In Highland, just five miles from San Bernardino, California, Faith Easdale and rescue volunteers from Dream Fetchers: Project Rescue, had been sent a social media, viral photo showing an emaciated dog lying in his owner’s backyard. When rescuers arrived at the home, the owner of the dog insisted he had been feeding the dog, named Gator, twice a day, giving him lots of water and didn’t know why the dog appeared so skinny.
Other sources told the Faith that Gator was supposedly aggressive and therefore had been chained up, and the owners refused to take him to a veterinary hospital to be examined. At some point in the poor dog’s miserable life, food had been thrown at him in the yard, but the other dog had likely eaten it.
Maybe because the owner was so convincing or maybe because he seemed to cry and became all choked up when the rescue crew helped Gator into a portable shelter and into the van, volunteers believed the man’s story was true. Maybe all that was just an act? Maybe Gator had diabetes? Maybe Gator was suffering from an incurable disease?
We were convinced he was actually cared for by his owners ‘he eats twice a day etc’
He had tears. hugged my friend
Why am I still ever believing people?
Facebook Faith Easdale
Let’s fast forward a few hours. Gator arrived at the organization’s partner veterinarian. Gator has since been diagnosed with two ear infections, and his paws are inflamed and swollen. His body condition score has been graded as a 1/9 on the BCS 9-Point Scale.
So we are left to believe he was starving to death and we got him just in time
Here’s what matters
The dog !
The dog is getting help
We will update when we find out from bloodwork and tests what is found
Again the dog is safe!
Faith Easdale
Gator is safe and will be receiving the best care possible. We will be updating as soon as the information becomes available.
Check out his rescue video:
https://www.facebook.com/faith.easdale/videos/696256092531923
To help Gator:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/…
https://www.venmo.com/u/DreamFetchers
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