As an agent tasked with enforcing animal protection laws in Brazil, Matheus Laiola is not any stranger to the quiet suffering of neglected dogs — pets who only too often spend most of their lives leashed up, in conflict to local ordinances.
Laiola’s work, however, is a way from thankless. Recently, Laiola shared footage from the liberation of 1 such leashed-up pups, who he'd evidently been monitoring for evidence of ongoing mistreatment. "She lived chained, within the cold, heat, rain and sun," Laiola wrote of the dog, whose sad circumstance was close to change. "We received the place and there was nobody there, [so] we broke the lock and rescued the dog." The dog couldn't are happier to ascertain him — showering her hero with kisses:
The dog's owner has been identified, Laiola wrote, and can be investigated for animal mistreatment. The pup at the middle of this case, meanwhile, has already found her happy ending. After being freed, the dog was placed in the care of rescue organization Casa do Produtor. But she wasn't there for long. "She's already been adopted," a representative for the group told The Dodo. "She's doing well."