An 8 year old dog named La China recently had a litter of pups in a small shanty town outside of Buenos Aires. Close by and around the same time, a 14 year old girl gave birth to a premature baby. She panicked and abandoned the babe in a nearby field. La China came by, picked up the baby and carried him back to her own liter.
The dog’s owner hear the child crying and found him with the puppies, covered by a makeshift rag blanket. The baby boy had a few bruises but no bite marks.
The child was turned over to the authorities. The frightened mother came forward.
And this strange story was turned over to the media, who ate it up perhaps as a baby laps up milk. The heroic dog is threatened by the attention and worried about her puppies. La China’s owner is worried because she has stopped eating.
To me, this is an incredible yet expected story. I wish they’d leave La China alone to take care of her pups. Let’s hear it for more dog food and less unwanted fame.
