't feel outrage about what happens to others. We don't have only one "care" to give out each day so just relax will you. I care about this dog, it's cruel and awful and it is a great shame. That doesn't mean I don't also care about it happening to other animals. It's like when people say "oh look at that bunch of protesters complaining about X, I bet they don't care that much about Y"...get a grip! Just because they have decided to make a stand about something awful doesn't mean that it's the ONLY thing they can ever have an opinion about ever again.
Load More Replies... Maureen Mower 9 years ago
It's amazing, after the way that she was treated, that she can still love humans so much! What I don't understand is how what she went through is even remotely legal - in Korea or anywhere else. ___ I can understand if there isn't enough food for everyone, that people might eat dog meat to survive... but for this "butcher" to take a healthy dog, abuse it so horribly, and then toss it out like trash... SOMETHING in that has to be illegal. I'd like to hope that the people who did that to her would be shut down, and maybe even jailed. I know it's a different culture and all - but that cruelty can NOT be considered legal anywhere - can it?
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