THE HORROR OF BOILING OIL

THIS IS NEGRITA; SHE LIVED IN ONE OF THE SHANTY TOWNS IN AND AROUND PARANA, ARGENTINA...FROM WHAT WE KNOW, NEGRITA LIVED WITH A WOMAN AND WE ARE GUESSING SHE HAD TO FORAGE FOR HER MEAGER DIET...SOMEONE IN THE SHANTY TOWN POURED BOILING OIL OVER HER AND LEFT HER TO DIE...SHE FOUND HER WAY BACK TO THE WOMAN SHE LIVED WITH WHO THEN THREATENED TO HAVE HER KILLED IF SHE COULDN'T GET HELP FROM THE HOST OF THE ANIMAL ACTIVIST RADIO PROGRAMME...THE HOST OF THE RADIO SHOW IS A MAN WHO DOESN'T MINCE WORDS...HE TOLD HER IF SHE KILLED THE DOG HE WOULD PERSONALLY GOT TO HER HUT AND BURN IT DOWN...HE IS A MAN WHO LOVES DOGS AND HORSES...IT DID THE TRICK AND NEGRITA WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, AND THEN WE WERE CALLED...NEGRITA WILL HAVE TO REMAIN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR AT LEAST FOUR TO SIX WEEKS, AS THE BURNS ARE QUITE HORRIFIC...ONCE SHE IS BETTER SHE WILL LIVE THE REST OF HER LIFE AT THE EAGLE'S NEST WHERE SHE WILL HAVE LOTS OF PALS TO PLAY WITH.

BOTH SIDES OF HER BODY ARE BADLY DAMAGED...THE ONLY WAY TO GET THESE PHOTOS WAS TO GIVE HER A STRONG PAIN KILLER, AS SHE IS IN TERRIBLE PAIN...AT PRESENT SHE IS BEING READIED FOR ONE OF MANY OPERATIONS...IT IS OUR HOPE THAT ALL WHO SEE THIS WILL GIVE US A HELPING HAND WITH THE COST OF HER RECOVERY.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, SHE HAS BECOME VERY AGGRESSIVE WHERE HUMANS ARE CONCERNED, BUT THAT WILL PASS WHEN SHE GETS SOME TENDER LOVING CARE

NOVEMBER 19/08 NEGRITA UPDATE

NEGRITA IS STILL AT THE VET'S CLINIC; HER WOUNDS ARE BEGINNING TO HEAL AND SHE IS IN LESS PAIN.

HERE SHE IS AFTER BEING TREATED BY THE VET; SHE'S ANXIOUS TO MAKE FRIENDS

THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN JUST BEFORE SHE HAD HER SESSION WITH THE VET; ALTHOUGH SHE IS IN SOME PAIN SHE IS STILL HAPPY TO BE PETTED BY HER MANY FRIENDS THAT COME IN TO SEE HER...SHE LOVES TO SIT BESIDE THE VET; HER WOUNDS ARE HEALING QUITE WELL; WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING ON A SPECIAL FORMULA THAT IS USED ON BURNT VICTIMS...WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GIRL.

IF ANYONE STILL WANTS TO HELP WITH HER VET BILLS, WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF DONATIONS.