Mazzy, our Chihuahua, thinks there's nothing like warm clothes out of the dryer...
Posted on 12/13/2011 2:35:55 PM PST by Altariel
AN emaciated dog was bound in chains and left to die in subzero temperatures.
Dublin SPCA inspectors said they are constantly dumbfounded by the appalling acts of cruelty carried out on animals.
Inspector Liam Kinsella was called to an area near the Bluebell flats off Davitt Road in Dublin where he found a terrified, shivering female dog.
The Doberman is estimated to be aged between one and two years old.
The dog was desperately malnourished and dehydrated and had severe pressure sores where the rope and chain were sawing through her skin.
She had no body fat meaning her bones were exposed to the cruel restraints.
"She was chained to a pillar with the chain going around her back legs," Inspector Kinsella said. "There was also a harness tied around her waist with a rope tied to a concrete pillar and the chains wrapped around her hind legs and looped back up through her collar.
"I am satisfied that this was a deliberate act of cruelty.
Rescued
"This animal could not have done the injuries to herself in an attempt to break free," he added.
The dog has now been rescued by DSPCA and the staff have named her Mistletoe. She is receiving veterinary care and treatment.
Shelter staff are caring for her and will be working on care to aid her recovery throughout the Christmas period.
"It's heartbreaking to see this beautiful, living, loyal creature being dumped like a piece of household rubbish," said Dublin SPCA Miriam Kerins spokesperson. "There is no excuse for this type of cruelty and abandonment."
Last year the charity rescued more than 4,400 animals and expects to rehome many more next year.
Ireland's oldest and largest animal welfare charity has urged pet owners not to abandon animals. DSPCA officers have appealed to anyone who has information about the act of cruelty to contact them, in confidence, on 01 499 4700 or call the gardai.
The Dublin SPCA is a non-Government funded charity and depends heavily on public donations, particularly at this time of year.
You will drive yourself mad dwelling on what you cannot change. Living in the country I have seen strays and have adopted all that I could. All my life, my pets have been other people’s castoffs and throwaways. I would dissolve into a heap if I thought about all the ones I couldn’t save. I simply concentrate on the ones I was able to rescue.(They are my found tresures.) Keeps me sane, warms my heart and makes me smile. :)
Good advice, we can’t save them all but we can save those that find us.
The title says: “Find thugs ————”. Does that mean that they did find the thugs, I wonder. Or does it mean “Find the #$%#@# thugs ——”.
Digger deserved it and I was thrilled to do it.
I literally want to vomit.
I do have my adopted pal Squeek but she's "just around"...if you know what I mean. She's company tho since I live alone.
Yes, and you never know what special fuzzy will be directed to your door.
I fully understand. Just keep your eyes open for the furry meant to be yours. Remember: we don’t find them, they find us.
Mazzy, our Chihuahua, thinks there's nothing like warm clothes out of the dryer...
They are beautiful. Love the doggie smiles. Spoiled, but most assuredly not rotten. ;)
What a gorgeous Jack!
I tell people JRT’s have three speeds-asleep , all out and turbo!
That’s a standard poodle, right? One day when I have time I’ll recount an encounter I had with one a few years ago........
Sorry, I wasn't clear. Squeek takes up space in my house, watches me from the kitchen floor, will briefly lie on my lap when watching television, and just "be around".....She'll get up on the bed to wake me up in the morning once the automatic coffee pot turns on but that's the extend of her affection for me........
And she is an indoor cat.......
Wow, what a great ending to that story!
You were probably sniffed thuroughly...
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