Hero dog reunited with its owner in Brazil after it shielded her from knife-wielding husband’s attack and was stabbed four times
- Fofinho was returned to his owner this week in Minas Gerais, Brazil, after he was stabbed four times
- The dog was trying to protect the woman and her family from her knife-wielding husband, who reacted by stabbing the pooch four times
- Several inquiries were made to adopt Fofinho, who was stabbed in the chest and abdomen
A dog has been reunited with its owner and her family after it was stabbed while trying to protect them from the woman’s abusive husband in Brazil.
Brazilian online news portal G1 reported that Fofinho suffered four wounds as he tried to stop the man, 62, from beating the grandmother, 58, last Monday at the family’s home in Coração de Jesus, a municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais.
The man stabbed his 18-year-old grandson in the hand and then attacked the pooch with a knife. He fled the home before he was arrested the following day, police said.
Corporals Valmintas Souza and Diego Garcia, who are assigned to the city’s military police, noticed Fofinho’s injuries and sought the help of a local veterinarian who was away traveling.
Souza, who has a dog and three adopted cats, took to social media to see if there was a veterinarian available to save Fofinho’s life and rushed him to an animal clinic 49 miles away in the city of Monte Carlos.
Officers Valmintas Souza (left) and Diego Garcia (right) pose with a woman (center) after reuniting her and her grandson (second from left) and her daughter (front right) with their pet dog Fofinho this week in Minas Gerais., Brazil. The pooch was stabbed four times while trying to defend them from the the woman’s husband, who tried to attack them last Monday
Fofinho was stabbed in the abdomen and chest and underwent a laparotomy to clean and close his abdomen wounds
According to veterinarian Caio Santos, Fofinho was stabbed in the abdomen and chest, and could have died had the officer spent more time trying to locate a clinic to save him. Santos said the dog had feces droppings in his stomach area.
Santos performed a laparotomy on Fofinho to clean and close the abdomen wounds.
‘It is very common for pet animals to take advantage of a situation, it is a natural behavior for them to try to act in this form of defense, so much so that many act with the function of guard dogs,’ Santos said.
Souza hailed Fofinho’s heroic reaction to his owner and the grandchildren being threatened by the knife-wielding suspect.
Fofinho pictured after he was attacked by his owner’s husband last week in Brazil
Corporal Valmintas Souza, who is assigned to the military police in Coração de Jesus, Minas Gerais, poses with Fofinho. He helped saved the pooch after it was stabbed four times during a domestic violence incident
Veterinarian Caio Santos with officers Diego Garcia (pictured with Fofinho) and Valmintas Souza
Police officer Valmintas Souza pictured with Fofinho at a local animal clinic in Monte Carlos, Brazil
‘This dog’s story touched society because of the protective instinct he had, in an impulse to protect the owner, he ended up seriously injured,’ Souza said.
‘But this mobilization of society shows that if each one contributes in his own way, everything can be much better immensely to the people who expressed the desire to help.’
Area pet owners expressed interest in reaching out to the grandmother and adopting Fofinho in the days following the horrific attack.
‘We saw how attached the dog is to the owner and how she also has a passion for him,’ Souza said. ‘But the best place he can be for sure is next to her.’
Veterinarian Caio Santos said Fofinho could have died had the cops spent more time trying to locate a clinic to save his life. Santos discovered feces droppings in his stomach area
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