Poor Abandoned Dog Found In The Streets With His Leg Blooded

This is the story of Ciro, an adorable white-haired dog. Ciro was found abandoned in a miserable situation on streets.

Flavia Capobianco told us her story as a volunteer and animal protector. She has been involved in rescuing strays for a lifetime and is always dedicated to defending the weakest.

Waiting to find them a new family, Flavia now takes care of a hundred dogs, 13 of which she transports every day from the shelter to take them to sleep in the house where she lives in the historic center of Putignano: being problematic, epileptic, disabled, they need extra care.

“Ciro was one of the many recoveries made 3 years ago. Reported by a little boy, I found the puppy that barked insistently, had mange and was hairless”.

Flavia retrieves it and, at first, the animal was aggressive. When she takes him to the shelter, Ciro begins therapy. After curing him, he becomes part of the large Street Dog family.

The four-legged, despite the passing of the years, has remained with a shy temperament. Slowly, however, in the clinic he lets himself be pampered. Furthermore, he made friends with the herd. Recently, Ciro’s life has changed forever. Here’s what happened to the white-coated puppy:

“Sunday January 29, while I was with the dogs, I suddenly hear rifle shots and the dogs barked a lot. At one point Ciro, frightened, jumped the fence and disappeared into thin air”.

Immediately, Flavia leaved the house, called him but there was no trace of the animal. A few hours later, the four-legged came back, but something was wrong. Ciro had his paw skinned. He didn’t want to get caught, because he was in pain and limped.

By the end she loaded him into the car and took him to the Bari clinic, 50 km away from the shelter. The vets told her that unfortunately Ciro’s leg will have to be amputated. This will prevent him from going into septicemia.

The operation is quite demanding. Being a highly vascularized area, there may be a risk of thrombosis. Flavia explained the terrible day of the shootings. Ciro fled in terror, his paw was in serious damage. Also the situation was very urgent.

Before proceeding with the amputation, the kidney values must be brought back to an acceptable level. Because things must be in order to be able to undertake the operation.

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