Overview
- The video, posted Wednesday by breeder Victor Gabriel Marques, shows the 75-year-old standing beside two Cane Corso dogs and accepting a new female puppy.
- After recent wheelchair sightings, there was no official health update, but the clip drew surprise and supportive comments online.
- Silva has undergone a heart transplant in 2023, a kidney transplant in 2024, and a liver transplant plus a renal retransplant in 2025 at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, with the 2025 procedures using organs from a single compatible donor confirmed by São Paulo’s transplant authority.
- Marques thanked him and said he helped introduce the Cane Corso to Brazil and was among the first local breeders.
- The Cane Corso is a large Italian guardian breed recognized by the FCI, the international kennel federation, in 1996 and it gained a foothold in Brazil in the 2000s.