Sick Drepraved Scum

Sorry, I know this isn't about Staffies, but just wanted to share it. I would like to do the same thing to the person who did it to this poor dog.

Taken from todays edition of our local paper the Western Telegraph.

Dog left in agony after illegal castration in north Pembrokeshire

A dog owner from Fishguard has been left sickened by a cruel attack on his Border Collie.

Richard Rees put out an appeal on Facebook when his nine year-old dog Jack did not return home to Court Farm in Llanychaer on the night of Saturday, June 1st.

When Jack did return two days later, Richard was left disgusted by what had been done to his four-legged friend.

Someone had clamped a device, used to dock lamb tails, to Jack's testicles in a bid to illegally castrate him.

The vets told Mr Rees that Jack would have suffered up to 12 hours of extreme agony.
The device cannot be removed, so all that can be done is fend off infection and wait for the dead tissue to drop off.

Mr Rees said: "This is cruelty beyond belief, I just cannot believe that anyone would do such a thing. It's disgusting and the dog was left in a terrible state.

"Jack is a farm dog and goes off like dogs do, but always comes home at the end of the day."

Police have launched an investigation into the incident.

A statement from Dyfed-Powys Police said: "We would like to make dog owners aware of this cruel and illegal act and are appealing for witnesses to come forward and contact Fishguard Police Station on 101."

A week on from the incident, Jack is doing a lot better and is being treated with antibiotics.

Mr Rees said: "He's still got a long way to go, but he's lucky to be alive."

There are no words vile enough to describe these sorts of people, absolutely diabolical! poor poor dog:o

That is very sad - what on earth would posses someone to do that to a dog, especially one that wasn't even theirs in the first place!??

Can't believe there are people out there who have no heart, to be able to do something as terrible as this to a helpless animal. Makes me sick to the stomach, and he deserves the same treatment! Horrible!

OMG, thats discusting, I'll copy and share this, i hope they catch this scum. Cant this devise be removed through surgery? Would the device have finger prints??

Aww absolutely horrific for pooch & owner, what a evil thing to do to a defenceless animal

Omg i cant believe what i just read its sickining .. that poor poor dog

Absolutely dreadful. My guess would be another farmer did this (how many of us have lambs' tails docking "devices" readily to hand?)

In answer to Kelly, once the blood supply has been cut off for any length of time to any part of the body it begins to die, and it's very dangerous to try to restore blood flow to that part of the body. That's why if, God forbid, anyone comes across someone who has been trapped under some kind of heavy weight for more than a few minutes, they must be left be and comforted until medical help arrives.

In poor Jack's case, I would have thought that immediate surgical castration would have been the best option.

Sickening.