#1
Having a pet in your home means taking care of them in any way you can. There's no reason to have them if you're only going to neglect them or abuse them because they could always be somewhere else in a happier home. Thankfully, for this dog, his rescue came just in time before something terrible could have happened.
#2
The German Shepherd had been left alone in an apartment in Egypt, chained up to a balcony for days and without any food or water. She was so desperate for food that she tried to jump off the balcony to escape.
#3
But the chain held her in place, and she ended up hanging over the side with the metal digging into her neck. She hung three stories above the ground, afraid for her life.
#4
But thanks to the efforts of a good samaritan when they heard her cries for help.
#5
The neighbor and some rescuers got her back to safety on the balcony, but she wasn't out of the woods yet.
#6
Dog after the rescue operation. She was very thin and the chain had sliced open her neck.
#7
The dog arrived at the Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals (ESMA) shelter on April 28, 2015, after she had been rescued from her terrible predicament. ESMA took her in even though their shelter was overloaded and got the badly injured dog medical attention.
#8
Her wounds were treated and efforts began to find her help.
#9
A few weeks after her recovery, the shelter paired up with Special Needs Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation to get the dog, now named Bella, flown to the United States so that she could remain in a foster home and receive the love and attention she deserves.
#10
Thanks to everyone's efforts, Bella is now in a foster home getting much needed love and attention. After just a few weeks at her new foster home, Bella is looking relaxed on the couch.
