[TW] Severely injured dog finds its way home

Pancho, a 7-month-old Chihuahua in Perry County, Tennessee, was
missing for 7 days, but finally found his way home. After he
disappeared, his owners searched for him without success. He found
his way home after a week, dragging himself along with his front legs.
His back, hips, and back legs were broken, and he is paralyzed from
the waist down. According to the vet, the injuries are consistent
with having been kicked or stomped, rather than having been hit by a
car. A $2000 surgery will be needed to straighten his hips and back
legs, which the family currently can't afford, but, even then, he will
never be able to walk on his back legs again.

I couldn't figure out how to get a URL for the video file itself, but
you can see the news item by visiting http://www.wsmv.com and clicking
on "Video Headlines".

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Awww...that's sad. I wonder if they are going to set up a fund for the
little fellow?

-PatM

On 20 Nov 2005 18:34:51 -0800, "PatM" wrote:

Awww...that's sad. I wonder if they are going to set up a fund for the
little fellow?

-PatM

I hope so. The news item didn't mention any such fund; they showed
the owners, but didn't mention their name.

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John F. Eldredge --
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"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
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PatM wrote:

Awww...that's sad. I wonder if they are going to set up a fund for the
little fellow?

-PatM

It would be nice! Maybe the "wisest" thing would be to
euthanize him, but who COULD do that after he went through
so much to get home to his people?