The Miraculous Recovery Journey of Riona, the Dog Who Was Doused with Gasoline and Set on Fire 💖✨
Some wounds take a very long time to heal. But for an animal that has been hurt by humans themselves, what may be even harder than healing the body is learning to trust once more.
Riona, a female dog in Memphis, Tennessee, once lived through days like that.
When she was rescued, Riona’s body was almost completely wrapped in bandages. Only one eye and a bit of her nose remained visible among the layers of gauze, while her body lay still on a pile of blankets. She had suffered severe burns after being doused with gasoline and set on fire, leaving her fur singed and her skin badly damaged.
If neighbors had not discovered her and quickly called the rescue team, Riona might never have had a chance to survive.
But surviving was only the first step.
During treatment, Riona endured long days of painful wounds and constant bandage changes. Her small body could do little more than lie still and wait.
Beside her throughout those days was Mallory, the woman who cared for Riona almost around the clock. She changed the bandages, monitored the wounds, helped Riona eat and drink, and stayed with her through every stage of recovery.
Yet there was one thing Mallory could not treat with medicine or gauze: the fear that Riona carried inside.
After everything that had happened, every hand that reached toward her could make her wary. And yet, amid those days that seemed filled only with pain, Riona still showed tiny signs that she had not completely given up on trusting humans.
When a gentle hand was offered, she would carefully tilt her head and give a soft lick.
A very small gesture, but to those caring for her, it was an incredibly precious signal.
Riona’s recovery happened little by little.
There were days when she could only drink water while her head was still fully bandaged. There were moments when she stood on the grass, eyes closed as she felt a gentle hand stroking her.
Then Riona began wearing colorful protective clothing to shield her healing body. Sometimes a yellow duck-print shirt, sometimes a floral bandana, and other times a pink tutu skirt.
Those outfits might make people smile, but behind those endearing images lay a long and difficult journey.
Riona was still weak. Her first running steps were unsteady. Her body still needed care and protection. But she had begun wanting to go outside, to explore, to play.
That was when people realized Riona was not only healing the wounds on her body.
She was reclaiming her life.
The most memorable part of Riona’s story is probably not the moment she became strong again, but all the ordinary days that stretched between the two ends of the story.
One bandage change. One meal. One gentle touch. One night with someone by her side. One time Riona found enough courage to take a few more steps.
Mallory could not erase what Riona had been through. She also could not make the recovery process happen any faster.
She simply stayed patiently.
And sometimes, for a living being that has been deeply hurt, that already means a great deal.
Riona had suffered terrible pain at the hands of humans. Yet instead of shutting herself away forever, she gradually opened her heart to a different hand.
Perhaps that is what makes this story touch people so deeply.
Because recovery is not always a grand moment. Often, it is simply a once-trembling creature daring to move closer to a person today. It is a soft lick, a wag of the tail, or a few tentative steps on the grass.
Riona survived a horrific ordeal. But her journey also shows something deeper: trust can be wounded, yet with enough gentleness and patience, it can still be healed again.
And perhaps, in the world of animals that have been abandoned or abused, what they need is sometimes not a miracle.
Just one person willing to stay and love them once more 💖
What cruel madness is this? They're setting fire to the horns of 5 bulls inside the truck, so they'll bolt out in a stampede and run the encierro of toros embolados.
❗️It happens every summer in municipalities of Valencia and Castellón in Spain
Pakistani people against animal abuse have one of the hardest jobs in the world, like Chinese and Indian animal advocates. Everyone that has a pet should be an animal advocate, even in silence, just repost and follow animal advocates like ⬇️
or do something.
That's why I don't change the topic of my pinned post, because it's got fewer people that know about it. Not a popular topic which is ridiculous, because Pakistani dogs are just as loyal and loving as dogs anywhere. Pakistani animals are now being used for abuse videos like Chinese, and Pakistani people against animal abuse have a very big hard job.
#StopDogCullInPunjab
#JusticeForWangWang
Há uma guerra de narrativa que o PT não apoiava o agro.
O PT foi o partido que mais expandiu a produção agrícola da história do Brasil. Nós vamos nos tornar, esse ano, o maior exportador de alimentos do mundo. Nós vamos superar os Estados Unidos da América.
Ao mesmo tempo, temos que reindustrializar o estado, porque aonde vai o emprego industrial vai o progresso, o desenvolvimento, a cultura. A indústria carrega consigo muita novidade. Não podemos ser adeptos da monocultura, nós temos que ser adeptos da diversidade de culturas, a cultura do serviço, a cultura da indústria, a cultura do campo, tudo isso tem que ser São Paulo.
