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Animal welfare organizations work miracles every day with the precious fur babies they rescue. Many neglected and abused dogs and cats saved from their difficult circumstances get a second chance at life thanks to these dedicated animal advocates<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chico the Chihuahua mix<\/a> is one of those success stories. Discovered by the rescue team from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), Chico was forced to live outside in a small, worn out crate. His only bedding was a block of concrete. Thankfully, PETA put a stop to this injustice.<\/p>\n The Instagram post from @peta told Chico’s story and the poor condition the Chi mix had to endure.<\/p>\n “This six-pound dog only had a concrete block to curl up by for comfort,” the onscreen text explained, showing the small and emaciated brown dog tied to an old crate outside. “PETA found Chico a rack of bones, tethered and isolated outside, in desperate need of help.”<\/p>\n Though Chico was living in such horrible conditions, his parent didn’t make any adjustments and was reluctant to turn him over to PETA.<\/p>\n “We tried to get him surrendered for months before his owner finally agreed,” the story continued as a PETA Rescue Team member carried him to their van to get him the care he required.<\/p>\n The video showed how scared Chico was when he first arrived at PETA’s rescue facility. Soon, he was soon able to experience love and joy in his foster home.<\/p>\n “Chico was shaky and nervous at first,” the text shared as Chico sat on a bed with cozy blankets, quivering in fear, adding the positive change once he went into foster. “Thanks to a caring foster mom, he adjusted to life indoors, enjoying things he had never known before.”<\/p>\n Today, Chico is living the life he deserves with a “wonderful loving family”. The video shared clips of Chico being cuddled by his new mom and thriving in his new home.<\/p>\n The closing image of the post showed a split screen of Chico in his unbearable concrete environment contrasted with his loving forever home where he’s snuggled in warm blankets and getting all the wonderful things he deserves.<\/p>\n Related: Rescue Chihuahua Gives Up Dog Bed for 20-Year-Old Dachshund and We’re Crying<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n “His days of hunger, thirst, fear and lonliness are behind him,” the story concluded. “Chico got to leave that 35 pounds of concrete for all the love in the world.”<\/p>\n For more information on PETA’s Rescue Team and the animals they save, or to make a donation, go to their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc36<\/a>SIGN UP to get \u201cpawsitivity\u201d delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends<\/a><\/strong>\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc3e<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade Pets<\/a> on Oct 31, 2025, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add Parade Pets as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Animal welfare organizations work miracles every day with the precious fur babies they rescue. Many neglected and abused dogs and cats saved from their difficult circumstances get a second chance at life thanks to these dedicated animal advocates. Chico the Chihuahua mix is one of those success stories. Discovered by the rescue team from PETA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pets-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Chico Now Has a Forever Family<\/h2>\n
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