This is a spontaneous rescue, in just one night, gathered hundreds of citizens to participate, set up a rescue group, and organized volunteers to help the scene. What touches so many hearts are the hundreds of cats and dogs trapped in pet stores. After five days and five nights of rescue, the volunteers withstood doubts and losses, and also enjoyed the joy of pure giving, and finally let most of the cats and dogs be properly handled.
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A cannon was the first person to arrive at the scene that day.
At 8 p.m. the night before, a pet doctor in Panyu sent a plea for help in the circle of friends, the owner of a pet shop was detained, and the hundred cats and dogs in the store had been unattended for three days under the condition of water and power outages, and the situation was critical.
Four hours later, more than 100 people concerned about the matter had gathered in a WeChat group called "Little Forest Pet Cat and Dog Emergency Rescue Group". Cannon is one of them.
Similar to this kind of rescue of cats and dogs, in Guangzhou, a loving city, is always a response.
The group was recruiting volunteers who came to the scene the next day, and Ah Cannon, who was a dog trainer, immediately signed up.
August 26 was the fourth day that cats and dogs were stranded in the store. A heavy rainstorm in the morning slowed down the volunteers to the scene.
At 9:30, Ah Gun found the small forest with the photos in the help message. Although, I have long been mentally prepared. But everything in front of him still made him panic: an environment full of restlessness and uneasiness, full of dog barking, pungent stench, all urging Ah Cannon to seize the time to act. Through the iron door of the store, Ah Cannon found that "a mess" was no longer enough to describe the situation inside, and the cats and dogs that walked around the place and the cats and dogs piled up in cages added up to an estimated hundreds. There is feces and urine all over the place, and there is no place to stay in the store, every step will step on the.
Ah Gun immediately went to a nearby shop to buy gloves and rain boots.
The first step for Ah Gun is to catch the "wandering" cats and dogs into the cage. "The fiercest is a Chihuahua that can bite people", with the experience of a dog trainer, Ah Cannon successfully put most of the cats and dogs into the cage.
Removing the various miscellaneous items in the store, finally, before the other volunteers arrived, he carved out a rescue passage in the store.
clean
Xiao Xi was the second volunteer to arrive at the scene that day. Looking back on the day, she said that she was fortunate that Ah Cannon came one step ahead. "I dared to walk in when I saw volunteers inside," xiaoxi said, adding that the shop was dark and sweltering, and the cats and dogs were either dying or barking hysterically.
This is the first time that Xiaoxi has participated in large-scale cat and dog rescue. But without hesitation, she immediately joined the operation of the cannon. "Forget about hygiene, feed them and then say," Ah Gun said. Xiao Xi unwrapped a bag of dog food in the store and quickly poured it into each food bowl, and in less than three minutes, the food bowl was emptied. This was the only store they opened in the next few days of rescue, because they were afraid of being said to have embezzled other people's belongings without authorization. The rest of the pet food was purchased by the volunteers.
While feeding, Xiao Xi had already noticed that there were dead cats and dogs in the cage.
There was no deliberate avoidance, and there was no momentary collapse, Xiao xi said that at that time, he was in a state of inconsistency, and there was only one thought in his mind: "Feed these cats and dogs quickly, and save the living first." But later, when other volunteers cleaned up the body, Xiaoxi still chose to avoid it.
After feeding the food on the first floor, Xiao Xi began to explore the second and third floors of the pet store with Ah Gun. "It's darker in the room, and I don't know if there will be any fierce dogs," A Cannon's suspicions were confirmed.
On the second floor there is a Tibetan mastiff and a Central Asian shepherd, and outside the balcony on the first floor, there is a Caucasian dog that stands taller than half him. However, these dogs, who are listed as fierce dogs, have long since lost the spirit and prestige they should have. In particular, the black Tibetan mastiff, which looks fierce, is unexpectedly clingy. But when the cannon had time to take care of it, it fell.
"Heat stroke, no air conditioning and fans in the room, plus feces and corpses, produce a lot of ammonia, the air is too poor", Ah Gun is very worried about the situation of Tibetan mastiffs, volunteers can only go to nearby convenience stores to buy popsicles to cool down the Tibetan mastiffs.
Before noon, more volunteers came to the scene with relief materials, aunt Zhen and aunt cat are the senior volunteers among them, under their leadership, the progress of cleaning has accelerated. Some volunteers can't stand the bad smell inside, apply a thick layer of mint paste to the outside of their nostrils, and wear two masks before they dare to enter.
The body was cleared out in bags, 5 cats, 6 dogs, one of which was a blue cat that had just been born.
The life that has been emptied is only a dirty skin bag. Even the tenacious rats died next to the pet cage. Aunt Jane picked up the little mouse with her gloves, wrapped the body in reverse of the glove, and put it into the bag containing the cat and dog corpses. Half an hour later, staff from the Guangzhou Municipal Health Treatment Center arrived at the scene to remove the bodies.
dispute
The sewers of the toilets were blocked, and there was nowhere to drain the excrement that had been cleaned out, and some volunteers accidentally dumped the excrement on the edge of the river outside the balcony, causing a siege and anger from nearby villagers.
This pet shop, because of health and noise problems, has been complaining about the local area for a long time, the neighbors are not happy to see someone to help clean up, but also refused the volunteer's request to borrow water and electricity. "We understand your dissatisfaction, but not to clean up, more dangerous", Dun Hou's short brother, the first time to do volunteer work, has been communicating with the villagers that day, "Later, there are many younger villagers to understand and support our actions, some people take the initiative to lend us water", the short brother is patient, thinking about the good side of everything.
Some persistent villagers came every half hour to check on the situation and continued to scold, but the volunteers had no time to argue.
