Reciprocated Attraction
The moment Sara approached to caress Ginger; Ginger fell in love with her touch. In all these years, while working as a guard dog, Ginger never experienced this kind of generosity. Sara’s footsteps brought Ginger the much-awaited warmth in her life. She reciprocated her love immediately. It’s surprising as to how a mere human touch brought these two species together. Since then Ginger has always looked upto Sara for all the love and affection.
Dear Shadow
Just like a shadow never leaves your side, Ginger never left Sara’s sight. She would follow her to all the places Sara went. Sara was quite astonished by Ginger following her to all the locations. She was surprised by her loyalty. Sara would travel to work, studying about chimps all day and Ginger would follow her everywhere. Leon says, ” The distance to work would have been some 10 kilometers, and she and Ginger would walk that path together.”
Play Buddies
Ginger and Sara came closer day by day. The bond they shared was a lot more than that amongst a pet and an owner. They would walk together, roam in together, play together. Every time Sara got free from her work, she would want to play with Ginger. She took her along at all her work locations. They both began stealing time from their hectic schedules to romp together.
Cuddling Partners
With every passing second, the love between Ginger and Sara was growing deeper and deeper. Imagining a day without each other would scare them to wits. Every night, Ginger would curl up to Sara and she too would cuddle her up. Ginger would lick her up and Sara with all her affection would hug her. They both would sleep in together in a bed and would wake up cuddling next to each other.
Is It Time To Leave
The Wildlife Project came to an end and it was time for Sara to go back to Barcelona. But, does that mean that Sara would have to say bye to Ginger? Sara was in a state of huge dilemma. She has never been this weak in making a decision. All the time she would think about Ginger and the sight of leaving her behind would haunt her. Entire day she would just roam from left to right in her room and would worry about Ginger.
Time For Adieu
Finally, the day was there when Sara had to leave Zambia and head to Barcelona. After spending a week of sleepless nights, Sara arrived at a decision. Leone decided to leave behind her beloved Ginger in the sanctuary and carry on with her work. Sara said, “Ginger was a wild dog after all. She couldn’t carry an African dog with herself.”Leone bids a heart filled adieu to Ginger and leaves for her hometown sadly.