A disabled dog who was adopted after three years at the shelter has suffered the heartbreak of being returned months later.

Cola was found wandering the streets of India in 2020 during the COVID pandemic. She was rescued by Kannan Animal Welfare alongside her brother Floofy.

In March 2023, Cola made the epic journey over to the U.S. and Twenty Paws Rescue (TPR), a rescue and rehabilitation facility operating in the New York City tristate.

By the time Cola arrived in the U.S., she had already lost her two hind legs . "Something happened to her, we don't exactly know what. However, it left her so devastatingly injured that she lost her two back legs," Rachel, co-founder of TPR, told Newsweek .

Cola began her time in the U.S. by staying with a foster carer. It was a huge adjustment.

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