Two unfortunate tales
I have read two disturbing stories.
1. A French Bulldog was unable to whelp properly, so had to go in for an emergency C-section. They told the owner to leave thye dog and go home.
The next day the owner returned and collect 'Mum' and her 4 puppie - except there should have been 6.
The owner didn't know at the time, but the vet Dr. Zahra Tahaneem Rafiq and her Nurse, had taken 2 of the puppies for themselves!
The end result was, because this vet indicated remorse, the RCVS's only punishment was to suspend this vet from practicing for a piddly 6 months!
I'm afraid I would have fought them very hard, if anyone had stolen 2 of my puppies!
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The next tale is a reminder to
never forget to update a microchip.
The case is about an owner who felt very unwell one night and was rushed into hospital for an over night stay.
He was worried about leaving his Border Collie alone, and so the Police took his dog, Alfie, but then 'accidentally' gave him away!
The Police dropped him off at a branch of PetMedics, even though he was not unwell.
Despite Alfie being taken from his own home by police, he was still scanned and it found he was still registered to Richard's ex-wife, who he hadn't seen for three years.
10 a.m. the next morning, Richard came home from hospital to find his dog missing.
No one from the police would talk to him.
Two days, and many many phone calls later, this owner was shocked to find his dog being advertised by 'Leigh Dogs & Cats Home'.
Their advert said the dog was nervous, and the owner had died.
Alfie was rehomed that very same day. Due to data protection, they won't say where.
Greater Manchester Pollice said - "As much as we wish the situation could be rectified happily, unofrtunately there are no legal powers available to GMP for us to get the dog back. We apologise for the upset this has caused."
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I don't do Facebook, but apparently the owner has a Facebook page called Bring Alfie Home, if anyone wants to give him some support.