Let’s start
with telling that this is not a story with a happy end. Califa is, or actually
was, a little galga, hairy, with tiger stripes, and very sweet in the small
amount of time we got to know her. She was abandoned in Cuellar for some time
already but she would not let herself get caught. They had not told us about
her because she was here one moment and there the next.. They let us know when
it seemed she was hurt, so without thinking about it twice we took the car and
went there, it was almost like a scene from Dante: a small dog, very young and
surrounded by a pool of blood and exhausted so she did not put up a lot of
struggle to pick her up. We know she was wandering around the village for
several days and could not be caught but she was so done that she did not
resist. We took her to our place and to our vets, who had to tranquilize her to
treat her, and it was tragic to find that the poor Califa did not have an upper
jawbone anymore, all the bone was gone, she had a terrible infection and she
had welts all over her face because of the infection, as well as some other
wounds. We don’t know what happened but
we knew that even though this situation would be unlivable for her, we were
determined to do our best for her and took her to the Mediterranean veterinary hospital
in Madrid, but unfortunately there they confirmed there was nothing they could
do and we decided to put an end to her suffering. Now Califa is running free without suffering
at the other end of the rainbow bridge. But her story doesn’t stop here. Please
donate now so we can help other animals, we need your help to help them. Sad
licks, Fermin
