Queensland, Australia: Shadow, an adorable pet pooch, is currently making headlines all over the world after giving birth to a litter of 21 puppies.
Shadow, a Neapolitan Mastiff, has broken the record of Australia, which was 19.
According to a news report by the Animal Emergency Service, Shadow had an emergency caesarian operation on April 20, 2020.
Dr. Patrycja Zimmermann, a veterinary that treated her and helped her deliver the puppies, said:
Shadow was so flat when she arrived, and we learned from her owner she had delivered three puppies at home already. After four hours of no activity and a puppy that didn’t make it, her owner brought her into us expecting the worst.
Once they examined her, they realized that Shadow was carrying more puppies, which forced doctors to give her an emergency operation.
It took a team of 10 vets and a couple of nurses to assist in the removal of the 18 puppies.
The bad news about this is that only 18 puppies survived.
Shadow is currently recovering at her owner’s house and is with her puppies.