The puppy, named Rio, is simply 6 months, but his rescuers are already calling him a miracle. they assert the very fact he’s even alive today is nearly unbelievable.
“He was definitely one among the more critical cases I’ve seen in a while,” Amanda Taylor, the Medical Director at Cincinnati Animal Care, said. “He was literally very on the brink of death.”
A Good Samaritan brought Rio to Cincinnati Animal Care, Hamilton County’s animal shelter, on Tuesday. Shelter staff members were told he had been put during a trash bag and dumped on the side of the road.
“Obviously, leaving a puppy in a garbage bag isn’t an honest idea,” Meaghan Colville, the shelter’s director of lifesaving operations, said.
Colville says they quickly learned that Rio is parvo positive. consistent with the American Veterinary Medical Association, canine parvovirus is very contagious and affects dogs’ gastrointestinal tracts. Vets say it can cause damage to their intestines and immune systems, and it also can cause septic shock and death.
Two days after he showed up at the shelter, Rio is slowly recovering, but his vet team says he features a great distance to travel .
According to Colville, nobody is currently facing criminal charges in Rio’s case because they are doing not have any leads on what happened.
The shelter is taking donations to assist buy Rio’s treatments. they need to start a GoFundMe page to gather donations online.
