You may remember I recently posted about Dino, a stray found by some kind ex-pats in Calabria, but then sadly seized and taken to the dog pound?
I have just had an email from Francis, who was looking after Dino. Here is what she says:"He has now been in the canile for four weeks and I am exasperated with the lack of a response down here in Calabria. I have trawled the internet looking for Brits/Americans living down here, and although I have had some nice emails, I have found nobody to take him. I have asked around endlessly and there is absolutely no local interest. My husband and I have visited him at the canile several times and he is not doing well. They pack them in, 4 or 5 to a cage, and he is very thin and has a piece bitten off the top of his ear. He is clearly getting bullied and not getting much of the rations. When we go, the guys let us take him out of the cage for a cuddle and to feed him and he almost heaves from eating too fast. Yesterday, when they brought him out, he did not eat the food we gave him. One of the guys said he had eaten already, but when I cuddled him, I noticed his stomach was swollen and hard which was worrying."
Surely there must be SOMEONE in Calabria who can help this poor soul? Please contact Francis: FiCole@aol.com
Here are two YouTube videos of him, the first one before he was taken to the canile.
And this is when thewy went to visit him at the pound. They were made to wear plastic bags on their feet.
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