Adiós a arthur

El perro aventurero ecuatoriano falleció tras seis años de vivir con su familia sueca. Su
historia sirvió de inspiración para promover la adopción de los animales abandonados y
también inspiró un libro, escrito por Mikael Lindnord, el propietario de Arthur.

PERFIL DE LA FUNDACIÓN:
La fundación Protección Animal Ecuador, PAE

NO COMPRES, ADOPTA
La adopción, da una nueva oportunidad de vida a las mascotas abandonadas y

ayuda disminuir uno de los mayores problemas que sufren los perros y gatos de

nuestro país: el abandono.

Según la Agenda de Protección de Derechos de Naturaleza y Animales elaborada

por el Consejo de Protección de Derechos del D.M.Q, en Quito, por cada 22

personas existe 1 perro abandonado.

¿Cuándo adoptar un cachorro o perro?

Adopta si:

– Tienes algo de dinero para comprar su alimento y llevarlo al veterinario.

– Tienes espacio en tu casa para que el perro pueda estar tranquilo.

– Tienes algo de tiempo para sacarlo a pasear.

– Tienes mucho amor para darle, recuerda que es un ser vivo que siente y sufre

cuando lo tratas mal.

Reflexionemos, pagar por un animal, es convertirlo en una cosa u objeto que puede

ser desechado. Al adoptar cambiamos la vida de un animal que ha sufrido de

maltrato y abandonado.

A pesar de que el perro ha sido siempre un fiel compañero del hombre, a día
de hoy sigue sufriendo situaciones de abandono y maltrato a lo largo y ancho
del globo.
7 reasons to adopt your next best
friend

The best thing you can do to combat cruel puppy factories

just happens to also be the most rewarding.

LAST UPDATED: 9 JULY 2020

Adopting is the most effective way to break the cruel puppy factory
supply chain — and by offering your heart and home to a rescued
animal, you'll not only be enriching your life — but saving theirs!
If you’re thinking about extending your family with a four-legged
friend, here are seven great reasons to adopt from a rescue group
or shelter:
1They’ll help you find your soul mate.
All good rescue groups have an application process to ensure that you’ll
be perfectly matched with your new friend — think of them as
matchmakers! By finding out more about you, your living arrangements
and lifestyle, they can match you up with the paw-fect candidate. The
ultimate aim for pet rescue and adoption organisations is to find loving
– and permanent – homes for the animals in their care. This means
that both the animal and their new human companion need to be
suited to each other. So the more information you can provide, the
better you can assist in helping them help you find your four-legged soul
mate!
2You’re helping to break the cruel puppy factory cycle.
As long as animals are purchased from pet shops and online, cruel
puppy factories will continue to exist. Don't let them take advantage
of unwitting people — or subject dogs to lives of misery — in order to
make a quick buck! Adopting from a rescue group or shelter is the
simplest way to take a stand against puppy factory cruelty!
3You’re saving someone who really needs it.
Rescue groups, foster networks and animal shelters help animals who
have been forgotten, abandoned or given up on through no fault of their
own. These animals ask for little more than the chance to share their
lives with someone who loves them — especially those who have never
been given the chance before. By adopting from a rescue group, you’ll
not only be making a friend for life — you’ll be saving one.
4They help every breed in need.
From border collies to bull dogs, burmese to british shorthair – not to
mention rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets and just about every companion
animal you can think of ... you can expect to see more than just mix-
breed dogs and cats behind the wire of your local pound or shelter.
Tragically, all types of companion animals are victims of cruelty and
abandonment. All dog and cat breeds (indeed, all companion animals!)
desire – and deserve – a loving home. So make adoption your first
option whenever you're in search of a new four-legged
or feathered friend for life.
Due to the sheer volume of purebred and ‘designer’ dogs in need –
many of whom would likely have come from puppy factories – volunteers
have established groups with the aim of assisting these dogs with finding
their forever homes. For a list of rescue groups facilitating rescue and
adoption in Australia, check out Savour Life's 'Adopt a Dog' responsible
adoption site, PetRescue’s rehoming directory, or head over to The
Rescue Network to view listings of dogs (and cats!) across Australia.

