At first, rescuers don’t understand why he’s so scared … then, a video emerges that shows a horrific crime.

And this dog saw everything!

If you didn’t know, Lebanon’s current president, Michel Aoun, recently passed a new animal welfare law that banned the torture and abuse of animals.

However, despite the law, workers from the Municipality of Ghobeiry brought food laced with poison to feed to a family of stray dogs.

How sick is that?!

Sadly, as soon as the dogs ate the poison, they started to die. Onlookers were horrified.

One of them filmed the event and made sure that Animals Lebanon, a local animal welfare organization, received a copy.

“The video is quite graphic,” Maggie Shaarawi, vice president of Animals Lebanon, told The Dodo.

“It shows men dressed in municipality uniforms putting food mixed with poison for friendly dogs who come with wagging tails to eat.

Shortly after, the dogs are shivering on the ground.”

The only dog that survived was the one that ran away from the men, instead of towards them.

Everyone who saw the video was shocked, including the president himself.

He posted a photo of himself with his dog on Facebook, along with a statement condemning the way the workers had dealt with the stray dogs.

“The most heartbreaking scene is when one of the dogs approaches the men, almost asking for mercy for his friends who are dying,” Shaarawi added.

“The man didn’t stop there or feel any mercy toward that friendly dog…

…instead he put food on the end of the stick mixed with poison and shoved it in his mouth.”

Talk about disgusting. It makes you want to scream, doesn’t it?

Out of the large group of friendly but unclaimed animals, only one dog in the family survived:

The one dog that didn’t come running out to meet the men.

Indeed, his fear of humans actually saved his life.

When Shaarawi learned of the one survivor she immediately sent a team to find him and bring him to the shelter.

They started calling the dog “Survivor” because his existence was such a miracle.

“He was very scared, and he had his tail between his legs,” Shaarawi said.

“He kept running away. But Kamal, one of our volunteers on the ground, is known for his persistence.

He kept following him until finally he was cornered.”

Once Kamal had captured the dog, he took him to a local vet clinic for a complete checkup.

Thankfully, Survivor turned out to be in good health, despite having lived on the streets for so long.

He had never trusted humans, and now he had even less reason to.

After all, humans had killed all of his family and friends!

And now they had captured him and were, in his mind at least, keeping him prisoner…

“He was very fearful, and he would shake any time someone came near him,” Shaarawi said.

“We took him to our care, and every day we tried to gain his trust.”

It was a long slow process.

They patiently spent time with him, giving him treats and letting him learn that humans could indeed be trusted.

Under their constant care and attention, Survivor slowly blossomed into a confident, happy dog.

Now, not only has Survivor come out of his shell, but his rescuers have discovered that he will make someone a lovely pet.

“He is an adorable dog — smart and gentle,” Shaarawi said.

“He is toilet trained, rarely barks and all he wants is human company.”

He’s a long way from the timid, fearful dog that hid in the bushes instead of taking treats from human strangers.

Thank goodness he didn’t take those “treats,” though!

“Every time I go to see him, he is almost dancing from happiness,” Shaarawi added.

“His whole body is shaking right and left.”

Source: The Dodo

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The poor thing looks sad and beaten … it seems as if he was abandoned on a hot Virginia street corner with nothing to eat or drink.

The Good Samaritan gets a little closer and sees that the animal is scared and a little confused.

Worse still, he can’t move because someone has tied him to a pole with his leash!

Yes, it’s a very sad situation, so this concerned pedestrian quickly calls Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC).

Animal control officers are on the scene in minutes, and they’re immediately grateful that the Good Samaritan called. Said RACC director Christie Chipps Peters:

“My name is Oreo. I’m over 10 years old. I have anxiety.

My owner died. I’m really good. I need a home.”

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Being the founder of the animal rescue organization The Abandoned Ones (TAO), Judy Obregon had seen such sad sights many times before.

In Echo Lake Park in Fort Worth, Texas, it was a very common occurrence:

People would just leave their pets in the park and disappear; it happened so often, in fact, that Obregon started daily walks to find abandoned animals.

And here was a pet house, though there didn’t appear to be any activity inside…

Even so, Obregon knew she had to check, because there could be an abandoned creature in desperate need of help.

At the same time, it was a wooded area and it was very possible that a wild animal was waiting for her in there…

Maybe an angry raccoon!

Well, this determined rescuer just had to find out.

She cautiously pulled back the flap and gasped: there were two scared eyes peeking out from behind a pillow!

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They prepared to charge right in but before they could move, they noticed something truly terrifying…

It wasn’t the condition of the poor dog, though the suffering pit bull was indeed in bad shape.

