The exciting story of Bella, the dog who survived the shipwreck and was adopted by one of her rescuers

One of the crew members of the Mexican ship that rescued the Australian castaway lost for three months in the Pacific used a Prettythe dog that accompanied him on the odyssey. Genaro RosalesThe fisherman of the ship, took care of the animal after the rescue, for which the castaway offered to adopt her, so that she would have a place where she could “be calm”.

Timothy Shaddock, 54, had adopted Bella before leaving, in Mexico. “Bella I found myself in the middle of Mexico. I wanted to find her a home three times, but it always kept coming back to me. My mood in the middle of the sea was maintained thanks to her, he is braver than me“said the survivor.

Together, they began the journey on their catamaran, from the port of Baja California Sur with the aim of reaching French Polynesia, a journey of more than 6,000 kilometers. However, a hurricane ripped the sail off the boat and the engine stopped working, leaving the Australian sailor and his dog adrift.

Rosales explained that the dog suffered a lot during the time they were at sea, since Shaddock and Bella survived on the basis of raw fish and rainwater. The castaway highlighted the importance that Bella had in her odyssey. “She is Mexican and her spirit is from this country,” he stressed.

The rescuer was one of those who became most attached to Bella and was in charge of taking care of her and curing her in her extreme situation. “Bella had a wound in his armpit and a companion and I gave him cures. Shaddock saw me, and immediately asked me if I liked dogs,” Rosales narrated.

In an interview with the Mexican media MillenniumThe man narrated that the adoption took place because Shaddock “commented that the dog had already suffered a lot” and explained that “she has a nervous tic from stress, on his leg. When she falls asleep, she hops her little leg.”

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The 48-year-old fisherman said the Australian will return to his country at some point and no longer wants to take the dog on another trip, “Not because I don’t love her, on the contrary: because you want me to have a place where you can be calm”.

“Several prepared it to ask, but he he chose me because he saw the love, the cures and the attention”, narrated Rosales, proud. In a couple of weeks, the fisherman will go on a trip again with the company that found the castaway, but first he will take Bella to MazatlanSinaloa, which will be his new home, along with his parents and his “dog brother”, a pug named Vicente.

Timothy Shaddock’s feat

Timothy Lyndsay ShaddockA Sydney inhabitant, set sail from the city of La Paz, Mexico, with his dog Bella for the French overseas community in April, but his catamaran “Aloha Toa” broke down a few weeks later.

“He went through a very difficult test at sea”Shaddock told the Australian channel nine news after being rescued and after surviving on raw fish and rainwater.

Grupomar, owner of the tuna vessel that located the castaway and Bella on board the vessel, reported that the Australian “was found over 1,200 land miles” (more than 1,900 kilometers). In addition, they indicated that they took the man to the Mexican port of Manzanillo.

The crew was commanded by Captain Óscar Meza Oregón, who after locating Shaddock He asked to keep him and his pet on the ship. In images released by the company, the sailor appears with a bushy beard and long hair, an emaciated face and his thin body building an orange life jacket.

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Shortly after his rescue, the press released some photos of Shaddock showing him happy and with a blood pressure monitor on his arm. The medical check-up was carried out by the doctor on board the ship, who stated that Shaddock showed “normal vital signs” although he presented dehydration symptoms.

Professor of physiology Mike Tipton, from the University of Portsmouth, showed that “the chances of anyone being found are pretty slim” and stressed that the sunburn may have likely affected the castaway’s health, as well as his ability to regulate his body temperature, since it was possible for him to lose up to one or two liters of water per hour through sweat.

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