Baby carried to safety by stray dog after being abandoned in trash in Lebanon

NEW YORK POST

A stray dog was found carrying an abandoned baby girl who had been ditched inside a garbage bag left outside a municipal building in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli on Wednesday.

A passerby heard the stifled cries of the baby coming from inside the black trash bag, which was being held in the dog’s mouth, and sprang into action, the National reported.

She was first taken to the Islamic Hospital by a bystander before being transferred to the Tripoli Government Hospital.

Pictures circulating online show the infant with abrasions and red bruises across her entire face and body.

There have been conflicting reports on the baby’s age.

Some accounts stated that she was believed to be about 4 months old, while others claimed she had been born mere hours before being abandoned.

As word spread online of the baby’s miraculous recovery, many social media users were quick to offer to adopt the child..

“Some say that the dog is an unclean animal and, of course, this is not true,” one commentator tweeted.

“The dog has much more humanity, kindness, cunning, and intelligence than some satanic mutants in human form,” he said.

“Animals have more compassion than humans,” tweeted another.