Michelle: a miraculous rescue

Elk dier heeft het recht en de drang om te leven en inslapen is werkelijk de laatste optie, behalve als een dier ongenezelijk ziek is en het lijden uitzichtloos is.
Uit ervaring weet ik dat dieren op wonderbaarlijke wijze kunnen herstellen.
Dieren die door verschillende dierenartsen waren opgeveven zijn ook bij mij volledig hersteld.
Dat dit heel veel tijd, zorg, liefde en geld kost hoeft geen betoog.

De mensen van AdoptGlobal zetten alles op alles om de door hun geredde dieren te redden en te plaatsen.

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Update 28 April: The Code of Life

As I write this, it’s just 8 days since I had that conference call with Bulgaria when our team gave me the professional opinion of our vet: To put Michelle to sleep.
Chances were, she would never be able to stand again, even less walk. Also, even if there were any chances, the treatment would involved a number of operations, and it may prove too expensive.
I am extremely proud of our team in Bulgaria but there they were, face to face with a broken dog shaking in pain and one of the best doctors in the country was making a case for euthanasia.
The doctors were not alone in their opinion. Many people, having witnessed the brutality of the accident and the following rescue considered that enough was enough, the best option was a humane death.
A few years ago, when we started dealing with more and more complicate cases we became in need simple guide to revert to in those extreme cases when death was considered the most humane alternative. Something to hold on to when seemingly all hope was lost.
And so we created our Euthanasia Code:

1. Animal is in pain but has chance of recovery no matter how small: NO EUTHANASIA
2. Animal is not in pain and has no chance of recovery: NO EUTHANASIA
3. Animal is in pain and has NO chance of recovery, no matter how small: EUTHANASIA

No animal is ever euthanized because we don’t know what to do with him. It is our moral obligation to find solutions for our rescues.

Michelle was in A LOT of pain, but there was a very small chance of recovery…

And so this code save Michelle’s life…

As you can see in the pictures Michelle is doing great. Her multiple fractures have been fixed, and little by little she is recovering strength. Her muscle tone is excellent. She can stand up for as long as 15 minutes. The scars in her back are spectacular, but as soon as her hair grows back they’ll be nothing but a memory of the past. She is going to be wearing a catheter for a few more days but hopefully next week we’ll be able to take it out.

Alos, by the beginning of next week Michelle’s special bed will arrive from the UK, when it does she will be much more comfortable.

So… all is well… our baby is fighting, and she has thousands of people rooting for her.

I think we can confidently say that Michelle is completely out of the woods.

Michelle is alive not only because of our strict following of a decision code, but because tens of people from all over the world (to the last count, 63 of them), pulled their resources together and contributed to the Simba Fund. Each and everyone of those people, and everyone that shared this story on their Facebook profile has a small share on Michelle’s life.

So, Michelle is now, your dog.

Now, let’s find her a great home!

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Update: 22 April

Yesterday was a BIG day for Michelle…
Here are some Xrays showing the different fractures and how our doctors solved them.
1) Her front left leg is broken.
2)She has purulent endometritis as a result of the abortion.
3)Her sacrum was broken. The sacrum connects to the spine and that is how the nervs got inflamed. We fixed it.
4)The joint that connects the pelvis and the femur was broken. This is what you can see in the picture. The operation was very delicate but we fixed it.

We don’t know yet whether the nevers have been damaged irreversibly.

At this stage we are “cautiously optimistic” (or what is the same, we know she will overcome this but we are not 100% sure yet….

Now,  me tell you something I have learned through my years of rescue… animals are incredible fighters, they don’t give up, it’s us humans that are crying wimps and throw the towel at the slightest sign of discomfort or pain. Animals are the ultimate Zen Masters, if they had a motto it would be: Shit happens!. As long as they have a bit of strength in their bodies they just want to keep going, to get up on their feet and start running again, but to do that, they need our help, they need us not to give up on them and take the easy way out. We are committed to make sure Michelle runs again one day and that, through her example, many other animals get the second chance they so desperately need.