She clearly hadn’t eaten in some time and she’d probably been chained up for a very long time. She was filthy, unhappy, and very scared.

And she was scared because she was surrounded by a horde of unsavory creatures!

That’s what made the animal rescue officers freeze:

The ailing pit bull was in the midst of a giant flock of vultures!

It was suddenly as clear as day: this poor innocent creature was on the verge of death, and those nasty scavengers knew it.

It made the officers work even faster, as they quickly chased the dozens of black birds away and raced to bring the pit bull to safety.

Even after she was rescued, however, the neglected pooch remained fearful and timid. Those vultures had only made her terrible situation worse!

But this dog’s dreams were about to come true…

Because the local news picked up this dark story of an abused pup and the swarming vultures, a lot of kind-hearted souls came forward to adopt the dog.

It wasn’t long before the friendly canine found her forever home, with Keana Lynch and Travis Henley.

The couple named the dog Lilo (Travis’ daughter’s favorite movie is “Lilo and Stitch”) and now, Lilo’s fear is finally starting to melt away.

The trauma she sustained will never happen again and she knows it. No more chains or vultures for Lilo!

And it gets even better:

Lilo visits schools with Keana to teach kids about dog behavior and rescue animals, and Lilo even gets dressed up for the lessons!

Oh, and Lilo has a new sister, too, and the pups are absolutely inseparable.

Lilo went from being chained up and left to starve to having a best friend, loving owners, and an honorable purpose in life!

Now this is a feel-good story that has it all … vultures included!

Source: Honest to Paws

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She was turned in to the Dallas Animal Services and Adoption Center by her former owners, who said they just didn’t want her anymore.

The pup was blindsided by the move, and the poor thing just couldn’t understand why she’d been abandoned.

She was 3 years old and weighed in at only 6 pounds, so the world is already a pretty scary place for such a small animal.

Then, her owners go and ditch her … is it any wonder Coco was petrified of just about everything?

Shelter workers couldn’t get Coco to stop shaking. She was in a constant state of fear and it just broke everyone’s heart.

Then one day, an elderly gentleman named Allen walked into the shelter with a Meals on Wheels volunteer.

The 90-year-old set eyes on Coco and it was love at first sight … and maybe there was a reason for that.

As it turns out, Allen’s dog had recently died and “he was becoming depressed being all alone,” the shelter wrote on their Facebook page.

But though he loved the pup, how would Coco react? She was terrified of everything, remember?

Well, not Allen!

“It was truly love at first sight.

As soon as we put Coco in his lap, she stopped shaking.”

Dallas Animal Services shelter manager Nicole Hernandez added that Coco “couldn’t take her eyes of him, and he wouldn’t stop smiling at her.”

The shaking was just magically gone! Coco’s fear of people had apparently evaporated in a matter of seconds!

And as for Allen, he knew he just had to bring Coco home.

The shelter said “he didn’t even want to let her go long enough to do the paperwork.”

Isn’t that just the most adorable thing you’ve ever heard? Doesn’t it make your day, as it made ours?

Share this uplifting tale with your animal-loving friends!

Source: NTD.TV

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And isn’t it so much worse when the dog’s puppies are thrown away, too?

This is what animal rescuer Josiane Almeida stumbled upon when she was walking along a deserted road in Lagoa da Prata, Brazil.

Almeida saw the dog tied up to the neck, suffering in a coarse sack. There were also three trapped puppies inside as well, and one just wandering around.

It was a truly terrible sight.

Almeida rushed forward and as she says:

“Some of the worst scenes of mistreatment I’ve ever witnessed.

They’ve been there for quite some time.”

The mamma dog was terrified at first but Almeida gently calmed her down, and convinced her that she was there to help.

Then she carefully carried the sack to her car before cutting it open, and seconds later, the entire canine family was freed.

But they still needed urgent medical assistance, so Almeida rushed them all to a local vet’s office.

There, it was determined that in addition to being malnourished, the mother dog had a very big problem:

A cancerous malignant growth!

That could be why she was dumped in the first place; her previous owners just didn’t want to deal with her illness, so they ditched her!

This story just goes from bad to worse, doesn’t it?

However, the good news is that all the pups are currently getting the care they so desperately require, and they will soon be off to loving homes.

It’s only going to take a few kind-hearted souls to adopt them, and after over 140,000 shares and 11,000 comments on the video Almeida shared, that probably won’t take long!

Who wouldn’t want to give these traumatized pups the attention and love they need?

In the meantime, Almeida is taking care of them, and she’s just the right person to do it!

Plus, she thanks God for allowing her to be in the right place, at the right time:

“Before, this family was smothered in a sack tossed out to die, but as God is good, we managed to get them out of suffering! 

