Fresa, 5, stands inside the dog shelter "Santuario Milagros Caninos" on the outskirts of Mexico City. (REUTERS)
Fresa underwent reconstructive surgery after her previous owners hacked off half of her snout with a sharp object, possibly a machete, according to surgeon Jesus Paredes. (REUTERS)
After neighbours found Fresa wandering on the streets, they handed her over to a shelter where Paredes performed a three-hours intervention to enable her to breathe again through her nostrils, to remove her protruding jaw and reconstruct the lips with flaps of skin and mucous. (REUTERS)
Pic: Reuters
Pic: Reuters
Pic: Reuters