Please give Michelle a hand by contributing to the Simba Fund… the worst is not over yet.

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Update: 20 April

When Killing is not an option

Yesterday evening I received a desperate email from our team in Bulgaria. They were with Michelle at the clinic. They needed to talk to me urgently.
X-Rays had been made, Michelle’s legs are broken, there is also spinal fracture. 48 hours after the accident it doesn’t look good.
Our vet recommended putting Michelle to sleep but they needed to talk to me before taking a decision.
Whilst Mariya and Diana were talking me through Michelle’s many problems I was relieving similar conversations in the past. Dogs and cats that had been crashed by cars or abused by man, and whose conditions looked so serious that, at the time, it didn’t look like there was anything we could do for them.
Animals like Gulumser, Simba, Marlon, Baby the cat, Pufi, Sosis, Oscar, Jati and so many others that at the time of rescue were in such critical condition that many advised us to put the animals humanely to sleep. They are in pain, they are blind, paralyzed, they won’t be able to have full lives, they said…
In each and every case the animals proved them wrong. They wanted to live, they wanted to thrive, they wanted to deal with the cards life had served them.
And they dealt… and they lived…. and they thrived.
We have been told the treatment will be long and costly, but that’s ok. Whilst I understand that private individuals may, at times, face painful decisions purely based on financial considerations I’m one of those that feels that life is priceless, and because of that, cost must not be a part of  the equation. Let’s Adopt is a community of animal rescuers, tens of thousands of people scattered around the world united by a common bond. If a community of this size cannot raise the money needed to save a dog that has gone through so much then we may as well press the delete button, pack up and go home.

Michelle is doing fine, she is in great spirits. From today a kilo of the best available meat will be delivered to her at the clinic. She will be fed a raw diet. This will give a massive boost to her immune system and help her shattered bones and muscle recover.
Today we will also order a Kuranda bed, quite probably, the best beds in the world. This will make Michelle’s stay at the clinic much more comfortable. Who wants to lie in the floor after such an accident?  We will donate the bed to the clinic after Michelle is ready to go home.

So, Michelle’s journey to recovery and a new life has started. We will keep you posted as she progresses.

This is going to be a community effort, in that respect, Michelle’s recovery depends on all of us. Starbucks doesn’t need you to buy yet another Cafe Latte. Michelle, on the other hand could do with your help today.

Please help us cover Michelle’s medical and rehoming expenses, contribute by Chipin In to the Simba Fund. Alternatively you can use paypal directly, our account: thesimbafund@gmail.com

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Like most events of this kind it happened on Sunday.
Rally cars driving at incredible speed along narrow roads, hundreds of people on either side, enjoying the thundering noise.
Cheers, claps…
Then, the unexpected… Michelle, a beautiful German shepherd unexpectedly crosses the road. The impact is brutal, the car continues his course..
Cheers, claps…
Get rid of that thing on the road, some said…
She got what she deserved, someone screamed in the background.
A policeman appears, protects his delicate hand with a plastic bag and drags Michelle heavily pregnant body across the road and dumps the body behind a garbage container.
Cheers, claps…

Is this how the story ends? Not really… this is just the beginning…

On Monday morning, Diana Zhikova, director of Let’s Adopt Bulgaria watched the video on the internet and did what NOBODY did until then. She cared.

First she identified the precise location, then she went onto the list of Let’s Adopt! volunteers and made a few calls. A few hours later, one of our members drove to the location, about 150 kilometers away from Sofia, and found Michelle in the condition you can see here.

We don’t know if Michelle’s body was thrown from the top of the hill or if she  crawled down herself, but what we know is that she was in a critical condition, and that her unborn puppies were dead.

Michelle was rushed to a clinic in Blagoevgrad but the clinic didn’t have an X-ray… so, overnight, she was driven to our main clinic in Sofia, where she is receiving the best available treatment, and, why not say, she is been treated like a Queen.

