“They Have a Child’s Soul”: 42 Puppies Born in the Atacama Desert Need Homes
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- Rescuer Florencia Butti is seeking homes for 42 puppies born at a landfill in Alto Hospicio, in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
- The campaign forms part of her effort to combat the abandonment of dogs living at the dump.
“They have a child’s soul.” That is how rescuer Florencia Butti describes 42 puppies born in a dump in Alto Hospicio, in Chile’s Tarapacá Region.
Butti has launched a campaign to find homes for the animals as part of an effort to end the abandonment suffered by dogs living at the landfill in the Atacama Desert.
They have a child’s soul.
“There are hills of garbage,” the rescuer emphasizes. The campaign has made 2026 a very different year for Butti, who began this solidarity drive to help the dogs living at the site.
There are hills of garbage.
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Originally published by BioBioChile in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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