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Don't you want to go, do you?
Don't want to sit on Grandma's lap?
Hey, go into.
I would like you to tell me the names of the dogs you remember
Yes
Go telling all names you remember
Preta, Elisa, Noel, Peti, Jânio, Sérgio Reis
Estrelinha, Úrsula, Camile, Carina, Quíria, Eloá
This one that came from university is Ringo
There is Pingo, there is the... the Belinha
Pequena, Sol, Lua, Lice...
Lice is a 19-years-old old lady that has no teeth in her mouth
She was the first one that has appeared here, in my gate...
She and her son, what a pity...
But Cafu was so tricksy, he used to run away...
I couldn't stop him. Then, he was died
Tomas...
Wow, there are a lot that I can't remember
I didn't tell even a half of them all
My name is Deonice Cajuela Romero. I'm 60-years-old since January 16th
I have been living in this farm for 14 years
When I divorced of my daughters' father, the very few money I got, R$17.000,00, because we sold a land in Jardim Mariana, I spent in buying this farm
Then I let the farm in usufruct, because the lawyer who divorced me and my ex-husband humbled me too much in front of my daughters
She was asking them to keep their eyes on me, because I would meet another man and he would rob all I had
But it didn't happen, the proof is that I'm here with God and my dogs
While their father... He is there...
Look, if I'm not wrong, I have been with 112 dogs, Regina have taken 7
Then I have been with 105, but more 7 have arrived here. I continue with 112 dogs
Paloma is a dog that has lived in a farm on Carlos Guilherme Foster street
The owner used to come only one time per week to bring food to the dog
And to keep on a relationship with the dog
All the neighbors have known what happened but they had no daring to do something
Suddelny, this dog appeared with a big injury on his neck
So the neighbors told me what happened
I went there, took the dog, made a police report
Let her in the veterinary hospital
She was hospitalized for 38 days...
To ease the pain of the injury
When she started the treatment, she was 19kg
When it was finished, she was 26kg
The dog stayed with me for 44 days
Then she was donated
When she leave here, she was 30kg
This doings have already passed by the small claims court
The ex-owner of the dog will reimburse me because of what I spent in the veterinary hospital
Bue there I paid 10x of R$120,00 and he will pay me 24x of R$50,00
Yeah, we survive by collecting recycled trash, me and my daughter
But now she is 6 months pregnant
I don't know what is going to happen when she stops to work
And my proof of income is R$70,00 that I get of Bolsa Família
And what we get with the recycling
You see, recycling is something that just we, that work with, valorize
Because it's not only for the little money we get to survive...
But also for helping our "mother nature", right?
But we are still so humbled because of that
When the highway police stops us, they use to look and say: You need to bring a lower load
Very many times they said this things: You need to bring a lower load
But how? We need to bring that much we can stand
Because the more we can collect, more money we will have
First I give them some water, after I give food
After I take care of they all, I make my little coffee to drink my little coffee with lemon
To not get a flu
There are 6 years that I don't get a flu
My little coffee with lemon in the morning is sacred, blessed
There are days that I have lunch, there are day that I don't
There are a long time that I don't have dinner
Because I pass my day with a lot of work, you know
Then I forget eating
And this way I'm living
I have been fighting with them for 8 years
I feel sad because there are a lot of laws that protect animals, but this laws are only on the paper
Because for many times I need some help of the Ambiental, it's near to me, and look...
They don't care. Say that there is no car, but I know there is!
I call back in other day, they say: The car went out to solve other problem. But come here to save the animals they don't come
Few people are helping me, because the most come, let the wrong phone or adress
When I call them, other people are on the phone, it's not the neighborhood I thought it would be
It's really hard
Human, in my point of view, is the worst animal in the Earth
Because live for money, and money is not what we give to God when we leave this world
Then I think so
But the most of people go on for material things
I think our life is short and we take nothing of this world, just the good things we did
God knows our heart, God knows our necessities better then us
I'm sure that through you all better days will come
Not to me, because I'm a sinner and I need to fulfill my mission
But to them, that are innocent, that don't know how to ask for something, how to speak
Feel pain, feel hungry, feel cold
Like us, because it's life!
But I trust in God and I know that better days will come through you
To them!
They don't charge me for nothing, you are watching to this!