Michelle has a double fracture of her hind legs and a broken pelvis…. she will require a number of procedures but we will do our best for her to walk and run again…

This is one of those stories that is screaming to get out to the world… it speaks of cruelty, of neglect, of lack of moral values, it also speaks of humanity and care, and how we must never turn our back away to an animal in need.

The Simba Fund will cover all of Michelle’s medical and rehoming expenses as it does with all of our rescues. Please help us cover Michelle’s medical and rehoming expenses, contribute by Chipin In on the Simba Fund. Alternatively you can use paypal directly, our account: thesimbafund@gmail.com

We will keep you updated on Michelle’s development. And of course, should anyone wish to adopt her please get in touch with me: viktor@myletsadopt.com

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Mass hysteria! Science world buzzing over rumours the elusive 'God particle' has finally been found

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:45 PM on 25th April 2011

The world's largest atom smasher is rumoured to have found the Higgs boson, the subatomic particle otherwise known as the 'God particle'.

The speculation is based on a leaked internal note, said to be from physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 17 mile-long particle accelerator near Geneva, Switzerland.

The rumours started when an anonymous post disclosed part of the note on Columbia University mathematician Peter Woit's blog, Not Even Wrong.

Awestruck: An amateur photographer takes a picture during an open day at the 17 mile-long LHC atom smasher in Switzerland

While some physicists are dismissing the note as a hoax, others say the find could be a huge particle physics breakthrough in understanding the workings of the universe.

Physicist Sheldon Stone of Syracuse University said: 'If it were to be real, it would be really exciting.'

The Higgs boson is predicted to exist by the particle physics theory known as the Standard Model. The Higgs boson, physicists believe, bestows mass on all the other particles and was crucial to forming the cosmos after the Big Bang.

It has long eluded physicists who believe it could explain why objects have mass.

Breakthrough: An LHC image of a Higgs boson decaying into two jets of hadrons and two electrons

Discovery: The Collider Detector at Fermi lab is currently home to particle accelerator Tevatron

Huge atom smashers — like the LHC and the Tevatron, at Fermilab in Illinois — have long been searching for the Higgs and other subatomic matter.

These accelerators slam particles together at enormous speeds, generating a shower of other particles.

The leaked note suggests that the LHC's ATLAS particle-detection experiment may have picked up a signature of the elusive Higgs.

The signal is consistent, in mass and other characteristics, with what the Higgs is expected to produce, according to the note.

Pictured: The accelerator tunnel of the Tevatron. Scientists have been analysing a 'bump' in the smasher's data that could reveal a new force of nature

Some other aspects of the signal, however, don't match predictions.

Mr Stone said: 'Its production rate is much higher than that expected for the Higgs boson in the Standard Model.'

The signal may be evidence of some other particle, Mr Stone said, adding: 'Which in some sense would be even more interesting, or it could be the result of new physics beyond the Standard Model.'

He pointed out that the note is not an official result of the ATLAS research team, so speculation about its validity or implications, therefore, may be a little premature.

Mr Stone said: 'It is actually quite illegitimate and unscientific to talk publicly about internal collaboration material before it is approved.

'So this "result" is not a result until the collaboration officially releases it.'

Nerve centre: Scientists have been analysing the bump data for more than a year at the main Tevatron control room

Other researchers joined Mr Stone in urging patience and caution before getting too excited about the possible discovery, Fox News reports.

Caltech physicist Sean Carroll said: 'Don't worry, Higgs boson! I would never spread scurrilous rumours about you. Unlike some people.'

Some researchers have already been casting doubt on the possible detection.

Tommaso Dorigo, a particle physicist at Fermilab and CERN, which operates the LHC thinks the signal is false and will fade upon closer inspection.

Mr Dorigo points out, for example, that scientists at Fermilab didn't see the Higgs signal in their Tevatron data, which covered similar ground as the ATLAS experiment.

He feels strongly enough to put his money where his mouth is.

