A five-month-old dog that fell into hot tar
spilled around a construction site in northern India was
eventually saved by a four-hour rescue operation.
Claire Abrams from the animal welfare group, Animal Aid
Unlimited, says staff from the charity rushed to the
scene in the city of Udaipur, Rajasthan, after receiving a
phone call from a passerby. They found the dog lying
motionless, his hardened body stuck to the ground:
"There was no way he could have come out of his own,
without any intervention," Abrams said.
The rescuers spent hours massaging a large amount of
vegetable oil into his body to loosen the tar, avoiding
the use of kerosene because of its harsh effects on skin.
After about four hours, the crew were able to
pull the dog out of the sticky liquid, before
taking him to the animal shelter. It took
several days to clear his body of the tar.
On his first night of arrival at the shelter,
Abrams says: "He was petrified and breathing
heavily." The dog, now affectionately known
as "Tar Baby", has recovered successfully and
has also been vaccinated.
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