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Sailor’s wait was the longest time a pet has spent with a Windsor-Essex animal rescue group

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Sailor, a five-year-old male chihuahua crossbreed, has been adopted by a household after spending greater than 4 years within the care of Second Chance Animal Rescue (SCAR). Cherie Smith, one among SCAR’s administrators, provides Sailor’s backstory and says it is turning into more durable to search out new properties for the animals as extra individuals are giving up their pets.  2:13

The canine that has spent the longest time within the care of a pet rescue group in Windsor-Essex, Ont., is lastly getting adopted.

Sailor, a five-year-old male chihuahua crossbreed, has been adopted by a household after spending greater than 4 years within the care of Second Chance Animal Rescue (SCAR).

Cherie Smith, one among SCAR’s administrators, says Sailor was rescued from a shelter in Georgia within the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.

“In 2019, there was a gaggle of rescues that helped loads of the dogs that had been displaced … and he was one among them that we helped,” Smith stated.

Smith stated Sailor has a compressed vertebrae, however SCAR’s veterinarian determined in opposition to surgical procedure resulting from an absence of muscle mass.

Smith says with regards to placing pets with disabilities up for adoption, how rapidly they’re adopted is dependent upon their shoppers’ willingness to work with the incapacity that animal has.

She stated it is turning into more durable to search out new properties for the animals as extra individuals are giving up their pets.

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TJ is a journalist with CBC News in Windsor. You can attain him at [email protected].