I give them food, give them water, I take care of them
Medicines, what I can, I care
But many dogs die because sometimes I have no money to buy the necessary medicine
For me it's really sad when one of them die because I had no money to buy that
Nowadays, the veterinary who works in our neighborhood
She works in the evening
In the morning she works in other place and in the evening she works here
She make a good price
For males it costs R$50,00
For females it is...
Short - R$50,00 / Medium - R$60,00 / Big - R$70,00
If I have money, I pay, If not, I pay little by little
In other places it's much more expensive
The only one who is helping me now is Graziele
There are a lot of female dogs that I take and they are with venereal diseases
They need chemotherapy
There a lot here that I took and were with venereal diseases... Need chemotherapy
I took a lot of them to Dr. Isabela take care about chemotherapy
And here I'm to fight for them while I'm alive
I just ask for God to give me health to take care of them
The Amigo, this baby here... I have a friend doing internship in zoonoses
Then she called me to tell that this dog would be sacrificed
Because he's furry and the man that used to take care of them don't like furry animals
She felt sad, took the dog
My daughter took the dog to us after going out of his work
He's with me since 3 years ago
You don't speak, right, son? But the grandma understand your language, right?
Right, my baby? Is it hot? Is it?
What I ask God to do is sending people who like animals, take care of them...
This way I can donate them, the most beautiful I have. They all are neutered, vaccinated
Males and females
Because people come here
Take a look
A lot of them came here, chose an animal
Then I say: Bring me proof of residence and a personal document
To subscribe and, when I want to visit to see how the animal is...
These people never appear here again
Why?
Because it's an irresponsible person
Because a responsible person is afraid of nothing
But there are a lot of good people around the world
That like animals, that feel love for them
Then these people who would like to adopt an animal, short, medium, big, male or female
Can come here, the vaccination card will be yours, okay?
I just want a right adress and a phone for me to visit when I miss the dog
It's like Tancredo
Tancredo lives at 674 Fernando de Noronha street, Vila Grego
I very miss Tancredo, because he has suffered too much
I cared, he was donated
I have little time, but I want to visit him soon because I really miss him
He's a red nose pitbull
I always call the owner and he's really happy with him
Laica also was donated to Mr. Jurandir and Mrs. Rosana here in Cruzeiro
I have already visited her, she's really good!
This way, others and others
Few dogs were donated
And I would like to donate this dogs that are more beautiful
No matter the size nor the breed
The love is the same!
But many people want just a dog with breed
Want poodle, yorkshire, lhasa
This kind of dog is hard to take
Only if the animal is sick, they leave them
Because when they need to spend money, they prefer to leave
The most of them is exactly this way
But I have faith in God and know that I will donate them to good people
People need to choose a dog that touch their hearts
To give a home better than mine
Wish they have a home, a family to care better then I do
It's what I want
In this 14 years I live here, I have experience
Because I came here after I divorced of my daughters' father
I had a lot of difficulties that I don have today
But I learned a lot, because each day teaches me some things
When I started helping the abandoned animals...
We started working with recycling because my daughter was in depression
She used to close herself in a room, in Jardim Paulista, when she lived with her sister
She had a 6-years-old daughter and her sister that used to take care of her child
She just wanted to kill herself
Then we bought this Fiorino 1990 to pay per month, because we didn't have money to pay
The man who sold the car was a person we known
He was a really good person
He truted us because we are women
We promised him that we would pay R$500,00 per month
Thank God, we payed him before the limit time we combined to do this
Then we started collecting recycled trash
And we used to see the abandoned animals so we took them and cared!
In a few time, we had more and more and more animals
And it's this way now because people known what happens here
Because the local newspaper have talked about me
When I have no food here Mauricio, who is a good person too, come here and write about me to estreat food to the dogs
But many people instead of bringing food, bring dogs, abandone them in my gate
They have no courage to call me to let the dogs in my hand
It's a big cowardice
Abandone the little animals
Tied up with electrical cord, how they did today
Then I think it's a big cowardice
Because, in real they have the same right of life that we do
And people that would like to help me, I thank you from the heart!
Not help me, but help in their survival
In special, food and medicine
Because it's all they really need
Are you running over the Tato, aren't you?
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated (Mahatma Gandhi)