5Your adoption fee goes back into helping more animals.

Good rescue groups will ensure that any dogs, puppies, cats and kittens
adopted out will come vaccinated, desexed, wormed and microchipped
— all of which is included in the adoption fee. Often, animals are cared
for by dedicated, volunteer foster carers until their forever home can be
found. This allows for them to be properly assessed in a home
environment — which can be really helpful if you already live with
animals or children, as foster carers can provide helpful insight on the
behaviour of animals in their care. So your money is not only going
towards making sure your new friend is happy and healthy, but you'll be
giving it back to an organisation so that they can save more lives. You
can't get a better deal than that!
6They give oldies another chance.
Older animals are tragically often the last to be chosen — and the
first to be euthanised. Senior dogs and cats can find it particularly
difficult to cope in strange environments like shelters and pounds, but
thankfully there are rescue groups assisting in the transport and foster
care of these special animals, with the aim of getting them into more
suitable environments — and matching them with someone who can
provide the love and friendship they are only too happy to return. We like
to think of older dogs and cats as 'friendship experts' — after all, they've
got years of experience behind them!
7You’ll be saving more than one life.
Every time an animal is adopted to a forever home, a place is opened up
in the rescue and foster care network for another animal in need. So
when you take your bestie home from a rescue group, they’ll be able to
start the rescue cycle over again with another lucky animal. One kind
act = two saved lives!

Ready to rescue your next best friend?

Right now, thousands of dogs and puppies, cats and kittens — and
many other animals — are ready and waiting for their perfect someone
to come along. 
https://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/reasons-to-adopt.php
Arthur was an Ecuadorian street dog who attached himself to a Swedish extreme sports team when
they were competing in the Adventure Racing World Championship in 2014, was brought to Sweden
and has inspired a foundation to help other Ecuadorian street dogs.
In November 2014, Mikael Lindnord was in Ecuador as leader of the four-person Team Peak
Performance, competing in the Adventure Racing World Championship in the Amazon rainforest,
when he offered a canned meatball to a street dog.[1][2] The dog then followed the team for the rest of
the race. He sometimes had to be hauled out of deep mud, and during an ocean kayaking leg he
jumped into the water and swam alongside until Lindnord hauled him aboard, after which he delayed
the team by jumping back in after fish.[3][4][5][6][7] Lindnord named him Arthur after King Arthur of Britain.[5]
[8][9]

After the team raised money through a Twitter campaign,[6] received assistance from the Ecuadorian
Minister for Social Affairs,[10] and obtained permission from the Swedish Board of Agriculture,
Lindnord was able to bring Arthur back to Sweden. [1][4][11] Arthur required veterinary care for wounds
that he had apparently had for several months and had to remain in quarantine for 120 days; in
March 2015, after dental surgery, a "small operation" [12] and a press conference, he went to live with
Lindnord and his family in Örnsköldsvik.[2][13][14][15][16][17][18] According to Lindnord, Arthur was seven years
old when brought to Sweden. [10]
In May 2015 Arthur accompanied the team in the Wings For Life World Run in Kalmar.[19][20]
The team started a charity named Arthur's Foundation to help street dogs in Ecuador. [1][2][8][9][19][21] There
are plans for a "Community Dog" project to provide food and veterinary care, [22] and Lindnord has co-
written a book about Arthur, which was published in 2016. [9]
In late November 2014 Vicente Quiñónez of Quinindé told an Ecuadorian newspaper that Arthur was
his dog, Barbuncho,[23][24][25] and by late December others had also claimed to be the dog's owner, but
after a petition was started by Ecuadorians asking for his former owners to be punished for causing
his wounds, all the claims were dropped. [8]
On 9 December 2020 Lindnord announced on his Instagram account that Arthur had died. [26]