It is our moral responsibility as responsible citizens to care for our animal companions who cannot speak for themselves. We recently received an emergency call regarding a puppy that had been abandoned on the beach and left to forage for food among fish bones. We raced to the puppy’s location, which was just 10 kilometers away from our office, and we instantly rescued the poor critter.

When we arrived at the location, the puppy was exploring the streets and scavenging for food in rubbish piles. The puppy had clearly been living on the discarded leftovers of the humans, as well as the fishermen’s fish corpses. It broke my heart to see the poor animal live in such deplorable circumstances.

We felt we had to act quickly after analyzing the situation in order to save the puppy’s life. We approached the puppy with caution and gingerly took it into our arms. The puppy was clearly frail and emaciated, and he need