RIONA, THE RESCUED DOG THAT WAS SET ON FIRE, HAD RECOVERED FROM HER INJURIES, AND FOUND HER FOREVER HOME!

Almost a year ago, Riona, had seen running, as she was on fire on the streets of Nutbush, Tennessee. The pitbull mix were set on fire, by terrible humans, as there was a smell of gas on her.

Mallory Mclemore of Bluff City Veterinary Specialists said to Memphis Commercial Appeal, that, “All you could smell was gas,”

“She was burnt and covered in diesel fuel… It confirmed she was set on fire via witness statements,” added founder of the Tails of Hope Dog Rescue, Ginger Natoli.

“We have obtained ring cam footage from a neighbor that also shows her running in a ball of flames.”

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Luckily, the veterinarians, had saved her right eye, with the on time medical intervention.

Tails of Hope Dog Rescue had cared for her as she had received treatment from Bluff City Veterinary Specialists.

After almost a year, she had fully recovered from her injuries, and her mental health, which was affected as traumatized by the horrible event, is finally started to improve.

“She’s just always wagging her tail,”

“That’s what makes it even worse, I guess. Not that it would ever be OK, but just being so sweet and for somebody to do something like this to her. She just loves everybody.”

“She’s actually kind of cute with one ear,”

“It makes her personality cute.”

The person who did the terrible thing to the Riona, 43-year-old Quishon Brown, was arrested after he was found guilty with the charge, misdemeanor assault and two felonies, aggravated cruelty to animals and setting fire to personal property.

As she had continued to recover from her injuries, she finally had her forever home too.

“Our goal was to get her a forever home, and that’s exactly what we found,”

“Riona has other dogs to play with, she has children to play with, she’s got a big yard to play in, she’s got a family that has experience in the medical field and an understanding of what her injuries were.”

“Riona’s story is not coming to an end, in fact it is really just beginning,”

“We have all been a part of this miracle, our ‘warrior’ girl.”

“There is always another in need. Now we get to be part of yet another story.”

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