To all my friends who volunteer to walk and foster and otherwise
support abandoned pets, especially dogs. Here's a heart-warming report
reprinted from TIME about a little stray dog rescued from India. Rupee and his
owner reached the highest peak in the world, Mt. Everest, and it is
believed that this Himalayan mutt is the first dog to do so!
Caters News Agency
Rupee,
a formerly homeless dog rescued from a dump by his current owner Joanne
Lefson, is thought to be the first dog in the world to climb Mount
Everest.
A former stray dog has pulled
himself up by the bootstraps and created a better life for himself. A
life that includes becoming the first dog ever to climb Mount Everest.
Say
hello to Rupee, the formerly homeless pup who was found starving in a
dump in India. His owner, Joanne Lefson, rescued him and helped nurse
him back to health, feeding him a high protein diet of boiled eggs and
rice, the Daily Mail reports.
Now, Rupee is strong, healthy and capable of climbing mountains. He’s
become the first canine on record to climb Mount Everest after trekking
for 10 days with Lefson to base camp, 17,000 feet above sea level.
Lefson told the Daily Mail
that her biggest concern was whether or not Rupee could make it through
the grueling hike. But his vet confirmed that he wouldn’t suffer from
altitude sickness since he was born in the Himalayas, and indeed, the
pooch fared just fine. Before, his biggest accomplishment was probably
being, like, the cutest dog on the planet.
For information on helping abandoned dogs in the US, visit Dogs on Death Row.
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