A dog beaten and buried alive is being released from State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital after surgery to surgically repair her sinuses.

Theia, the formerly homeless dog from Moses Lake, will return in about four weeks a follow-up. 

Several weeks ago, she was hit by a car, bludgeoned by a person who may have been attempting a mercy killing and buried alive. Four days later, the puppy made her way out of a shallow grave and, eventually, into Sara Mellado’s home.

See The Spokesman-Review story here: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/apr/01/dog-run-over-beaten-buried-makes-comeback/

WSU's College of Veterinary Medicine has been providing the dog's care.

Mellado set up a crowd source funding site for Theia’s care: http://www.gofundme.com/nfg6uc. In one month, the appeal attracted gifts of more than $28,000 from more than 800 people around the world, according to WSU officials. Mellado has promised that any remaining funds will be donated back to the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine’s Good Samaritan Fund.

For information about the fund, visit http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/GoodSam.

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