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A Bond of Trust: How Bianca Stole Hearts and Taught Us About Resilience

Animals are our best teachers. Period.

Myriam Ben Salem🦋

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From the author personal album: Precious Bianca! 💙

We first met in a trashy piece of land not far from my former neighborhood. Several tribes of stray dogs called it home.

I went there following the reception of some horrible news: a monster in the shape of a human murdered a doggie Momma because she was barking at him, rightfully so, in an attempt to protect her puppies from the threat his kind represents!

He trapped her between his track and a wall and squeezed her until death. You read that right… This is merely one of the many unprecedented cruelty-level manifestations of some ‘so-called humans’ who are sharing Mother Earth with you and me!

I needed to rush and check in on the pups who witnessed the heinous murder of their Momma. Fortunately, the babies were old enough to be weaned and start eating food. I was told someone took two of them.

Until I could find adoptive families or a shelter for the orphaned pups, I had to visit them daily and take care of all their needs.

I wasn’t concerned about the perpetrator since, according to the neighbors (who didn’t reveal his identity), he was already…

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