Chica the Duct-Taped Doberman Becomes World’s Happiest Dog

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.care2.com/causes/chica-the-duct-taped-doberman-becomes-worlds-happiest-dog.html

by Laura SimpsonAugust 19, 20147:00 pm




Editor’s note: This post is a Care2 favorite. It was originally published on September 13, 2012. Enjoy!

Chica the Doberman puppy commited an unforgiveable crime. She grabbed hold of laundry that was drying on the clothesline and ran about the yard chewing and soiling it. When her family discovered her game, they didn’t shrug their shoulders or laugh at their 8-month-old dog’s antics. Instead Chica’s guardian went into the house, grabbed a roll of duct tape and began wrapping and wrapping it around Chica’s muzzle, over her delicate whiskers, determined that she would never open her mouth again. Yet destiny had more in store for Chica than a slow death by dehydration, and clear across Mexico, a rescuer was being summoned to the plate.

Hector Navarro and his wife Carla Cabrera of Cancun are die hard animal lovers. They’ve rescued many animals and Carla had just mentioned that she’d like to open their home to a Doberman. Because Carla was on her way out of town for a few days, Hector got to work on his own and began looking online for a dog to join their household. He wasn’t prepared to stumble across a ghastly Facebook photo of Chica and a desperate plea for help from an anonymous neighbor who had been watching Chica’s suffering. From the moment he saw Chica’s Facebook photo, Hector was a man on fire.

Hector poured over thousands of posts on Care2 and Facebook and sent hundreds of emails. He called veterinary clinics and rescue groups in the area and kept coming across the name Fernanda Janine Luna as someone who could help, but he simply could not find a way to reach Fernanda. With time running out, he decided it was time for plan B.



Hector packed his bags and was preparing to fly to Tepic when he was introduced to a man there named Miguel Dibildox, a Scout leader who was known for providing veterinary care to rescue dogs. Miguel and Hector had an instant connection and Miguel had heard of a woman named Fernanda who had jumped the fence to release the doberman but was caught.

FULL story and more at link.

[snooper2]

1. that isn't duct tape, but outside of that

He had to pay ransom for the dog...

After the dog was safe I would have had some homies beat the owners ass

[shenmue]

2. Woof!

[Baitball Blogger]

3. I'm happy to read this story today.

Yesterday I stumbled on a link to a facebook video that left me so stunned I thought I could never get rid of the bad feeling I got from watching an animal abuse situation that had happened outside of the USA. In other words, the usual animal protection agencies were not available. So I'm glad to see that there are people out there that can help in a situation that occurs Internationally.

It was purely unintentional when I encountered the video. I followed a link that I thought would produce the video that was part of a friend's Timeline, and instead came up on the facebook page of a person who had posted a video of a man beating up a dog. I couldn't believe it. The criminal had grabbed the dog's back legs and kept kicking the dog's underbelly. It was occurring in a public area in what may have been Italy. Not sure exactly because I couldn't watch until the end, because it looked like the dog was not going to survive the beating.

The translation that was captioned was, "help us find the man who did this to the dog."

Maybe we need an International ASPCA?

[joeybee12]

4. Good Chica!

KNR

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