Pet Pawfection

Photo Credit: Mdzananda Animal Clinic

Warrior, a disabled crossbreed stray, was buried alive in a five-foot deep hole last week at Luhlaza Secondary School in Cape Town, South Africa by two school caretakers. According to the caretakers, who are being charged with animal cruelty, "one of the school's senior supervisors had told them to get rid of the dog as it was being a nuisance by hanging around the classrooms."

Witnesses recalled watching the helpless dog yelping in vain as the school caretakers buried him alive. A local animal clinic received an anonymous tip about the incident. Two people from the clinic, a veterinarian and an animal welfare caregiver, rushed to the scene and confronted the two men. Our fur brother was barely alive and gasping for air when they finally pulled him out. The picture shows poor Warrior covered in sand after his head was uncovered.

Warrior recovered from what is being called "one of the worst reported cases of animal abuse in Cape Town yet," but still has a bad limp from an earlier traffic accident. This is one tough pup! We are so thankful to the wonderful humans who tipped off the animal clinic and for those humans at the animal clinic who helped Warrior recover.

Two paws up to IOL News and the UK Daily Mail for the scoop!

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You may remember the story of Tarra the elephant and her dog friend Bella. The video above from CBS News tells the amazing story of the unlikely pair. According to Steve Hartman of CBS Evening News, "They harbor no fears, no secrets, no prejudices. Just two living creatures who somehow managed to look past their immense differences."

Sad to say, our dear fur sister Bella was killed last week most likely by a coyote attack.

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Our miracle dog, a young beagle mix, started his adventure just like many other abandoned dogs. He was left anonymously at a Florence, Alabama pound, and when no human came forward to claim him or adopt him, our fur brother was placed in a gas chamber with a handful of other canines left for dead. All together, 18 dogs were supposed to die that day but this special dog startled a young animal control officer named Berry when he opened the chamber and was greeted by a wagging tail. "I opened the door, he stood right up and walked right out," said Berry. "He was fine."

From that moment, Daniel, named after the biblical prophet in the Bible who survived the lion's den, became a celebrity and has been a popular topic around the country.

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