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A Rescue Dog Went Blind. Now She’s Helping Other Pups Avoid Her Fate.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/world/europe/rescue-dog-blindness-dna-test.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D04.pHFj.QQzFaOVk3fg_&smid=url-share

Shola, who assisted with search-and-rescue operations in the U.K., has moved to her second act: saving other English Shepherds from blindness.

A Rescue Dog Went Blind. Now She’s Helping Other Pups Avoid Her Fate.

Shola's DNA samples helped researchers decipher a new variant of progressive retinal atrophy. Now, other dogs can be checked for the gene that causes the blindness condition before being used for breeding. She's also really cute.

4 comments

Etterra

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I know it's because she's blind, but those white eyes look like they're staring right into my soul.

Aatube

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Fear not, for you have nothing to judge of, thus She will not condemn

okay that was horrible

reddig33

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Here’s hoping they can find a cure for it (like gene therapy).

ToyDork

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Fortunately, dogs rely on scent and hearing as well as vision. Tragic she lost her vision, but she'll probably prefer that to losing olfactory senses, to a dog that's like when we lose both of our hands.