#RadioMelhorFmOurinhos
O jornalista Reinaldo Azevedo comentou sobre a relação do Instituto Iter, de André Mendonça (STF), com o poder público.
O Instituto Iter tinha contrato com o ex-governador do Rio de Janeiro, Cláudio Castro (PL), que renunciou ao cargo para não ser cassado pelo TSE, está inelegível e é investigado no caso do Banco Master, de Vorcaro.
🇺🇸 Trump ataca e taxa países, dizendo combater o crime organizado e parece que isso é desculpa para invadi-los e tirar vantagem.
Veja que isto não é em 🇨🇺 nem 🇻🇪 é nos 🇺🇸
A Direita está se tornando uma fábrica de pobres e de viciados em drogas.
Mas O Caiado Então Precisou ADMITIR Que Pretende LIBERTAR Quem Tentou DESTRUIR A Praça Dos Três Poderes, DERRUBAR Nossa DEMOCRACIA E ASSASSINAR UM PRESIDENTE Eleito Pelo Povo?
A la misma vez que miles de niños palestinos vagan hambrientos llorando por Gaza, hoy los colonos sionistas bloquearon los camiones de ayuda humanitaria que llevaban alimentos infantiles.
Estos nazis con kipá son auténticamente malvados, disfrutan con el dolor de los palestinos.
🇧🇷 Em 2016,espalhou-se nas redes sociais um vídeo do candidato a reeleição Jair Bolsonaro, no qual ele afirma que "comeria um índio sem problema nenhum". A entrevista foi concedida ao New York Times.
Para Flávio, os indígenas são animais de zoológico.
Reportagem de hoje da Folha de S.Paulo reforça a denúncia que Haddad faz há tempos: TARCÍSIO ENTREGOU AS CONTAS DE SÃO PAULO NO VERMELHO.
Se não fosse a ajuda do governo Lula renegociando dividas, a situação estaria muito pior!
🚨 BREAKING:
Israeli soldier:
"We're looking for children, but there are no children left."
"I killed a girl, she was 12 years old, but I'm looking for an infant."
Primeira mulher no posto de general do Exército e mais de mil recrutas mulheres nas Forças Armadas, mostra que o trabalho do Presidente LULA em defesa das mulheres não foi em vão.
LULA PRESIDENTE 13
BRASIL COM TIME DO LULA
CURIOSO! O ministro André Mendonça, do Supremo Tribunal Federal, durante seminário da Anamel, voltou a reclamar que está infeliz no STF devido ao peso do cargo, às pressões que vem sofrendo e ao ônus do poder.Mas ministro, o senhor sempre que tem oportunidade faz esse tipo de fala. No entanto, não explica de onde vem essa pressão. Seria dos colegas? Seria do grupo político que o apoiou para o cargo? Seria dos parlamentares? Seria do presidente da República? É curioso que uma pessoa com tanto poder se coloque numa posição de vítima o tempo inteiro. Os demais ministros suportam inquéritos dificílimos e não reclamam dessa responsabilidade. Esse tipo de fala não contribui para o fortalecimento da Justiça nem das instituições, mas ajuda a corroê-las por dentro.
Um Promotor Publico de MG proibiu a Prefeitura de Santa Bárbara do Tugurio em MG de babcar um Show de Ana Casrela e Gustavo Mioto e outros no Valor de R$ 1,8 milhões se reais, detalhe o Municipio tem 4 mil habitantes e não tem nem saneamento básico o prefeito é o Donatino do PSD, esse município tem como previsão de arrecadação para 2026 o valor de R$ 930 mil reais.
Haddad CERTEIRO ao falar de Flávio Bolsonaro, que até hoje não prestou conta dos R$ 61 milhões que recebeu de Vorcaro: “Enriqueceu sem ter feito nada, sem nunca ter trabalhado. Vinte anos de mandato e não aprovou um projeto relevante para o país, nem quando o pai era presidente”.
100 DIAS SEM RESPOSTA
TARIFLÁVIO CADÊ OS MILHÕES
🇮🇱💥🇮🇱 Vídeo divulgado pelo jornal israelense @haaretzcom, gravado pelos pilotos dos helicópteros Apache de “israel”, que atacaram e mataram centenas de militares israelenses que estavam numa festa rave.
Posteriormente, os terroristas israelenses usaram da farta rede de mídia para culpar o Hamas por estes crimes.
A mídia pro-“israel” não disse que o Hamas não dispunha de helicópteros para assassinar os soldados israelenses de folga.