A 1-year-old dog was found at a landfill, unable to walk due to complex femur and pelvic fractures, and was brought to the UC Davis William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital for surgical repair.
After being found in a landfill, a border collie/Australian shepherd mix has undergone surgery to repair fractures to his femur and pelvis at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH).
The approximately 1-year-old dog, later named Fig, was spotted by workers at the Potrero Hills Landfill in Solano County, California, after emerging from a recently offloaded pile of garbage. The circumstances that led to him being in the trash remain unclear, and he has not been claimed by an owner, according to UC Davis.1…