Dog shelter accuses Leticia Sabatella from animals to animals

The Dogorrijo shelter, known for rescuing and relocating abandoned animals, spoke on Thursday after Leticia Sabatella accuses them of intermediating an illegal donation of their dogs, Bertoldo and Baby.

The institution said to F5 that the animals have been abandoned since 2022 and that the actress did not keep in touch or visited the dogs during this period. On Wednesday (19), Sabatella used her social networks to ask for help to recover dogs, claiming that a veterinarian would have donated them without their permission. Sought, Leticia Sabatella did not respond to messages and calls until the publication of this report.

The artist also reported on social networks that the veterinarian regretted donating the animals, but could not go back, since the kennel had already passed them forward.

“I am already taking legal action. We were very well attended at the Taquara Police Station,” said Sabatella. “These families have children, who cling to. I do not want to traumatize any child. I invite them to live with the dogs at my site, under my guardianship,” he concluded.

The shelter countered these lines with published videos showing the health of one of the dogs. According to Erica Faria, one of those responsible for the dog, the animal was rescued from the actress’s site with a serious wound infested by fly larvae, a condition known as myiasis.

“When these dogs were with me, where were these worried tutors? Why didn’t they pay accommodation?” She asked.

The shelter report

Erica also stated that who took care of the dogs was the veterinarian Adriene Firmo. “The actress’s site had no residents, just a caretaker. There were already other animals there, and she decided that this would be the best place for dogs to stay.”

She also says that, over time, the dogs began to suffer recurring injuries while they were with the owner. “One took a pork, another was stung by snake. Whenever that happened, they were taken to veterinary care, but then returned to the place.”

In 2024, one of the dogs, Bertoldo, suffered a neck injury that evolved into severe myiasis. “They didn’t help the dog in time because he lived alone on the site,” said Erica. The dog had to be admitted to a veterinary clinic, where he was under intensive care for six months. “We have never received any financial help, no ration bag, nothing,” he said, referring to the artist.

Adoption and controversy

In December 2023, the situation of dogs worsened. According to Erica, they were loose in Arraial do Cabo, risking the streets. Unable to harbor them again, veterinarian Adriene Firmo cost temporary hosting and asked for help in the shelter to find new tutors. “We had an adoption campaign, and the dogs were adopted in January 2024. Letícia and Daniel [Dantas, ator e marido da atriz] They never tried to prevent this process, “he said.

The NGO stressed that it had no direct involvement in the donation of animals and that it only assisted in the search for new homes at the request of the veterinarian responsible for them.

Silence in the networks

THE F5 He also had access to an extrajudicial notification that the dog received in February this year, sent by Leticia Sabatella and Daniel Dantas, with confidential character. The document prevented them from commenting on the case publicly. The institution says that, for this reason, it only spoke after the repercussion of the actress’s video.

Official Note of the Shelter:

We are aware of the allegations that are circulating and, so far, we have kept silent at the request of our lawyers, because it is a process that runs in court

However, given the unfair accusations that we donated dogs that already had tutors, we clarify that this information is completely false. Our work has always been based on ethics, responsibility and commitment to the welfare of animals.