“Amanda” braved the fire to catch her puppies in her jaws and move them, one by one, a chariot of fire to keep them safe.
A little dog has caused astonishment and admiration in the Chilean city of Temuco by saving her five puppies, only ten days old, from a fire., whom he rescued one by one from the flames and transferred them to a fire truck that was fighting the fire.
The press of that town, to 672 kilometers to the South of Santiago, stands out today as the "heroine" to the bitch "Amanda", one of whose puppies suffered burns and is in serious condition in a veterinary clinic in the city.
The episode occurred during the Thursday afternoon, When fire hit a house in the neighborhood Santa Rosa, whose owner, Omar Torres, He also suffered some Burns while trying to rescue some belongings and he was admitted in the Temuco Regional Hospital.
While firefighters fought the flames, "Amanda" braved the fire to catch her puppies in its jaws and move them, one by one, a chariot of fire to keep them safe.
One of the puppies, However, He was hit by the flames before being rescued and suffered burns of a serious nature in the abdomen and the snout area, today said the veterinarian who treats them, Felipe Lara.
«Hay cuatro de ellos súper bien, without Burns, but one fell when they were rescuing him and presents several burns in the abdomen, the mouth and lost tired skin, la verdad es que está complicado», said Lara to the portal Soytemuco.cl.
Agregó que cuando los animalitos ingresaron en la clínica, la madre «no pescaba (no atendía) the puppies that were healthy, She looked after was wounded, sólo quería estar con él y mordía a todo el mundo para que no lo tomaran».
Según Lara, It is not uncommon for animals to defend her cubs. «Ellos entienden las amenazas, If you see fire and smoke, more noise, the hustle and bustle, lo toma como algo peligroso para sus cachorros y así los salvó», explained.
«Con los gatos se da harto, a veces paran en lugares escondidos y llevan a sus cachorros a todos lados», complemented.
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EFE – Santiago of Chile