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Saving Joana – someone tried to hang her by the neck

What was the point of it? What was the purpose behind it? What kind of sick mind could perpetrate an obscene act like this?

Sick people with sick minds are everywhere, and Majorca has its fair share, but hanging a healthy dog so that it can die a
long-suffering painful death is abnormality to the point of sadistic insanity.

For a human to express their feelings and inadequacies in this way is disgraceful and whoever is responsible has a cast-iron claim on the first vacancy in a psychoatric ward.

These photographs give you an idea of the terrible condition Joana was in, when she first arrived at the Centro Canino on February 23rd 2007.

Joana is a wonderful beautiful dog with a fantastic personality. She was found in the Son Olivaret area. She’s a Majorcan Shepherdess dog & does not have an identity chip or any form of identification.

Some local residents from Son Olivaret had heard Joana’s whines, whimpers & cries for several days, but despite searching, they couldn’t find where the cries were coming from.

Basically, someone had tried to murder the dog by hanging her by the neck, dangling in the air, with just the tips of her paws/claws touching the ground, and just about balancing her.

When we first found Joana, as I said, she was in a terrible condition. Her neck was literally red raw & oozing blood; she’d struggled so hard to get free. She was in a state of semi-consciousness as we freed her & immediately took her to the vet. At this point, I don’t think any of us expected her to live.

The vet however, was optimistic that Joana could be saved – She was sedated & medication administered.

The fantastic news is – Joana is now making a great recovery. She’s looking better every day – see right – and the last time I was at the shelter, I just passed her by and patted her on the head, thinking she was a new arrival. I didn’t even recognise her, she looks that much better.

The Centro Canino wants to thank the residents in Son Olivaret for contacting us, and caring for animals. As you know, we do not receive any sort of State funding, so everything we did and are doing for Joana, and everything we do for all the dogs & cats we try to help – is all thanks to you and your help and donations.

Please continue to support us in any way you can, so that we can do even more for dogs such as Joana.

We want to ensure dogs such as Joana have a future. Their future honestly does depend on You. Please hep us help them. Your help makes all the difference – Send a donation today. PLEASE.