Post-surgery it's not a dog's world for Kabang
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June 9, 2013, Sunday
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A DOG that lost half its face saving two girls returned to a hero's welcome in the Philippines yesterday after undergoing a series of operations in the United States.
After an 11-hour flight from Los Angeles, Kabang, a four-year-old mongrel, stepped out of her travel kennel at Manila airport and greeted a large throng of well-wishers with a lively wag of her tail.
Kabang was later to be transported to the southern Philippine port of Zamboanga, to be reunited with her owner, laborer Rudy Bunggal and her small puppy.
In 2011, Kabang, then aged two and pregnant, became a hero after running in front of a motorcycle in what her owner said was a deliberate act to save her daughter and niece who were crossing a busy road.
The accident tore off of Kabang's face, leaving a gaping hole.
A website, Facebook page and Twitter account were set up in an online fund-raising drive that raised about US$27,000 for Kabang to be treated in the US.
She was released from the University of California's Davis Veterinary Hospital on Monday after eight months of treatment in which her face was partially rebuilt and she was cured of cancer and a potentially fatal worm disease.
After an 11-hour flight from Los Angeles, Kabang, a four-year-old mongrel, stepped out of her travel kennel at Manila airport and greeted a large throng of well-wishers with a lively wag of her tail.
Kabang was later to be transported to the southern Philippine port of Zamboanga, to be reunited with her owner, laborer Rudy Bunggal and her small puppy.
In 2011, Kabang, then aged two and pregnant, became a hero after running in front of a motorcycle in what her owner said was a deliberate act to save her daughter and niece who were crossing a busy road.
The accident tore off of Kabang's face, leaving a gaping hole.
A website, Facebook page and Twitter account were set up in an online fund-raising drive that raised about US$27,000 for Kabang to be treated in the US.
She was released from the University of California's Davis Veterinary Hospital on Monday after eight months of treatment in which her face was partially rebuilt and she was cured of cancer and a potentially fatal worm disease.
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