Dog had tumour the size of a football
Tuesday 29th June 2010, 8:42AM BST.
A dog had to be put down after it was found in a Shropshire park with a tumour the size of a “football” and nails so long they were growing into his feet.
The black Labrador was found in a distressed state in The Common in Telford by a member of the public and RSPCA inspectors are trying to trace the owners.
The dog, believed to be between 12 and 14 years old, was found in the field on June 19 with the massive tumour on its back and nails growing into the pads of its feet.
After being discovered wandering through the park, in the centre of Donnington, the dog was taken to a vet for treatment but its condition was so severe it had to be put down.
Seeing the state of the dog , RSPCA chiefs are now trying to establish what may have happened to the Labrador.
RSPCA inspector Dave McCartney said: “This poor dog was in a very sad state and I’d like to hear from anyone who might know something about where he came from or who might have owned him.”
The Labrador is the most popular dog in the country and has a life expectancy of 12 years.
Mr McCartney added that any information no matter how insignificant may help the RSPCA in their bid to trace the dog’s owners.
Anyone with any details is urged to contact the RSPCA on 0300 1234 999.
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RIP, poor doggie, i hope they find the owner! So sad!
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Won’t someone please bring back dog licensing it’s got help with this sort of thing surely
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Dog licensing wont help. In order to be effective it would cost our bungling government and local authorities a staggering amount and then you would find that the whole thing would run like the CSA: decent loving owners hounded, (forgive the pun), if they are a day late with the payments while the inconsiderate and cruel flaunt the law knowing full well that they wouldnt ever be chased…
At least the pup is no longer suffering. Bless him.
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What a sad story. I strongly agree that dogs should be licensed. Surely vets could lower their extortionate fees to encourage all owners to get treatment for their pets. It is a disgrace that there is 17.5% VAT to pay on animal medicines and treatments, and when VAT goes up to 20% next January it is bound to increase the number of pet owners who can’t or won’t pay for veterinary treatment.
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R.I.P POOR DOD GET BETTER
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[At least the pup is no longer suffering. Bless him]
PUP! It says he was 12 to 14 years old.
[RSPCA inspector Dave McCartney said: “This poor dog was in a very sad state and I’d like to hear from anyone who might know something about where he came from or who might have owned him.”]
So the RSPCA can get a prosecution?
It looks like this dog which has exceeded it’s life expectancy has either run away, the owner perhaps died or the owner was unable to pay vets fees.
I took our 10 year plus rabbit for her first visit to the vets ever to be ‘put to sleep’
The vet remarked upon how beautiful she was especially for her age. She had started. fitting so there was obvously something pressing on a major artery and the vet said she could feel a mass in her abdomen. She then said, much to my amazement we could try some treatment. I was appalled.
It is very difficult to see any benefit to anyone (except the vets)to using our rabbit as a guinea pig (excuse the pun) She had had a long healthy life, now had cancer, as do most old creatures eventually including us and she deserved a peaceful death.
The poor DOD is hardly likely to get better when he has been ‘put down’ linda, read the article if you feel it is worth commenting on.
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Eva are you saying it’s better the dog was left in the park?
I’m sure it’d much prefer being put down than to being ABANDONED by UNCARING owners.
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Who says it was abandoned. As I said it’s owner could have died but basically it is unlikely to have reached that good age if it hadn’t been cared for most of it’s life.
I do not condone it being lost/unwanted.
It ended up like a lot of old people in our town but with more sympathy.
Dogs do not have the intelligence to actually choose euthanasia though 8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskers so they must but be more clever than most animals. ;)
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