Thurs 3rd Dec: All in a day's work

 

There's a lot happening on a daily basis even if it's not worth writing about in terms of being interesting, things like routine vet visits and the collection of a large wine donation (that's happening on Friday).  I hardly dare mention today's special mission to the airport to pick up a pom puppy that was confiscated on arrival (from Taiwan I think) for not having proper documentation, and eventually released for re-homing.  Due to the fact that AFCD staff are now working from home, or whatever the term is (on paid leave perhaps), we had to collect the puppy ourselves first thing, and of course we had an adopter standing by.  Apologies for the many also waiting for a small-sized puppy like this one who I called Tutu, but we only get notification the day before so have no idea when these small dogs will turn up.  

I do know, for example, that there are the smuggled dogs and puppies somewhere in the pipeline, but it may take many months for the cases to go to court, and even longer than normal now that everything has ground to a halt.  These poor animals could well have to spend a year waiting for their release, just as the "Wonderland" cruelty case dogs did.  The smuggling cases are multiple, so the dogs will have to wait for their own individual court case to be heard, and then I assume the freed dogs will be allocated to the various animal NGOs registered with AFCD. 

In addition to the four puppies (left) we took from AFCD on Tuesday, there was a message that came via one of our volunteers about two further litters, eleven puppies in total.  I said we could accept one litter whose mother had been found dead.  I probably chose  the wrong pups because one had apparently already died and another was very weak when it arrived at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre in the early evening.  It appeared that the puppy was dying but we sent her to Concordia Pet Care in case she could be saved, and some of you may have seen the call for an emergency blood donor in the Happy Valley area.  Meanwhile staff member Eagle had offered to take Carlo from Ap Lei Chau to give some of his blood, but it was all in vain as the baby was too weakened by tick fever to be able to survive. The remaining four look robust enough and are eating (drinking milk) so we're hopeful they'll be OK.  In case you're wondering the other litter have been taken in by another organisation. 

Here's a lovely video of the happy hopefuls at our Ap Lei Chau Homing Centre, and I hope it shows the distinct size difference between the little and large, all the same age.