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Niall Harbison@NiallHarbison · Mar 20, 2026

We rescued Apollo 7 weeks ago. To say it has been complicated would be an understatement but we have some unbelievable…

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Apollo, a wild street dog rescued 7 weeks ago, had a treatable cancer on his nose with maggot infestation. After his medical condition improved, he escaped and traveled 10 miles through the jungle back to his territory, but was recaptured to continue his 6-week chemotherapy treatment, with vets optimistic about fully healing his face.

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    We rescued Apollo 7 weeks ago. To say it has been complicated would be an understatement but we have some unbelievable progress now… (1/7) 🧵

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    He is a wild street dog. It took us a week to catch him as he was so scared. We got him just in time. An injury on his nose was being eaten alive by maggots. I didn’t know if there was much we could do… (2/7)

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    Our medical team worked for weeks. We found out it was a treatable cancer. It was a huge team effort and we started to see huge progress but then it all went bad… (3/7)

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    Apollo was in isolation and started getting worked up wanting to leave as he started feeling better. One day he bit me in panic and nearly escaped. 2 days later same thing happened with another team member and he did escape. We lost him for a week (4/7)

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    We were stunned to get a call from the lady who has fed Apollo for years on the streets. He had traveled 10 miles across the island via the jungle to where she fed him. He was at home with his pack in his area. (5/7)

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    Our team swung into action again and we darted Apollo. He clearly doesn’t want to be with us but he needs his Chemo to cure his cancer. It will be a 6 week process and we will have to keep him very very secure (6/7)

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    The good news is we’ve managed to save his face. The vets believe it will continue to close. They will also do a small procedure and maybe some skin graft to close it fully. Probably the hardest rescue ever but we’ll get him back to his beautiful best eventually ❤️ (7/7)