Jana, beautiful pup rescued in Bulgaria

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http://www.care2.com/causes/wrong-turn-leads-hiker-to-rescue-in-the-mountains.html

by Laura Simpson April 2, 2012 11:30 pm



Written by Michelle Jones of Colonel Angels Bulgarian Street Dogs

When school teacher Nina Tchouparova decided to go hiking in the Balkan Mountains of Bulgaria on Sunday morning, little did she know that she would end up carrying out a tiny passenger.

“It was a chance encounter,” Nina said. “I first saw the puppy from the car window, as we had taken the wrong turn. When I saw her sitting on the pavement motionless, lifeless, it was obvious something was wrong.”

Once parked, Nina grabbed a sandwich and went back to where she had just seen the dog. She was still there and she hadn’t moved an inch. “There was a slice of stale bread that had been tossed next to her, yet her gaze was fixated on something invisible far ahead of her, something a living being wouldn’t see,” Nina continued. “The smell of ham and cheese brought her back to our dimension and she dug into the pieces of sandwich I was giving her. The poor pup was merely skin and bone, a shadow holding on to dear life.” (Video clip below shows puppy enjoying a wonderful connection with her rescuer)

This is the reality of the abandoned dogs of Bulgaria. Some are able to scavenge successfully for food, while others become too miserable from the stress of the abandonment to help themselves, and they literally fade away. With very few private or government run shelters or pounds, and a cultural resistance to spay/neuter, it is customary to abandon unwanted dogs and their offspring straight onto the streets, something that rescue charity Colonel Angels Bulgarian Street Dogs is striving hard to address through education and a free spay/neuter program.

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