Because the clean-up work was so arduous, some of the feces dried on the floor and dragged several times to remove it, and there was no water, so the volunteers had to buy bottled water from the commissary, and the cleaning progress was slow. In addition to the floor, there is also the basin in the cage, and soon after replacing it with new cat litter, it is immediately filled with new feces, pouring - cleaning - loading the litter, and several steps are repeated continuously, but there are too many cats and dogs, and the volunteers can't understand how the pet shop owner alone can take care of so many cats and dogs.
"At that time, the whole person was in a state of lack of oxygen, just thinking of cleaning up quickly and returning them to an environment where they could survive," the short brother said, but until the sun went down, there was no light in the store at all, and the rotation of more than a dozen volunteers only exchanged for the temporary cleaning of the first floor of the pet store.
Before arriving at the site, and even for a long time after arriving, the volunteers had only one idea, to feed the cats and dogs, and to do a good job of cleaning, but the time and environment constraints made them find that this work could not be completed at all.
"We must reduce the number of cats and dogs in the store to make room to cope with it," said the short brother, which is visible to the naked eye, and most cats and dogs have skin diseases, and if they continue to pile together in this way, they may infect each other and worsen.
Soon, the group had a new countermeasure, diverting sick cats and dogs to the pet hospital.
At 9 p.m. that night, the local street office intervened to connect the electricity for the pet store, and the darkness finally left.
But since that night, many volunteers, like short brothers, have been unable to sleep at night, "always thinking that they are still waiting for us, and there are still things to be done."
Send to the hospital
Almost every week, Anand's car carries stray cats and dogs that have just been rescued from the city to and from various pet hospitals. But like those days, high-frequency round-trip was the first time.
The Tibetan mastiff who had suffered from heat stroke was no longer working, and several volunteers picked it up and carried it to the back seat of the car. Just as he was about to enter the cabin, the Tibetan mastiff suddenly shook its head and opened its mouth, "frightened", fortunately, did not bite anyone. A volunteer quickly wrapped up the head of the Tibetan mastiff with a towel to soothe its emotions, "It's fast, it will get better soon."
Along with the Tibetan mastiff, there were two VIPs with serious skin diseases, because the car could not fit the cage, and could only be carried to the hospital by the aunt. This is the first bus on the first day to leave for the hospital.
Subsequently, one after another that night, there were cats and dogs that needed to be sent to the hospital.
As soon as Anan was driving two dogs on the road to leave Panyu, he received an urgent telegram from the volunteers in the group: "There is a cat that is not in good condition, and may have to be sent to the hospital immediately." Turn around, walk back, pick up the cat, and set off again.
In the video, two caged puppies shake their heads in the back seat of the car, sticking out their tongues and looking out the window happily, Anand does not know how long these puppies have not been out of the cage to see the outside world. While Anand was amused by them, a foul smell came from behind. It stinks so bad that I want to burn the car, Anand cried and laughed, two stupid dogs, in the back seat of the car.
"No way", Anand had an irrepressible physiological reaction, parked the car to the side, ran to the side of the road and vomited. Wiping his mouth clean and continuing to drive to the hospital, Ananxia made up his mind that the next day, no matter how busy he was, he would also send his car to wash it.
Every day of the rescue operation, feeding, cleaning, and delivery of treatment lasted until one or two o'clock in the second half of the night. Many volunteers use their time after work to come to the store to help. Five days later, about 40 cats and dogs were taken to guangzhou district hospitals, and the farthest were sent to Shunde, because some belonged to Guangzhou's forbidden dogs.
After the diagnosis of the hospital, most of the cats and dogs suffer from skin diseases, as well as "long hands and tails" diseases: cat plague, dog plague, nasal branches, small, etc., and the treatment fee is expected to exceed 10,000 yuan.
Babes
On August 30, the local street office and police station issued a notice that the pet shop will be cleaned up the next day, and the remaining dogs will be sent to the Guangzhou Dog Detention Clinic in Daejinzhong.
The multi-day companionship, even the simplest feeding, also allowed the volunteers to "exchange feelings" with this group of small animals. At first, Xiaoxi was afraid of the three black and white dogs on the second floor, which always barked at strangers, but later found out that this was a family of three. The mother was afraid that the child would be hurt, so she tensed her nerves. The volunteers named the little black and white dog "Milk Girl".
"After familiarity, the three are very sticky, and very lively", Xiaoxi said that the most reluctant is them, now a family of three have been sent to the same pet hospital, but whether the follow-up can be adopted, it is still unknown, especially under the current dog regulations "one household, one dog" policy. Xiao Xi did not want Milk Sister to be separated from her mother.
There are also Chihuahuas, which are considered to be the "fiercest", and on the fourth day, they also show a "hug" expression.
In the eyes of the volunteers, every one is a treasure, but there is always a time of helplessness. There is a big cat with curly ears, the next day was found convulsive, the head is constantly shaking, after being sent to the hospital, it was found to be nerve damage, there is no way to treat, can only shake the head for a lifetime, "put your hand over, it will always hit your head, please rub", volunteer Xiaoming, in addition to the store, every night will also go to the hospital to visit the babies, and send the video to the group. More than a hundred pairs of eyes were still watching the fate of this group of little guys.
On the last night of accompanying them, the volunteers present decided to take the group of babies out for a walk, to bathe them, and to send them clean to the next stop.
An emergency rescue, five days and five nights of continuous rescue, although there are some small lives that cannot be recovered, but more have been changed fate. The volunteers involved in the rescue return to their daily lives, while the cats and dogs are waiting for new encounters.
"Your world may not be only your pet, but your pet, only you."
Written by: Nandu reporter Ye Ziwen intern Zhang Chuxin
Photo: Nandu reporter He Yushuai
(The characters involved in this article are all pseudonyms)