http://www.indiamike.com/india All Creatures Great and Small. Do you like pets, or need some help figuring out the pet situation in India? Post here. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:53:33 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.indiamike.com/india/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.indiamike.com/india http://www.indiamike.com/india/dogs-cats-and-langurs-f109/saving-bonzo-s-leg-t95941/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:30:23 GMT I have started this new thread following a great gesture of DrHeckleAndMrSnide (see:http://www.indiamike.com/india/dogs-.../3/#post863666)

A quick overview;
Yesterday morning I was called by people who have a beautiful local male dog called Bonzo, which we vaccinated and sterilised some six months back.

Bonzo was hit by a motorbike and had a badly broken leg, the skin was broken and the bone sticking out. In such situations there is little we can do except giving a painkiller, bandage the leg so it can not move much and organising that the dog gets to the vet.

Luckily we have a good vet orthopedist in Goa but he explained that the only way to save the leg would be to join the broken parts with a metal plate. The cost for such operation will be INR 5,000 which is a lot of money here. There is no way the people can afford it themselves, they are really poor.

The alternative is to amputate the leg which will cost INR 1,000 but as it is a very young dog we find this a very difficult choice.

Reading this story DrHeckleAndMrSnide wrote the following:

"I am willing to donate a thousand (or a little more too) bucks and if there are 4 others on this forum who want to do the same, we could help out. I'm not sure about the money transfer logistics, though, since I'm in Bangalore."

This morning we were contacted by a Dutch tourist who heard the story and also offered INR 1,000.

Bonzo's owners are also trying because as the son says "That dog is my mother's favorite son so we have to try." However their family income is just under INR 6,000 per month so it is not so easy for them.

But, so far so good and so we have new hopes to save Bonzo's leg.

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