A lot of dogs have been called “Miracle dogs” but I think when you hear Mira’s story you will agree that if any dog deserves the title, she does.
Mira was born to a critically ill mother who died not long afterward. Just six months earlier she had had another unplanned litter.
After finding homes for some of the puppies, the owners got tired of the responsibility of dealing with the growing litter of large mixed breed puppies.
They dumped Mira and her litter mates at the Rush County Animal Shelter in Indiana where they were to be killed with a dose of barbiturate and put into a freezer to be disposed of later.
However, Mira survived…
She was found alive in the Rush County shelter’s freezer four days after receiving what turned out to be too small a dose of the barbiturate that was intended to kill her.
A shelter worker who was ordered to take the puppy to a veterinarian to be euthanized instead gave her a warm bath, had her examined and then sent the dog to a new home. Source
After an investigation found that euthanasia procedures were not properly followed at the shelter, the shelter warden was reassigned to cleaning streets. Hopefully there will be some dirty sewer work involved too.
Thanks to a shelter worker who disobeyed the order to have her killed again, Mira was treated by a veterinarian and then put in a safe foster home. Later she was adopted by Vicki Palmore, president of the board of the nearby Humane Society of Johnson County.
Now three years old, Mira, a Mastiff-German Shepherd mix, accompanies volunteers into classrooms to talk to children about the bond between humans and animals and about responsible pet ownership.
Mira’s story is a great contrast between irresponsible, indifferent humans and loving, responsible ones.