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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 04:41 PM
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558 dogs and 106 cats in one home in Valparaiso, Chile. The city has no shelter.
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-153377

For over three years more than 550 dogs and 100 cats have been housed in a small residential property of only 2.7k square feet in the hills of Valparaiso, Chile, causing harsh complaints by neighbors due to the putrid smell the property emits as well as the unsanitary conditions that effects the surrounding residential area.

Gonzalez is also the principal financier of the residential animal shelter, which she has named "La Protectora de Animales" , pouring thousands of dollars and hours upon hours of labor to give these animals a home-even though conditions are horrid due to a lack of finances to move the shelter to another, larger location.

In light of President-elect Obama's declaration of adopting a dog to bring to the White House during his recent victory speech (and Michelle Obama calling for a dog specifically from a shelter), neighbors surrounding the property have commented that an adoption of a dog by Obama from this property would stir others to also adopt, thereby ending the problem in a short period of time.


I hope funding for a shelter can be found for this woman and all of the beautiful strays she has taken in.
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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 04:44 PM
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1. Santiago had the biggest best fed strays I've ever seen in my life
but there were alot of them. really passive, well fed of course, still not a pretty scene.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 04:46 PM
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2. When I lived in Chile, they didn't take in stray children let alone animals unless
some kind priest tried to run a shelter for street children. I hope this has changed since then. I hope this woman does get some support. It's needed. Back when I lived in Chile animal control was to poison stray animals that didn't have owners by putting out poisoned food. Sometimes people's pets got into the food as well and died.
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-25-08 04:49 PM
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3. I bet that was aromatic...(nt)
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