It all happened one day when this woman found a stray animal on her doorstep.
Sharon Bertozzi, a Californian resident, was shocked after finding a stray animal hiding behind a ceramic vase at her doorstep. The poor animal was too thin and sickly that no one could recognize which animal it is anymore. However, judging by its canine features, it’s easy to assume that it’s a dog.
Since Sharon couldn’t do anything about it by herself, she decided to call for help.
Sharon asked for help from the City of Folsom Animal Services to help her with this animal she found. The unidentified canine was cowering at the same spot for four hours until the officers from the animal services arrived at the scene. They gently coaxed the sickly canine back to their truck and brought it back to the facility.
Identifying the animal brought out some surprising news to everyone.
It came off as a huge surprise when the animal service staff began to take a better look at the animal.
“At first this was thought to be an old very sick dog,” the department wrote on Facebook. “Upon taking a better look, it is really a young coyote with a really bad case of mange … This one was taken because [she] was right by a front door to a house and was not wanting to leave.”
Despite knowing that she was a coyote, it doesn’t change the fact that these people were more than willing to help her.
The young coyote’s rescuers gave her the name Princess.
City of Folsom Animal Services was able to help Princess in their own way. After doing the initial check-up, they found that Princess had a skin disease caused by mites and it was mostly the cause of her severe case of hair loss and skin irritation. They also provided some liquid as she was super dehydrated.
A lot of people were willing to help Princess recover.
She was then transported to the Gold Country Wildlife Rescue (GCWR), a non-profit organization specializing in wildlife in Loomis, California. Upon arriving, GCWR immediately provided Princess treatment for her skin disease and even bathed her to remove the dead skin in her body. They were also quite happy to see her finish all the drinks and food they gave her overnight.
She’s steadily making progress in her recovery and people were happy to see that.
GCWR is planning to let Princess stay for several months in their shelter so they could monitor her and give her the best care that they could. She’s also had a great time hanging out with two other coyotes in the shelter, helping her recover several aspects of her health and social life.
“She is now back on a natural diet, gaining weight and showing improvement in her skin,” Sallysue Stein, president of GCWR’s board of directors, told The Dodo. “We feel confident that she is on the road to a full recovery.”
Princess, along with some other coyotes, were successfully released back into the wild.
Princess and the coyotes were able to survive and recover from most of their illnesses. As they thought that they have grown to be in better condition, GCWR made their promise by releasing them back into the wild. Thanks to the help of Sharon, the staff from the City of Folsom Animal Services, and GCWR, helping Princess was made possible.
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