Maria de Fatima Cordeiro Marques, who recovered from the coronavirus disease, pets her adopted dog Sansa as she arrives at home, as a part of a pet delivery campaign to find homes for abandoned animals managed by Rio de Janeiro City Hall during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Three-year-old Sansa, a black dog with a white spot on her belly, spent nearly a year in a Rio de Janeiro animal shelter before the coronavirus pandemic restricted visitors, making her odds of being adopted even dimmer.
But then she had a lucky break. The shelter's new 'pet delivery' service found Sansa a home, bringing company to Maria Fatima Cordeiro Marques, a 73-year-old retired nurse isolating in her house alone.
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