For one little dog, losing her four little legs was not an obstacle for her to get ahead. Despite her pitiful condition, especially because of what caused her to end up like this, she never gave up and her story is a true example of struggle and overcoming.
Doggies are definitely beings of light!
In South Korea they eat gaegogi, which means dog meat. Chi Chi was one of those little dogs that were born to be eaten. According to her Facebook page, the 2-year-old golden Labrador was tied up in the worst possible way, because they believed her flesh would be more tender that way. They were also stuffing her full of food to make her fat faster.
It’s hard to believe she almost died in a garbage bag.
Monique Hanson, adoption coordinator for Animal Rescue, Media & Education (ARME), was truly devastated when she was found. They had never encountered anything like it before.
“Chi Chi had been hanging for so long that her bonds began to do such damage to her skin that the cuts had already reached her bones.”
“At one point, it was literally bone she was hanging upside down from.”
ARME found Chi Chi thanks to a group called the Nabiya Irion Hope Project, an animal welfare group based in South Korea.
ARME had previously worked with them at the Beagle Freedom Project, a sister organization dedicated to rescuing beagles from laboratory testing.
Although she lost all her paws, she would never stop fighting.
Due to Chi Chi’s condition, the little animal was no longer fit for consumption because of her severe injuries. So they couldn’t think of a better way to get rid of the poor thing than to throw her away like a piece of old, unusable furniture.
Fortunately, her story did not end there
By sheer luck, members of the Nabiya Irion Hope Project found her in the garbage can in a region well known for butchering cats and dogs.
When they found her, she was still alive. Despite all that Chi Chi had been through, she still had an incredible will to live. It was that same spirit that prompted her rescuers to give her a fighting chance.
Immediately, she was taken to a hospital where all 4 of her legs had to be amputated in order for her to live.
Chi Chi is still under the care of Nabiya Irion Hope Project and ARME.
He will be fitted with specially made prostheses for each of his legs.
After Chi Chi rehabilitates and gets used to walking again, she will make a quick stop at ARME in California and from there she will go to her new home in Arizona.
It’s only a matter of time before she heals completely and enjoys a loving family.
The Howells are her new family and Chi Chi will not be the only adopted dog that was rescued, that family also has two Beagles that they rescued from Beagle Freedom Project.
Everything is ready for Chi Chi to land in the United States and meet her new family.
“She will have a great home,” Hanson said. “Chi Chi, despite her past, has never stopped giving love to everyone she comes in contact with.”
Watch Chi Chi’s touching story below:
It definitely doesn’t matter the disability if the will to live is greater. Chi Chi shows the sad reality of what continues to happen because of the unconscionable meat markets, but it has to stop now. All furries deserve endings like this precious warrior’s.
