Cocker Spaniel with an embedded BARBED WIRE survives in the desert for 7 months! 😨
Can you imagine carrying this painful thing on you without the ability to remove it? 😣
Falkor lived in the desert for at least seven months and took refuge on a property of a construction company. Lupe Alcala who owns a taco truck fed him but could never get close. She sent me some videos of him running into the night and told me it will be very difficult to get him.
I had to drive for 2 hours on a Sunday to get to the rescue location, and because it required a long drive, I decided just to set up a trap and get him this way. I spent 6 hours waiting for him, but he wouldn't come out of his hiding spot (it is already extremely hot out in the desert). As it got cooler, I came up with an idea and it worked! 💡
Lupe had no idea that he had barbed wire embedded in his coat, but I am so happy I decided to bring a large trap because he wouldn't have been able to walk into my smaller trap.
I tried removing the barbed wire in the desert and even took a risk by taking him out of the trap (something I would normally never do), but I wasn't able to remove it without the risk of injuring him. I decided that two more hours wouldn't make a big difference so I rushed back so I can do it safely with Loreta.
With proper tools, Loreta was able to shave his hair close to the skin and remove that terrible piece of metal.
Falkor felt immediate relief and allowed us to work and shave his matted coat.
A few days later he had surgery done to fix his cherry eye, he had a dental cleaning, and just look at him now:
We named him Falkor after The Luck Dragon from one of my favorite childhood movies - The Neverending Story (1984), and in the picture below you'll see how lucky our Falkor is and how his life changed for the best thanks to our supporters.
It has been a couple of years since his rescue, but we always love getting these photo updates from loving adoptive families. Seeing him live his best life so comfortably is so rewarding to us as rescuers, and I hope to you as a supporter.
If you have friends who would love this kind of effort for the animals, please share this story with them. In my dreams, every supporters would help recruit just one friend, and this way we could save twice as many animals. 💖
Thank you so much!
Eldad
