A stray dog named Rubia, rescued from Havana's Colon Cemetery, escaped from a farm shelter and was found by chance. After months of searching, a couple adopted her, where she finally adapted happily. The story highlights rescuer Gilda's efforts amid animal abandonment.
Rubia was a stray dog in Havana's Colon Cemetery, surviving among tombs and distrusting humans. Kind women brought her food despite cemetery administration objections. Gilda, a rescuer from Centro Habana, captured her despite resistance and performed a hysterectomy to prevent abandoned litters. Unable to keep her at home, where she cares for several dogs, Gilda housed her temporarily in a borrowed apartment, where Rubia isolated herself for a year, eating only when alone. She was then moved to a walled farm shelter, but Rubia dug a tunnel and escaped. Gilda posted flyers, used social media, and offered a reward. Months later, while Gilda and her daughter pushed a broken electric motorcycle, a stranger helped and revealed he had Rubia, found surviving wildly in a lonely area. After posting the story, a woman contacted Gilda: her daughter wanted to adopt her. Despite initial doubts, the next day Rubia was relaxed between the young couple, eating from their hands.