Animals in Brazil Suffering After Disastrous Floods
Photo: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP For the last few days, a dog named Leao has refused to leave the grounds of makeshift cemetery for victims of the worst natural disaster ever to hit Brazil. There, beneath the moist, red mud, lies his owner, Cristina Maria Cesario Santana — one of the estimated 630 souls claimed by the devastating wave of mudslides and floods that struck near Rio de Janeiro late last week. Leao in among perhaps thousands of animals displaced, orphaned, or killed in the disaster — silent victims in need of rescue like so many others. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Animals in Brazil Suffering After Disastrous Floods
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