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Stray Dog Saves Abandoned Baby in Lebanon, Raising Awareness of Overlapping Crises

By Jenna Wadsworth

A stray dog may be to thank for saving an abandoned baby in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli on Wednesday. The incident also raises awareness of the larger overlapping crises faced by the country’s population. Lebanon has been experiencing an economic downturn, which has worsened the state of both child and animal…

Jenna Wadsworth
Jenna Wadsworth

Jenna was the Managing Editor of DogTime.com and CatTime.com from June 2023 through December 2024. She is the proud helicopter dog mom of her rescue pups Washington and Goldie Hawn. She grew up in rural North Carolina on a family farm, which is where her love of animals became apparent as she quite literally endeavored to save every abandoned fur baby within the farm's proximity. Jenna has worked as a book editor, ghostwriter, and speech writer for various political personalities across the country. She is passionate about animal rights, sustainable agriculture, equality, and climate change—even appearing on PBS NewsHour, as well as in NBC News, The Nation, The Advocate, Yahoo News, and Newsweek.

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