This dog was found on the streets in Canada by the Quebec Society for the Protection of Animals.
A person walking along the street actually thought the dog was a pile of trash – and the poor animal could barely be recognised as a living thing.
His fur was so long and matted that the dog looked about three times his regular size. More than 50 per cent of the dog’s size in the above photo was due to his fur.
The fur around his paws was so dirty and knotted that his legs looked like stumps.
So his rescuers sheared off his fur, clipped his nails and cleaned his eyes.
This is the dog that was hidden beneath all that fur: bright-eyed and less bushy-tailed.
Click through the gallery below for the dog’s complete transformation.
It’s absolutely shocking that so many dogs and other animals are living on city streets – due to a combination of being abandoned by owners who don’t have the time and stray animals which haven’t been desexed breeding – with photos like this a reminder that an animal without a home may end up starving, diseased or dying, due to no fault of their own.
They are loving, living creatures – and they deserve better.
If you would like to help promote the care and protection of animals in Australia, please visit the RSPCA – for all creatures great and small.
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My beautiful little Sammi (short for Samantha = good listner) came from Pound Cats, a charity which rescues pregnant mama cats or mamas with kittens from council pounds where they only get 7 days before being dispatched to the "big kitty litter tray in the sky".
Please never get your pets from pet shops or god forbid breeders (most pure bread animals are very inbred and suffer the consequences). Because there are hundreds of thousands of dogs and cats who already need homes.
Blessings on all the people who give their time, love and energy to helping those who have no voice.
Hi Mamamia,
I'm glad this dog was brought back to good health, he looks GREAT!
But PLEASEEEE do not link to the RSPCA in articles like this - they are NOT for all creatures great and small and you'd be outraged to find how many dogs like the above they kill/euthanise for incomprehensible reasons.
I am yet to meet anyone working in animal rescue that doesn't live and breathe compassion. This includes the many staff and multiple volunteers at the RSPCA. Everything is done to give these damaged, injured, abused, neglected and/or unwanted animals a chance to live in a good home. By law and by necessity there are animals that are euthanized- sadly we do not live in an ideal world. If by 'incomprehensible reasons' you mean it's the easy way out, then this is false. Sometimes euthanasia is the kindest treatment option. All animals are vet checked and temperament checked. Staff and voluteers work hard to manage behavioral issues, and all animals are desexed, vaccinated, medicated and cats/dogs are microchipped. The RSPCA's intake of animals is so enormous that they cannot offer vet services to the general population- yet. The fees to adopt are MORE than reasonable.
I foster care for two organisations and see first hand the efforts made by so many on behalf of the defenseless animals that come into care. Humans are the cause in the first instance, and it's rescue organisations that then have to pick up the pieces. I am thankful every day for their existence.
Care to explain their stance on Breed Specific Legislation? It has always disgusted me personally.
Hi Karen,
I appreciate your response, but my opinion is a very informed one --- I work for the RSPCA and have done so for many many years. I used to speak the exact same words as you, but one day whilst I euthanised a 4 month old puppy for 'anxiety' did I have a critical look at the work the RSPCA does.
Yes, they do great work through the inspectorate (though people would argue this, too) and their community programs like catch and release, cheap/free desexing, free microchipping and education speeches at schools are great.
BUT the RSPCA does a lot of killing for reasons that would NOT be accepted by the wider society which is what I mean by 'incomprehensible'. Yes like you said SOME (a small number) are by 'neccesity' (aggressive, council ordered, extremely ill) but many are killed because they're not quite perfect enough. The RSPCA believe that people adopting from a shelter expect a 'perfect dog' and use this as an excuse to euthanise dogs that are slightly fearful, anxious, scared of other dogs or cats etc. When REALLY, people adopting from a pound or shelter KNOW and don't want the perfect dog! Karen, if you are an animal lover let me assure you, you would be OUTRAGED by how many rehomable animals have been killed by the RSPCA.
I would also like to point out that I completely agree that those who work at the RSPCA are loving and compassionate toward the animals (at least at shelter level).
Unfortunately though it is the higher ups who dictate the direction of the company and let me just say, the higher ups come from FINANCIAL BACKGROUNDS! HAAAA! They don't give donkeys about animal welfare. They just want to give the image of the RSPCA doing 'everything we can' to draw in more $$$$$$$$$$$.
I would love to give specific details but fear that in turn will accidentally identify myself and lose my job. (and despite how disheartened I am by so many animals being killed when there are OTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE, I can't bring myself to leave because I just can't be without those beautiful creatures.
The RSPCA are opposed to BSL but in states where pitbulls are legally 'restricted breeds' the RSPCA by law cannot rehome them and must euthanise.