Argentinian Dog Better Mother Than Some Humans - Such As Say, Casey Anthony
The above video of stray dog China, describes how the nursing dog saved the life of an abandoned newborn baby boy's 14-year old mother left him to die in the harsh elements. My first thought when I saw this story was how sad a world we live in when a human leaves a helpless infant to die, but a wild animal does what comes natural and tries to nurture it like its own. Here's the report from CNN:
A resident of a rural area outside La Plata called police late Wednesday night to say that he had heard the baby crying in a field behind his house.The man went outside and found the infant lying beside the dog and its six newborn puppies, said Daniel Salcedo, chief of police of the Province of Buenos Aires.
The temperature was a chilly 37 degrees, Salcedo said.
The dog had apparently carried the baby 50 meters from where his mother had abandoned him to where the puppies were huddled, police said.
"She took it like a puppy and rescued it," Salcedo said. "The doctors told us if she hadn't done this, he would have died.
"The dog is a hero to us."
Dr. Egidio Melia, director of the Melchor Romero Hospital in La Plata, said police showed up at the hospital at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday with the baby, who doctors say was only a few hours old.
Though the infant had superficial scratches and bruises and was bleeding from his mouth, he was in good shape, Melia said.
Naturally, I thought of Casey Anthony, the 22-year old Florida mother of missing 3-year old Caylee Anthony who has not been seen since mid June. Rather than do what we consider instinctive of mothers, human or otherwise, to protect and nurture their children, Casey allowed her child to "disappear" without a trace and has led the authorities and concerned citizens on a wild goose chase ever since being turned over to the authorities by her own family.
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