THIS IS ABOUT THE DOG MENTIONED IN THE POST BEFORE THIS F ROM Ulrika Schofield We tried to piece together her story but we, obviously, cannot be sure what really happened. We think that she was used for lamping by the gypsies and broke her leg in the dark. She was elderly going by the grey on her face and very, very thin. We know without a shadow of a doubt that she belonged to someone in the nearby gypsy settlement because she was seen being trained, tied to the back of a quad bike. Because she was hurt and elderly she must then have been used as a bait dog as she was covered in bite wounds which had become infected. She must also have suffered from some internal injuries because there was a discharge coming from her bottom. We found her on Monday afternoon after some anglers told us that they had seen a black dog staggering along the canal and collapsing in some bushes. She had either been thrown out to die or managed to escape and walked for as long as she could. When we found her she was in a very, very bad way. All the bites had flies on them, there were maggots around her bottom, mouth and eyes and she was filthy. As if that wasnt bad enough we couldnt find any professional body to come out and help us. The RSPCA werent interested, the police didnt want to know, none of the local vets were interested, the dog warden wouldnt take an injured dog and the council referred us back to the RSPCA. We cleaned her up as best we could, covered her bottom with a cloth to keep the flies away, removed as many of the maggots as we could find, disinfected the bites and syringed some water into her mouth. In despair I telephoned our vet clinic and they told us to get her there as soon ass possible. Our vet is over 35 miles away but we had no choice but to take her there because no-one else wanted to help. So my husband bundled her into the back of his works van and Steve, one of his co-workers, cradled her in his arms and off they went, going hell for leather. Sadly, only about half an hour into the journey, she died. My husband brought her back, we took her to our house and gave her a dignified funeral in our paddock. We named her Carlie! ...and yes, friends, this is the UK and this is NOT an isolated case! I am still so very sad that it had to end like this. What sort of country am I living in where the organisations who are supposed to help animals in distress just cannot be bothered? Words absolutely fail me
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 22:21:30 +0000
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