Fredi

Fredi’s story is one of incredible resilience. He was born at a dump site near Skopje, where a remarkable elderly lady has spent decades feeding and caring for abandoned animals. Last autumn, a litter of puppies was born at one of the dump sites. Soon after, parvovirus swept through them. With very limited means, this dedicated lady treated the puppies herself. Some survived. Many didn’t. Fredi was one of the fighters. Then tragedy struck. After one of her feeding rounds, as she drove away, she had no idea little Fredi had curled up beneath the wheel of her car. The accident was every rescuer’s worst nightmare. She rushed him straight to the vet, where they weren’t sure he would survive. For weeks he was critically ill, barely hanging on. The injuries to his head left him unable to walk, blind, and completely uncoordinated. At first, even eating and drinking were a struggle. But neither Fredi nor his rescuer gave up. Despite caring for countless other stray animals every single day, sh...

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