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This little baby has a horrific injury...please note these pictures are
quite graphic and may not be suitable for all viewers...
Thanks to Shar-pei Rescue of VA, Inc., who
is taking this little girl and getting her the
surgery she needs.

This is the story of Little
Angel.

One day, weeks before the pictures
here were taken, Little Angel got
attacked by another dog.   You can
see some of the bite wounds on her
tummy that are now scars.  Other bite
wounds were on her back left leg.  

Now, her owner, for reasons only she
knows, did not take Little Angel to the
vet to treat her bite wounds.  Instead,
she wrapped Little Angel's little leg in
duct tape.  

Little Angel's leg must have hurt a lot.
 Anyone that has been bitten can tell
you that not only are there scratches
and punctures from the teeth, but
there are also bruises.  Often times
the skin is yanked and pulled away
from the underlying tissue when a
dog bites and pulls away, leaving
pockets full of bacteria.  So our Little
Angel MUST have been in pain those
first few days after she was bitten.  

As the days went on, under the duct
tape was a perfect place for  bacteria
to grow.  It was dark and warm and
moist...just what bacteria loves.  Little
Angel's little leg began to swell.  As it
did, the duct tape on her little leg
became tighter and tighter.  By now
the pain must have been terrible.

More days passed.  Bacteria grew
and grew and became hungrier and
hungrier.  Little Angel's little leg
became more and more swollen, and
the duct tape became tighter and
tighter.  Soon the blood supply to her
leg began to slow as the duct tape
and swelling compressed her blood
vessels.

The hungry bacteria began to
dissolve and eat away the tissue of
her leg.  Soon her toes were no more.
 Eaten away by the bacteria.  Slowly
even the bones of her toes melted
away.  Before long the bacteria began
to eat away at her feet.  By now the
pain must have been unbearable and
torturous.  The smell of the bacteria
rotting away her flesh would have
been horrid.  

More days went by, more flesh was
eaten away.  Under the duct tape
even the bones of her feet began to
erode.

Then Little Angel's owner left town
on a trip.  She left Little Angel and her
rotting leg in the care of a relative.   
Little Angel lived in an apartment
complex.  One day, the manager of
the complex spotted Little Angel.  She
told the relative of the owner, that
dogs were not allowed in the
apartment complex.  The manager
also noticed Little Angel's not-so-little
leg.  The manager of the apartment
complex called the police.  The police
contacted the local shelter and an
Animal Control Officer went to see
Little Angel.

Little Angel was then brought to a
local emergency hospital.  What they
saw caused quite a stir in the
hospital.  What they saw is what you
can see in the pictures to the left.

The things poking out of the bottom
of her leg are the bones of Little
Angel's feet.  You can see the
damage goes well up into her thigh.  
You can see that the tissue is gone,
her skin is gone, her toes and part of
her foot is gone.  You are lucky, you
can not smell the smell or hear her
cries.

Here is a synopsis of what her
doctors wrote over the last day and a
half:
"...taken by the ACO from the owners
for neglect...a wound that was
reported to be an old bite wound that
was covered with duct tape...the left
hind leg has a 360 degree
strangulation wound...degloving
injury 360 degrees around the
hock...the metatarsal bones (foot
bones) are exposed all phalanges
(toe bones) are gone...severe
necrotic infected wound...significant
infection, swelling and pain
associated with this injury...due to
the pain associated with this injury no
bandage could be applied to cover
the wound...Shar Pei rescue was
contacted...will determine the course
of treatment and future of this pup
tomorrow...estimated cost of surgery
(amputation) $1500-1800...pet
released by owners to ACO and to
Shar Pei rescue...polaroid pictures
have been taken...digital pictures are
not always acceptable in court...at
this time it does not appear that
charges will be laid against the
owners..."

If you would like to make a donation
to her care, please go to
http://www.sharpeirescueofva.org/

Please look below to see pictures of
our Angel - now called Shiloh - after
her surgery.
Check below for updated
pictures!  Now with a new
name and a new home,
Molly is doing fantastic!
Angel has a new name - She is now Molly!  And a new home!  Check it out!!