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Stray dog undergoes successful skin graft surgery in Mumbai

Golu is safe!

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In one of the rare surgeries performed on a stray dog, whose face was left disfigured due to firecrackers during Ganesh Visarjan this year, the animal — named Golu — has not only recovered after receiving a skin graft covering its face, but also has been rehabilitated at an animal rescue centre in Karjat.

dna on October 3 had reported about how the dog underwent two life saving surgeries. However, the most crucial was the third surgery and the recovery post it.

Harsh Shah of Bird Helpline — who rescued Golu from Nalasopara on September 21 — shared that the dog who was operated by Vet Dr Vikram Dave and his complete care was taken by Gargi Gogoi, an animal lover who runs a foster home. The dog has completely healed and has been rehabilitated at Karjat rescue home run by animal welfare activist Roxanne Davur.

Dr Dave, who operated upon the dog, said that Golu had lost most of its skin on the face and suffered huge gashes on its tongue, and nothing remained of its nose due to the cracker bursting on its face. "We carried a total of three surgeries, with the last being in November. We gave it a free graft under which a skin 3.5 inches x 5 inches was removed from its stomach area and grafted in the face region. One of the biggest worry of these surgeries is that the graft skin has to be accepted by the body and infection has to be avoided completely. The surgery, which has low success rate, turned out to be a success," he said adding that now with almost a month of post operative care Golu has absolutely recovered.

In fact, initially after two surgeries Golu was fitted with a food pipe as it could not eat anything as very little remained of his mouth. "At the moment only its nose area is missing and we are thinking of getting that too corrected," informed Dave.

"We are glad that Golu never gave up and we are calling him a miracle dog that survived such a tragedy and even braved three big surgeries and will now live normally," added Shah, claiming that this could be one of the first successful skin grafts given to a stray in the country.

Roxanne Davur of Probably Paradise shelter where Golu is currently living said that he was a total brat who liked to roam in the open and no longer wants mashed food. "Golu is a perfect example of how dangerous crackers are and how there are some people who for their own fun cause so much agony to an animal. With the help of Golu, we are trying to spread an important lesson and to persuade people to give up fire crackers."

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