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Australiano que passou dois meses à deriva com cachorro se despede de animal

Tim Shaddock precisou retornar ao país, mas conseguiu lar para cadela, que ficou no México

Tim Shaddock ficou dois meses à deriva no oceano Pacífico junto com uma cachorra - AFP

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A história do homem que ficou dois meses à deriva no oceano Pacífico junto com uma cachorra repercutiu. Tim Shaddock, 51, e a cachorra Bella partiram do México em direção à Polinésia Francesa em abril.

A amizade começou pouco tempo antes de os dois começarem a viagem. Porém, a embarcação em que estavam foi danificada por uma tempestade várias semanas depois e eles ficaram perdidos no mar. Neste mês, foram resgatados por um barco de pesca depois que um helicóptero os avistou em alto-mar.

Porém, os dois tiveram que se separar assim que retornaram à costa. Isso porque o velejador australiano precisou voltar ao seu país de origem. Antes disso, porém, deixou Bella com a tripulação do barco Maria Delia, embarcação o resgatou.

Imagens do resgate de Tim Shaddock e da cachorra Bella. REUTERS/JESUS LOZOYA

Imagens do resgate de Tim Shaddock e da cachorra Bella. AFP/ULISES RUIZ

Imagens do resgate de Tim Shaddock e da cachorra Bella. AFP/ULISES RUIZ

A member of the crew of the Mexican tuna vessel "Maria Delia" poses for a picture with "Bella", Australian sailor Tim Shaddock's dog, after arriving at the port of Manzanillo, Colima State, on July 18, 2023. An Australian sailor and his dog were rescued after more than two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean, surviving the ordeal by drinking rainwater and snacking on raw fish. Shaddock and his dog Bella set off in a catamaran from Mexico's seaside city of La Paz in April, and planned to sail about 6,000 kilometres (3,700 miles) before dropping anchor in tropical French Polynesia. (Photo by ULISES RUIZ / AFP) ORG XMIT: 248. AFP/ULISES RUIZ

Australian sailor Tim Shaddock gives a thumbs up after arriving at the port of Manzanillo, Colima State, on July 18, 2023. An Australian sailor and his dog were rescued after more than two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean, surviving the ordeal by drinking rainwater and snacking on raw fish. Shaddock and his dog Bella set off in a catamaran from Mexico's seaside city of La Paz in April, and planned to sail about 6,000 kilometres (3,700 miles) before dropping anchor in tropical French Polynesia. (Photo by ULISES RUIZ / AFP) ORG XMIT: 244. AFP/ULISES RUIZ

Members of the crew of the Mexican tuna vessel "Maria Delia" pose for a picture with "Bella", Australian sailor Tim Shaddock's dog, after arriving at the port of Manzanillo, Colima State, on July 18, 2023. An Australian sailor and his dog were rescued after more than two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean, surviving the ordeal by drinking rainwater and snacking on raw fish. Shaddock and his dog Bella set off in a catamaran from Mexico's seaside city of La Paz in April, and planned to sail about 6,000 kilometres (3,700 miles) before dropping anchor in tropical French Polynesia. (Photo by ULISES RUIZ / AFP) ORG XMIT: 246. AFP/ULISES RUIZ

Members of the crew of the Mexican tuna vessel "Maria Delia" pose for a picture with "Bella", Australian sailor Tim Shaddock's dog, after arriving at the port of Manzanillo, Colima State, on July 18, 2023. An Australian sailor and his dog were rescued after more than two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean, surviving the ordeal by drinking rainwater and snacking on raw fish. Shaddock and his dog Bella set off in a catamaran from Mexico's seaside city of La Paz in April, and planned to sail about 6,000 kilometres (3,700 miles) before dropping anchor in tropical French Polynesia. (Photo by ULISES RUIZ / AFP) ORG XMIT: 245. AFP/ULISES RUIZ

Australian sailor Timothy Lindsay Shaddock, 54, who went adrift with his dog Bella over two months and rescued by a Mexican tuna trawler, is flanked by agents of Mexico's National Institute of Migration (INM) after receiving a temporary visa to regularize his situation in the country, at the offices of the institute in Colima, Mexico, in this handout picture distributed to Reuters on July 18, 2023. Mexico's National Institute of Migration (INM)/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE. ORG XMIT: TBR14. via REUTERS/MEXICO'S NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF M

Australian sailor Timothy Lindsay Shaddock, 54, who went adrift with his dog Bella over two months and rescued by a Mexican tuna trawler, is checked by a doctor before receiving a temporary visa to regularize his situation in the country, at the offices of the Mexico's National Institute of Migration (INM) in Colima, Mexico, in this handout picture distributed to Reuters on July 18, 2023. Mexico's National Institute of Migration (INM)/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE. ORG XMIT: TBR16. via REUTERS/MEXICO'S NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF M

Australian sailor Timothy Lindsay Shaddock, 54, who went adrift with his dog Bella over two months and rescued by a Mexican tuna trawler, is checked by a doctor before receiving a temporary visa to regularize his situation in the country, at the offices of the Mexico's National Institute of Migration (INM) in Colima, Mexico, in this handout picture distributed to Reuters on July 18, 2023. Mexico's National Institute of Migration (INM)/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE. ORG XMIT: TBR17. via REUTERS/MEXICO'S NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF M

Imagens do resgate de Tim Shaddock e da cachorra Bella. AFP/HANDOUT

TOPSHOT - This handout picture released by Grupomar shows Australian sailor Tim Shaddock and his dog "Bella" being rescued by the crew of a Mexican tuna vessel, part of the Grupomar fleet, in the Pacific Ocean on July 17, 2023. An Australian sailor rescued with his dog after more than two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean arrived in Mexico Tuesday, declaring, "I am so grateful. I'm alive." Tim Shaddock was picked up with his dog "Bella" by a tuna vessel after the pair survived for weeks on raw fish and rainwater on their storm-crippled boat. (Photo by Handout / Grupomar / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / GRUPOMAR" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. AFP/HANDOUT

"Ela é incrível, aquela cachorra é outra coisa, sou um pouco tendencioso, mas sim. Bella parecia ter me encontrado no meio do México, ela é mexicana, ela é o espírito do meio do país e não me deixou ir", disse segundo o jornal americano New York Post.

Antes de conseguir o novo lar para o animal, Tim afirmou que procurou três vezes por alguém que a adotasse. "Ela é muito mais corajosa do que eu, com certeza."

Quando a dupla foi encontrada, perto da costa oeste do México, dois meses depois que partiu, o homem estava muito mais magro e com uma grande barba. Tim disse que ele e a cachorra sobreviveram comendo peixe cru e tomando água da chuva.

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