Unicorn Dog Finally Gets Adopted
Narwhal, a 10-week-old puppy with a tail growing between his eyes has finally been adopted by Rochelle Steffen, the founder of Mac’s Mission, which is a nonprofit dog rescue organization that focuses on helping dogs with special needs.
Narwhal, the 10-week-old furball who has a small tail-like growth on his forehead, was adopted! https://t.co/3oa12WL7hM
— Good Morning America (@GMA) December 4, 2019
From Trash Dumping Site To Internet Famous
This little unicorn pup was found by the rescue team in Jackson, Missouri at a trash dumping site in the freezing cold. He was taken back to the rescue center in which they ran medical scans on him and to everyone’s delight, the puppy was perfectly healthy.
“He had x-rays and a vet visit … and is a perfectly healthy puppy, with an extra tail on his face,” Rochelle said, according to Good Morning America. “There is no medical need to remove it currently and it is a third the size of his actual tail.”
Once Mac’s Mission posted pictures of Narwhal to their Instagram the little guy went absolutely viral. Getting over 47 thousand “likes” to his picture on a page that normally gets around 2 thousand “likes” on images.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4x_VVwgpuN/
Why She Decided To Adopt Narwhal
Before Rochelle decided to adopt Narwhal herself, he was put up for adoption and got hundreds of allocations to take him. Scared that he would be exploited and used to make money unethically due to his rare extra tail, the organization owner decided to keep him.
“If somebody is going to make money off of him, I would love to see it go toward the rescue, and save thousands more dogs,” Rochelle told the Southeast Missourian.
Everyone at the rescue center was falling in love with him anyway and with all the attention he was bringing to all the other unfortunate dogs it made sense to keep him. Congratulations on your new home Narwhal!