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They smelled it before they saw it: infection. Instantly, fieldworkers knew they would find a severe wound somewhere on Cinnamon, a sweet-natured dog PETA\u2019s field team had been visiting in Bertie County, North Carolina, for more than a year and who\u2014since puppyhood\u2014had been forced to live outside. The source of the rancid smell of decay, fieldworkers quickly discovered, was an embedded collar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"fieldworker<\/a>
This was PETA\u2019s first meeting with Cinnamon, who has since been renamed Liora. She had only a wire crate for \u201cshelter.\u201d Fieldworkers provided the dog with this plastic doghouse during that first meeting \u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Tiny<\/a>
\u2026 and quickly returned with an upgraded wooden doghouse, one with a roof overhang for shade during the sweltering summers as well as insulation for northeastern North Carolina\u2019s freezing winters. This<\/em> photo was taken during Liora\u2019s last day of being forced to live outdoors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As if an embedded collar weren\u2019t torturous enough\u2014not to mention the general neglect Cinnamon was subject to day in and day out\u2014a snowstorm had just rolled through PETA\u2019s field team\u2019s service area. On what turned out to be her rescue day, fieldworkers were visiting Cinnamon to bring her insulating straw, replace her ice block of a bucket with fresh water, and provide her with the love and attention she and all dogs deserve every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cinnamon, you see, had always been a bit of a fieldworker favorite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Feidlworker<\/a>
I (pictured above) was no stranger to pleading with this gregarious girl\u2019s now former owners, pressing for the chance to find her a cozy home indoors with guardians who would treat her as a proper member of the family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Despite fieldworkers\u2019 countless pleas, for more than a year, Cinnamon\u2019s owners refused to allow PETA the chance to do better for the sweet dog. But the embedded collar changed everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Collar<\/a>
The too-tight collar that Cinnamon\u2019s owners had fastened around her neck had cut through her skin and was deeply embedded in her flesh. Her neck was beginning to split open and was severely infected.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In a jurisdiction where keeping dogs tied up or chained outdoors 24\/7 is still permitted, PETA\u2019s fieldworkers are sometimes forced to do whatever they can just to make life a little less hellish for dogs\u2014that is, until their owners finally agree to relinquish custody. But a massive, reeking, impossible-to-ignore infected wound\u2014fieldworkers were certain\u2014was<\/em> an atrocity that law-enforcement officials would find actionable. So PETA immediately alerted the Bertie County Sheriff\u2019s Office, and multiple deputies quickly met fieldworkers at the scene. With the deputies\u2019 assistance, Cinnamon\u2019s owners finally granted PETA permission to take custody of the dog\u2014and, mere days later, Bertie County Sheriff\u2019s Office charged Cinnamon\u2019s owner with cruelty to animals. Fieldworkers rushed Cinnamon to an emergency veterinary clinic, and following a sensitive surgery, Cinnamon was officially embedded collar\u2013free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Liora<\/a>
For her first year or two of life, Cinnamon was robbed of a true family. But in PETA\u2019s care, newly named Liora was quick to prove no one can steal her light.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With new digs and a new leash<\/em> on life, Cinnamon\u2014who appeared to have no allegiance to the moniker her former owners had given her and evidently never called her\u2014seemed deserving of a new name, too. Inspired by the dog\u2019s light shining bright despite the darkest start to life, one of the fieldworkers who rescued Cinnamon and rushed her for emergency care dubbed the perky pup Liora, or \u201cmy light.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Dog<\/a>
No offense to all the Cinnamons out there! If PETA fieldworkers had a nickel for every \u201cCinnamon\u201d they\u2019d met, well, you\u2019d probably find us at a Rosie\u2019s Gaming Emporium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Although she can be a little shy at first, Liora\u2019s sparkly personality ultimately dazzles everyone she meets. She seems equally as happy going for a walk or playing with a toy as she does showing off her skills as the world\u2019s best snuggler and snoozer. Liora is roughly 2 years old and 23 pounds, and everyone\u2019s best guess\u2014including her urgent care veterinarian\u2019s\u2014is that she is a pit bull\u2013beagle mixed breed dog. But most importantly, she is a loving individual who deserves the very best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are You Looking to Add a Little<\/s> Lotta Light to Your Life?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liora will be spayed and fully vaccinated prior to adoption. Despite the pain that the embedded collar must\u2019ve caused her, Liora\u2019s veterinary cheerleaders confirm that her neck is well on its way to being fully healed. Fieldworkers are eager to taxi lively Liora to the cozy indoor home that we\u2019ve been pushing for her to score since day one. (So long as this home is on or near the East Coast!) So if you think you\u2019re the very best for Liora, shine your own light over to Adopt@peta.org<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adopt Liora!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Cinnamon\u2019s case and recent ones like it prompted PETA last week to call on Bertie County officials to put in place an emergency ban on keeping animals outdoors. Meanwhile, Cinnamon\u2019s former owner is due in court next month. Follow PETA on Instagram<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> for updates on Cinnamon\u2019s case, and discover how you, too, can help dogs who are left outside<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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