Posted on 07/22/2019 2:25:53 PM PDT by Red Badger
People who have small dogs have been warned to keep their pets inside after a chihuahua was snatched by a seagull from its owner's back garden.
Gizmo, a four-years-old chihuahua, is still missing after a bird swooped down and carried the animal away in its beak.
Becca Hill, 24, of Paignton, Devon, is hoping her pet will be found alive, and has asked locals to keep a lookout for it.
"My partner was in the garden putting the washing out at the time and suddenly he saw it swoop down. It carried Gizmo a fair way as we couldn't see him any more. I have no idea if he was dropped or where he is now," Ms Hill told the Devon Live website.
She also posted about Gizmo on Facebook. "Please, please, please, anyone finds a chihuahua he's mine, a seagull took him from my garden," she wrote.
Ms Hill said her six-year-old daughter is "really upset" and "missing her dog".
Experts have been drafted in as the search for the pet continues, and neighbours have been checking their roofs and gardens.
UAV lost dog search and rescue who have been helping the family said on Sunday night: “Search for this evening has been called off.
"A lot of gardens have been checked and cleared along with rooftops, garage roofs and trees.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
A seagull once dropped a fish on our deck. The fish was about a foot long and was flopping around.
I remember this story about an owl carrying off a chihuahua because I’m about a half hour away from where it happened: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2468601/posts
Haha, grumpy cat says GOOD!
I saw one steal a plastic “baby” Flounder lure out of my friends tackle box on the beach!
The photo must be 4 years old if it is of Gizmo. That’s not a 4 year old puppy. I don’t know if I want believe a gull is capable of carrying off a full grown Chihuahua, unless the gulls in the UK are bigger and stronger than they are on the US East coast.
Jonathan Lesbian Seagull... there’s some low hanging parody fruit.
Easily..................
Grumpy Cat ain’t saying sh@t, its dead.
Are slingshots outlawed in Kali?
Dogs should not be bred small enough to be scooped up by a seagull. That’s just unnatural.
I know some folks who had an ocicat (paid $3,000 for it) and lived in the mountains NE of me (Montana).
They NEVER let the cat out, however one day it escaped and a Bald Eagle grabbed it.
They were very upset...and the eagle visited at the same time of day for the next two months...
Terrible about the little pooch. But it made me realize that here in America we never use the word partner any more, for a romantic relationship. Here, if someone says “my partner,” we assume it is a business partner. Which it always is. Gays say my boyfriend or girlfriend (or husband or wife). Straights never really used partner much. But in England they seem to really like that word.
Got me, but we all know weird things happen in Houston. It makes me wonder what would come up if you googled “Seagull chihuahua Houston.”
In Britain, they use “partner” for everything from a one night stand to a spouse.
I thought that there was a standing rule that all chihuahua owners should follow.
Rule #1: You are, “Blaster.”
Rule #2: Your chihuahua is, “Master.”
Act accordingly.
Lol! And you can’t tell the gender, either, from the word. “tell my partner I’m just going to the loo” - it could be any of the people there!!!
Here in S.E. Michigan, we use chihuahuas as surface bait when trolling for muskies............
That’s a coffee-spitter right there.
I think part of the appeal is that a reader doesn’t know the sex of the “partner.”
On the one hand, the public really has no need to know, but on the other hand, the people involved chose to become objects of public attention, so maybe they owe the public a certain amount of information.
Nom nom nom…
The poor little dog was seagull dinner.
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