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Rescues in Foster Care Contact: Ines Aviles-Spadoni, Vice President, Puerto Rico Project

(Cell) 352-871-1568 or inesaviles2000@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hachiko.Animal.Federation

Zahara

This is Zahara. This beautiful female Puerto Rican sato/street dog was dumped in Playa Santa, Ensenada

(Guanica), Puerto Rico, in October 2013. She had been wondering around the neighborhood for 4 to 5

weeks, but our community outreach coordinator had been providing her fresh water and food. She is

pictured below the one of her foster mommies, Nydia Martinez, who says that Zahara is very obedient,

calm and gets along well with other dogs. She is about 4 years old and weighs approximately 40 lbs.

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Zahara (continued)

Captions for page 1: (At left) Zahara the day she

was rescued at Maritere Pietri’s house. (At right)

Zahara with foster mommy Nydia Martinez.

Captions for page 2: (At left) Zahara is a happy,

sweet, friendly, and obedient dog. (At right)

Zahara with Maritere, who initially fostered her.

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Casper

Casper was an emergency request for help on Facebook

from a rescue group in Puerto Rico that needed

someone to provide foster care for him, so our very own

Iris Hernandez volunteered. Casper is a 1-year-old lab

mix. Casper had mange and anemia when initially

rescued. He was taken to the

veterinarian and treated for his

conditions. He was vaccinated and

placed on antibiotics and vitamins

for two weeks. He was bathed

with medicated shampoo. He

weighs approximately 30 pounds.

He is very friendly and sweet and

has a calm demeanor.

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Captions, clockwise: Casper

relaxing on foster mommy

Iris’ porch; Precious Casper;

Casper with foster mommy

Iris on her bed.

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Zumba: This precious little puppy was found hanging out all by itself next to the entrance of a gym

where a Zumba class was in session in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. People would come in and out of the gym

but no one cared enough to rescue her until Iris Hernandez, a Hachiko rescuer/foster, was alerted of this

case and came to the puppy’s rescue. Zumba is full of puppy energy. She is 6 months old, a sharpie mix

that would make an excellent companion.

(At right) Zumba on foster mommy Iris’ bed. (At left) Zumba listening attentively to Iris.

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Zumba (continued)

Zumba, a little angel asleep.

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Olaf: Olaf is a super friendly and grateful 4-month-old puppy that was rescued from the streets of

Playa Santa in Ensenada (GUANICA), Puerto Rico by Maritere Pietri, a Hachiko rescuer/foster. The

veterinarian thinks Olaf could very well be Enzo's son (recently rescued and operated for a huge mass on

his shoulder) because of the single blue eye, which is not very common. A neighbor told Maritere that

recently, this puppy had been following her during her morning walks. Maritere swooped up the puppy,

placed him in the back of her SUV and off she went to the veterinary clinic to get him checked out and

vetted. Here's the scoop on Olaf: He is 4 months old, he has Demodex mange (the hereditary type, is

not contagious), he has only one testicle and needs to gain some weight. He was vaccinated, dewormed

and was placed on heartworm medication and given medicated shampoo for his mange. He is also now

being treated for the Demodex. As soon as he recovers from the mange, he will be neutered.

Captions on page 7: (At left) Olaf in the back of Maritere’s SUV, off to the veterinarian. (At

right) Olaf at the veterinarian.

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Olaf (continued)

Olaf in Maritere’s living room. Maritere is bathing Olaf with special shampoo.

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Journey: Little Journey was found walking by the side of a busy road all along in the middle of the

day by Jose R. Ramirez by Ponce, Puerto Rico. Jose was in his car and pulled over to get a better look,

and to his surprise, it was a very small puppy with a distended belly and mange. Jose contacted our

group on March 31, 2014 via the Hachiko page and asked us to help him. Jose immediately took Journey

to Juana Diaz Veterinary Hospital. A skin scraping revealed that Journey has mange and is malnourished.

The vet gave her an injection of Ivermectin as first course of treatment for mange and a dewormer for

intestinal parasites. She is also now on Cephalexin, which is an antibiotic and a medicated shampoo

(Pyoben) and Nutrical (to boost her nutrition). She also has a little hernia on her belly, but that will be

addressed as well. Journey will have to go back to the veterinarian again for another injection of

Ivermectin. It will take a couple of weeks to get rid of the mange, but we have full confidence she will be

well in no time. Jose is an U.S. Army Reservist in Juana Diaz, P.R., and has developed a passion for the

street dogs of Puerto, thanks to his wonderful wife.

(At left) Journey with Jose for her second visit to the veterinarian. (At right) Journey when she

was first rescued, at the veterinarian.

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Journey (continued)

(At left) Journey during her first visit to the veterinarian. (At right) Journey at Jose’s home.

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The image speaks for itself! She is doing much better!

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Enzo. Enzo was obviously dumped in the Playa Santa, Ensenada (Puerto Rico) community

due to an injury on his shoulder. We see this many times on the island: Owner dump/abandon

their pet because of an injury and because they do not want to pay the cost of live-saving

veterinary care. Enzo was found by Maritere, our friend, foster and rescuer, wondering the

small gated community. She immediately swept him up and put him in her car and took him to

the veterinarian where the large mass was removed and treated. Enzo is doing well. He has

since been neutered and vaccinated and is recovering very well from his injuries.

Caption: Enzo going to the veterinarian the day Maritere rescued him.

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Enzo (continued)

(At right) Enzo, in Maritere’s car with her daughter Pia. Enzo is happy.(At left). (At left) Enzo is now

under foster care of Iris Hernandez.

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Enzo (continued)

(At left) This was the huge mass on Enzo’s shoulder before surgery. (At right) This is his shoulder now, healing very well.

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Zöe

This is Zöe, which means life in Greek. Zöe was rescued on April 26, 2014, by our very own wonderful

rescuer/foster, Nydia E. Martínez. Nydia was traveling west toward Mayaguez on PR State Highway #2

when she spotted this dog on the meridian, confused and crying, obviously hurt. What was a dog doing

in the middle of the road, where

there are no homes, only businesses?

Our experience tells us that this

could very well be a drop-off, the

collar was still on this dog. Nydia

stopped her car and finally got Zöe to

get in her car and immediately called

us and we told her to take her to Dr.

Moore's clinic. Zöe's back left leg is

injured as you can see from the

images and she is currently under

veterinary care. The veterinarian

thinks this sweet-natured dog is

about 3-years-old.

Caption: Zöe, in Nydia’s car on her

way to the veterinarian.

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Zöe (continued)

Caption: Zöe, on her way to the

veterinarian.

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Zöe (continued)

Caption: Zöe with the veterinary technicians

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Zöe (continued)

Caption: Left hind leg injury and X-ray, knee cap is

fractured.

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Zöe (continued)

Caption: Zöe passes the kitty test!

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Zöe!

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Treatment Record for Zöe