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No one can say for certain if it was a tragic accident, or some wanton act of cruelty, that led to this poor pup being covered from head to tail in thick, sticky tar — but there is no doubt that it was love and patience that finally got him clean.

Two kindhearted young men discovered the dog earlier this week wandering alone down a street in Lanus, Argentina.

With little they could for the dog themselves, the men asked for help from a police officer, and together they transported the tar-covered animal to a veterinary clinic. From there, volunteers from the animal rescue group Zoonosis Lanus were called in to assist.

Though the dog might have seemed like a lost cause for some, his rescuers refused to give up hope.

Over the next five hours, nonstop, the volunteers worked tirelessly to loosen up and scrub away the globs of tar encasing the dog.

None on hand had ever tackled such a job before, and at times they were discouraged that the products they were using to clean him weren't working.

But still they pressed on, happy to know it meant saving a life.

Sure enough, thanks to their efforts, the dog's true self began to re-emerge.

By the end of the day, the dog was all but free of the tar that had nearly killed him. It was around this time that his rescuers christened him with a name reflecting that substance he overcame: Petro (that's petrol in Spanish).

Still, Petro would require a bit more cleaning the following day.

Petro's brown fur still shows some staining from the tar, but he is nevertheless unrecognizable compared to the sorry state he'd been found in. Best of all, his sweet personality has begun to shine through, too.

"Each day he's better and happier," rescuer Myriam Otellado wrote online.

The story of Petro's rescue has since gone viral in Argentina with countless well-wishers lavishing praise upon those who helped him.

And though he'll likely need a little more time to recover completely from the trauma he experienced before he can be adopted, thanks to the love and patience of all involved his future is brighter than ever.

Larger than life characters entwined with nature, animals, striking imagery, channeling the mystical and subconscious, all mixed with a lucid clarity, are some of the recurring themes that Jessie Mooy and Jenny Mendes both use in the decorative styles of their art. Both artists create expressive figures, Jenny Mendes using edgy, innocent and mischievous looking humans and animals that look like they belong in a children’s story that’s waiting to unfold, while Jessie’s figures reflect a soulful nobility and interact with botanical decorations.

Jessie Mooy, France

Born in Amsterdam, Jessie emigrated with her parents to South Africa when she was a child. She studied Fine Arts at the University of Pretoria, specializing in painting, then went on to study sculpture techniques at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth. Since 2009 she has been living and working in the Dordogne in France, famous for its cave art and Romanesque churches. Her studio Atelier la Tour des Bidoux is situated in a Medieval Archer’s Tower near Riberac.

Three girls dancing – raku sculpture – Jessie Mooy

‘In my art, the image of woman functions as a counterforce to all forms of alienation, especially alienation from nature and from the spiritual, by virtue of the fact that woman is depicted as a life-giving earth mother or as a custodian of all life in nature. In my ceramic work my continued interest in the creative aspect of the earth, plants and all its creatures has always been evident, not only in the medium, but also in the formal variety e.g. vessels become flowers, handles and rims of vases become leaves. My interest in the female form becomes part of a vessel to express oneness with nature. My ongoing study of the ancient art of Egypt and Greece reflects all these above-mentioned interests. There is a beauty that transcends the temporary in the art of these cultures. I try to achieve the same timelessness.’

‘Living in a world devoid of spiritual aspirations and where the importance of material interests is stressed, I believe that the female is the natural medium to invoke an order to guard the great mysteries of the unknown. She has to weave together the reality of our conscious life and the mystical, intuitive and divine part of ourselves which is an element of nature.’