They live well with me today!

Thank you, God, for giving me this opportunity.”

Stranded and abused animals don’t always get happy endings. But when they do, it’s worth telling the world about!

Source: NTD.TV

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The little pup was less than 1 year old and yet, her evil owners must’ve left her tied to that tree for months.

The Staffordshire terrier mix was supposed to have been a guard dog, but nobody ever bothered to care for her.

And because of that, the ailing creature had suffered terribly … both physically and mentally.

Ziva had lost most of her fur due to mange, her body was covered with sores, and her foot pads were rubbed raw.

On top of that, due to the awful situation, she’d become frightened and suspicious of humans.

Well, can you blame her?!

Ziva was quickly taken to a nearby shelter but Barbara Zuluaga, a member of A Chance to Bloom Dog Rescue, knew Ziva needed more.

“Ziva needed to leave the shelter immediately in her immune-suppressed state, so without hesitation, we answered the call for help.”

They weren’t sure if the poor pup could recover, given the fact that the odds were stacked against her.

But it’s amazing to see how a dog can rebound when she’s shown love and affection!

One of the vet technicians, Stephanie Williams, watched over Ziva as she rapidly improved, and said:

“She got to see what it was like to be in a home, and how to eat out of a dog bowl and drink out of a dog water bowl and sleep in a bed and how to jump up on the couch.

She did really, really well overcoming the adversities and the challenges that had been set before her, and I’m proud of her.“

Now, Ziva has made a full recovery. And better yet, she has found a loving foster home with Cassie Rogers!

Cassie also decided to rename the intrepid pooch; her new name is Roxy. And the update is rosy:

“Roxy is doing fabulously.

“She is starting to play with toys, loves food time and treats, snuggles on the couch with us and sleeps in the bed, gives me kisses, and just wants to run and play with the big dogs.

I am in love with her.”

When a four-legged friend suffers through such a horrible nightmare, you pray for rescue. Sometimes, it never happens.

But when it does, the transformation we see in that animal is just beyond words, isn’t it?

Source: The Dodo

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At the very least, you assume he or she is a professional and a kind-hearted individual.

But when poor starving TinTin went to the vet’s in Bali, Indonesia, he didn’t exactly get the treatment he so desperately needed…

No, he just went from one nightmare to another!

TinTin is a friendly pit bull that got sick one day, so his owner dropped him off at the vet’s … then the owner never came back.

TinTin needed all sorts of help; he had a blood parasite carried by ticks and he was obviously malnourished.

So, what did the vet do? Did he call a local shelter or rescue group? Did he try to care for the ailing creature himself?

No. He just tossed him in a kennel and treated him terribly!

He barely fed the starving TinTin and didn’t bother to treat the poor pooch’s other ailments, either.

Thankfully, the Director of the Bali Dog Adoption and Rehabilitation Centre (BARC), Ebony Owens, got a message from a local man who’d spotted TinTin wasting away at the clinic.

And Owens was just horrified:

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She’d seen this so many times before: an owner moves away and leaves the pet behind.

But when she looked closer, she instantly knew why the family had ditched this particular pup … and then her heart just broke.

Tania Cappelluti loves animals, which is why she teamed up with Charlie’s Angels Animal Rescue in Costa Rica.

She has helped dozens of animals find their forever homes but when she saw that poor abandoned pup, she was especially emotional.

“This is so unbelievable,” she wrote on Facebook on August 16.

“I really don’t understand how people can do this to their dog.“

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About a week ago, a redheaded woman wearing an eyepatch dropped off her dog at a pet resort in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

She wasn’t a common customer … in fact, nobody at the business had ever seen her before.

And what was with the eyepatch?

Anyway, the woman told the employee behind the desk that her name was Melanie Winchester, and her bulldogs name was William Katz.

Then she abruptly left.

A little while later, the groomers realized that William the bulldog really wasn’t in good condition…

He needed medical attention immediately, in fact!

The poor pooch’s skin was covered in sores and he also suffered from several nasty ear infections.

So, they tried to contact the owner but realized she’d left a fake name and a fake number!

Well, at that point, the unfortunate circumstance had become clear:

The woman had ditched the poor dog at the groomer’s! She never intended to come back!

Furthermore, it was clear she didn’t treat the dog properly, either.

The staff quickly called the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who in turn notified the police.

But with a fake name, the police don’t have much to go on besides the security camera footage.

They’re asking around to see if anyone has seen the woman but in the meantime, William is in good hands at the resort.

He’s getting the care and treatment he needs there, but can you imagine such a heartless owner?

Who could do such a thing?

Source: Little Things

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