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Under a ditch by a construction site, there is a round concrete drainage pipe. It is cramped, wet, and pitch black.
That is where someone dumped her.
She is an older female Labrador, weighing barely 20 kilos, with a muzzle that has turned completely white. At some point, she was someone’s family dog. But when she grew old and sick, they didn’t want the burden anymore. So they dragged her into the mouth of that drainpipe, snapped a short chain to her neck, and left.
Around her were shattered red bricks, plastic trash, and damp mud. By her head sat an empty plastic dish. No food. No water. Her chain was so short she could barely shift her body under the low curved concrete ceiling.
Then came the rot.
She developed perineal fistulas: painful, chronic ulcers that burrow deep tunnels under the skin around the anus and base of the tail. They broke open into raw, bleeding sores. Flies quickly laid eggs, and within days, thousands of maggots hatched and began eating her alive.
When the rescuers crawled into that pipe, the first thing that hit them was the stench, the suffocating smell of dead, rotting flesh on an animal still breathing.
Under her tail was a gaping, infected hole crawling with hundreds of worms chewing through her muscle. Pus and bloody fluid ran down her hind legs. Every time she moved, the worms dug against exposed nerves. She was in too much agony to even whimper. She just stared out toward the faint light at the entrance of the pipe, shivering on the wet stones.
Leaving an old, loyal dog to be devoured alive in a sewer pipe isn’t an accident. It is pure cowardice.
The rescuers freed her and rushed her directly to the operating table at VOSD Advance PetCare™ IPD in Indiranagar. Our medical team spent hours patiently picking out and flushing hundreds of maggots from deep inside the wound, cleaning away infected and dying flesh. Right now, she is hooked up to IV drips, heavy antibiotics, and round-the-clock painkillers just so her body can withstand the trauma.
Her road to recovery is long. Healing deep perineal fistulas takes weeks of careful medical washouts, surgical cleanings, wound reconstruction, and non-stop hospital nursing.
She spent her old age abandoned in the dirt, being eaten alive. Today, she is resting on clean sheets, receiving the VOSD Level of Care™. She is a fighter. As long as she holds on, we won’t give up on her.
Help her heal and feel love again. Donate for her surgery and recovery today.
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VOSD in the world’s largest ecosystem of no-kill rescue, rehabilitation, and lifelong care for dogs, and the services that support it. We bring 300-400 dogs a year – that are certain to die without VOSD’s intervention – by road, train & air from over 40 Indian cities.
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She was found chained inside a low, dark concrete culvert next to a construction site. Her owners had abandoned her in the dirt with no food and only an empty plastic dish. By the time rescuers reached her, she was severely dehydrated, unable to stand, and suffering from a massive maggot infestation eating through raw ulcers under her tail.
Perineal fistulas are deep, chronic ulcers and tunneling sores that break out in the skin around a dog’s anus and tail base. They are excruciatingly painful and cause open, weeping wounds. Left untreated in the dirt, these sores quickly attract flies, leading to severe maggot infestations that eat into muscle and nerve tissue.
She was admitted directly to VOSD Advance PetCare™ IPD in Indiranagar, Bangalore. Our veterinary surgical team spent hours flushing and extracting hundreds of maggots from deep wound cavities. She is currently on intravenous (IV) fluid therapy, high-potency antibiotics, daily antiseptic wound flushes, and intensive round-the-clock pain management.
Yes. Once she is medically stabilized and the active maggot infection is fully cleared, she will require surgical debridement to remove necrotic (dead) tissue, followed by reconstructive procedures to manage the fistulas and allow the tissue to close and heal cleanly.
No. She is an abandoned senior dog with a chronic, recurring medical condition that demands specialized veterinary care for the rest of her life. After she completes her medical treatment at VOSD Advance PetCare™ IPD, she will move to the VOSD Sanctuary to live out her life in safety, comfort, and dignified lifetime care.
100% of your contribution directly funds her critical care. This includes her emergency IPD hospitalization, surgical debridement, specialized wound flushes, daily IV medications, pain relief, high-protein recovery meals, and her subsequent lifetime care at the VOSD Sanctuary.
Yes. All donations made to VOSD within India are 50% tax-exempt under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act. A formal tax exemption receipt will be issued to your registered email immediately upon payment.
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