Vast: The actual Tevatron is buried underground at the site in Illinois

Mr Dorigo said: 'I bet $1,000 with whomever has a name and a reputation in particle physics (this is a necessary specification, because I need to be sure that the person taking the bet will honour it) that the signal is not due to Higgs boson decays.

'I am willing to bet that this is no new particle. Clear enough?'

The rumours follow the buzz earlier this month from Tevatron over the discovery of a new elementary particle that caused a stir within the physics community.

Nigel Lockyer, director of Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, TRIUMF, said: 'My personal judgement is that this excitement is adding fuel to the fire for the next generation of results and discoveries that will be made at the LHC (in Europe) and elsewhere.

'We are so close to learning something profound.'

The Tevatron was once the most powerful machine in the world for atom smashing until 2008 when the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) became operational at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, known by the acronym CERN.

The U.S. machine began its work in the mid-1980s, and is scheduled for shutdown later this year when its funding runs dry.

Whether some parts will be used in other experiments or whether it will end up as part of a science exhibition is currently being decided by a committee, according to sources. 

The structure of the atom was discovered early in the 20th Century. Scientists found that the atom was made of smaller pieces called subatomic particles -- most notably the proton, neutron, and electron.

However, experiments conducted in the second half of the 20th Century with atom smashers revealed that the subatomic structure of the atom was much more complex.

Particle accelerators can take a particle, such as an electron, speed it up to near the speed of light, collide it with an atom and thereby discover its internal parts.

Kadir Topbaş: Scandal at the Hasdal shelter

Update 27 April: Vida, one of our most dramatic rescues, an animal that had been disposed in the middle of the fields like trash, nearly died, experienced a wonderful recovery and she is now ready to go a wonderful home.

Please read the rest of the post to understand exactly what Vida went through…

Our conditions for adoption:

1. Vida MUST have an existing animal.
2. Vida MUST live inside the home, not on the garden.
3. Vida MUST be fed a RAW diet (www.rawfed.com)

and finally…

4. The family will be a non-smoking family. Second hand smoke kills and makes miserable the lifes of both humans and animals. Vida’s life has been miserable until now.. at least now she will enjoy a clean crisp air in her new home.

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It’s an early morning in Istanbul.

The Istanbul Municipality van drives through a lonely road in a village far away from Istanbul. In the back, shaken and terrified, 5 stray dogs violently hit the walls with each bump of the road. The barks and screams can be heard by every villager en route.

Upon arriving to an isolated location the Municipal drivers brutally unload the frightened animals onto the side of the road.

Two of the animals are in good condition but the other three barely have any strength to move.  Mila is one of them. Too weak to move she lies on the grass, waiting to die.

We were there.

The entire event was caught on camera as part of an on-going investigation by Let’s Adopt! into the atrocities commited by Kadir Topbaş Hasdal shelter and the Municipality’s well documented practice of dumping dogs in the forests and deserted locations.

The events of that morning, together with undercover footage obtained by Let’s Adopt! proves, beyond any shade of doubt, the blatant disregard for the Law by Kadir Topbaş team and the constant and sustained lies of the Municipality to the Press and the general public.

It was barely weeks ago that the brutal killing of a cat made the entire turkish society get up in arms in rejection of animal cruelty.
The events and practices that have come to light show a different kind of cruelty, one no less brutal and affecting to a much larger number of animals, and cast serious doubts over the credibility and honesty of Kadir Topbas and his administration.

In recent months the European Union has granted the Istanbul Municipality large amounts of money in order to improve their sheltering practices, with a shelter currently being built in Istanbul with European Union funds.

European Union officials declare to be totally unaware and shocked by these practices. The scandal threatens to bring European Union funding to a halt.

Kadir Topbaş and the Istanbul Municipality deny any wrongdoing and claim the footage and the scandal to be fabrications. We let you be the judge of that.

Viktor

P.S. Mila died this morning after spending a week in intensive care.

The second dog, that we have named Vida, was rescued, she is in a critical condition.

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