While most of the world enjoyed their new year’s celebration, a dog owner was holding his elderly dog in its arms after the dog suffered a series of panic attacks triggered by the loud noises of fireworks.
She was our loved pet! Her name was Magui and she has just died. She was old and was terrified of fireworks. We did not know where to put her while other people were having fun, she was going through a very bad moment. She had an attack, we called all the vets in Esquel to help us but nobody attended us. The dog died in the arms of my son, begging to call anybody to help her
Antonella, the dog owner
An argentian dog charity called ADAE “Adopt, Sterilize, Teach” shared the story online, hoping to raise people’s awareness and prevent similar incidents from happening again.
They said:
our fun terrified her, it generated an inexplicable panic. Your fun killed her. Maui died in the arms of her owner. Her family lost a member of the family.
The story went viral quickly with more than 12,000 shares, and people were really angry in the comments, but they were not all angry for the same reasons you would think they would be angry for!
Some people blamed the vets who, as people claimed, didn’t answer their calls and not all dogs are attended at the nights of such events, while others blamed the authorities for being unable to control the black market of fireworks.
Whoever was responsible, it’s a sad scene. Stopping fireworks together is not a realistic solution to such incidents, instead, all dog owners must learn how to calm dogs during fireworks.
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