It’s unfortunately relatively normal for animal rescuers to find helpless animals in dire situations, but even these rescuers were shocked when they arrived at the scene at what they thought was a simple job.
When Newport Beach Animal Control supervisor Valerie Schomburg got a call on May 12th that there was an abandoned Golden Retriever on the beach, she figured it would be a routine rescue. However, when she got to the scene she first thought the abandoned dog was heavily pregnant.
As she got closer, however, she realized the retriever was not pregnant, but was actually a male with a 46-pound tumor protruding from his side. “We got a call that there was a dog that was dumped on the beach. So when we went, we got him, and we went, ‘oh my gosh,’” Schomburg said of the dog named Henry.
The tumor was pushing up against Henry’s front right leg and made it impossible for him to get around. “Most vets that we’ve asked, and have been involved in his story, have never seen it that big,” Schomburg said of the tumor.
To help Henry, who they believe is about 8-years-old, Schomburg and her team finally found a vet who agreed to remove the oversized tumor, and raised money for the surgery, which ended up costing thousands of dollars. “He has too much love, and life to live, that we wanted to give him a chance,” she said.
“Just very shocking that it got that big, and that someone wouldn’t do the right thing,” said Schomburg. “Whoever did this to Henry might have to answer for it.”
Watch the entire video below to see the shocking way these rescuers found this precious Golden Retriever.
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Rescuers Free Abandoned Dog From 46-Pound Tumor is an article from: LifeDaily