Amazing Spirit – Dog with Two Broken Legs Survives Tornado
This is a must watch video about Mason, a little dog that survived a TORNADO!!
On April 28th 2011, a tornado hit Alabama and other Northern and Southern states of America. Alabama is a tornado hotspot, and this tornado was the worst U.S. natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (which killed up to 1,800 people).
Hundreds were injured and many were killed that day. In certain townships, houses were flattened, cars flipped over, trees and power lines fell… leaving a wreckage of a destruction.
Amidst all that chaos was Mason. This little doggy had his 2 legs broken… Even so, he made his way all the way back home after 2 1/2 weeks! He had slowly crawled his way home and patiently waited for his family! What great love, devotion and persevering spirit a tiny dog like Mason showed… amazing!
I have added the article and video below for all of you…
Tsem Rinpoche
Dog with Two Broken Legs Survives Tornado, Crawls Home to Find Family
By: ERIN SKARDA
Amid the destruction and devastation that has followed the severe tornadoes sweeping across the country, there’s one touching survivor tail worth celebrating — and it wags. (See what we did there?)
Three weeks after a series of tornadoes blew through Alabama, leveling everything in their path, a family in North Smithfield returned to their damaged home to sift through debris. Miraculously, they found their missing dog Mason waiting for them on the porch.
With both of his front legs broken and his fur matted and dirty, Mason had obviously been through a terrible ordeal. According to MyFox Alabama, the terrier mix was hiding in his garage when the storm picked him up and blew him away. For weeks, his family searched but found no sign of their scrappy pup.
“This is probably the most dramatic we’ve seen as far as an injury in an animal that’s survived this long,” Phil Doster of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Animal Control Shelter told MyFox Alabama. “For an animal just to show up on someone’s porch after this time was pretty remarkable, especially with the condition he’s in.”
With severe breaks on both his front paws, Mason literally had to crawl through the tornado’s wreckage to get back to his family home, but that hasn’t crushed this survivor’s spirits.
“For an animal to go through what he’s gone through and not to be ugly, to be happy for any companionship is remarkable. We’re honored to be part of his recovery,” Doster said.
Because of the generosity of Vulcan Park Animal Care in Birmingham, a center that volunteered their services to help the ailing pup, Mason is now on the mend — and needless to say, being showered with affection. Last Friday, Mason underwent surgery to fix metal plates to both his broken limbs, which will keep them stabilized as they heal. Mason will remain at Vulcan Park for about six more weeks, as his family works to restore some sense of order to their shattered home.
As the areas that have been hit with tornadoes continue to rebuild, NewsFeed hopes we’ll be able to share many more heartwarming stories like Mason’s — a truly tough pup.
Source: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/27/dog-with-two-broken-legs-survives-tornado-crawls-home-to-find-family/#ixzz1NfFkFXNL
Or view the video on the server at:
http://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/DogWithTwoBrokenLegs.flv
It’s sad after the struggle of this poor doggie, his family didn’t take him back. I would have welcomed him back and rebuild our family together with the doggie. The little guy has a life he has to build up again too and he needs his family. Why not build it together…with the dog..
However, I am glad that a new family has adopted him..I am very happy about that. TR
What an amazing dog. Such loyalty. I am glad he will be a mascot to future tornado survivors.
I feel sad his previous owners don’t want him.
Am so glad his story has a happy ending with a new family.
Mason the dog is amazing. He should be an inspiration to us all. The love and devotion he had for his owners was so strong that it overcame an animal’s natural instincts to care and protect for itself above all else. Instead Mason was driven by his love for his family to withstand the pain from his two broken front legs (ouch!) and crawled all the way back home without much food and water to wait patiently for his family to return. He should get a medal for bravery and loyalty.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing yet another amazing and inspirational story about animals. Mason’s natural and pure instincts may surpass even many of us, considering his conditions with two broken front legs. He endured all the pain by crawling, just hope to be re-united with his family…. it is sad and I am actually feeling upset that his family could not take him back and rebuild their home together, after what Mason has gone through, a time when Mason needs all the love and care to heal….
Glad that a new family adopted Mason, I hope they will take good care of this truely amazing and loyal companion!
It is really sad that Mason wasn’t received with open arms by the family for whom he suffered so much pain in a gallant effort to be home with them.
But such an indomitable spirit shown by this little dog is most inspiring. In the end, all’s well that ends well. He found loving people who adopted him.May he be looked after, from now on, with love and great care.
I was in tears by the time I finished watching the video.
Imagine the agonising pain it was in during the entire time it made its way back home! But its love for its owners was what that had made it persevered. To go HOME.
Thank you for sharing such heartwarming story.