'PRINCE' DESERVES A LEGACY SO THAT OUT OF THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY COMES SOMETHING POSITIVE AND MAYBE ANOTHER PRINCE DOWN THE LINE CAN BE SAVED.
Please read his story below:
On Friday 12th October Animal Welfare Officers from The Mayhew Animal Home were called to the emergency rescue of a dying dog. The dog had been discovered buried amongst fly-tipped rubbish in a North London park.
The elderly German Shepherd was found collapsed, surrounded by dumped rubbish, litter and a filthy mattress and was initially assumed dead.
After discovering the extent of the suffering and neglect the dog had endured, the charity – a rescue centre in North London – is appealing to the public to help them find the dog’s owner so that they can be held accountable for their actions.
The 13 year old dog was wearing a collar naming him as Prince and was covered in his own faeces. His coat was matted into hard rocks of hair and he was too weak to lift his head.
The Mayhew’s Animal Welfare Officer, Zoe Edwards, said:
“When I initially saw Prince I thought he was dead. He was lifeless, filthy and the smell coming from him was like sewage.
I really don’t understand the mentality of some people. This was obviously someone’s pet who loved them enough to once get him a decent collar and have his name engraved on it. It is hard to believe that someone owned this dog for this long only to discard him alongside some old rubbish in a park. The condition of the dog indicated to me that this would have taken several months, if not years, for him to get into this mess. I always give people the benefit of the doubt in my job and always try to be non-judgmental but in this case there is no excuse for the way this dog had been left. Someone must have seen the state that Prince was in and you would have had to have been blind to not see how this dog was suffering.”
Mayhew vet, Gen Wilkinson, said:
“This is an absolutely horrifying case of cruelty and neglect. Prince was severely dehydrated and had irreparable neurological damage, meaning that he was unable to move his back legs or tail and was doubly incontinent. He was suffering immensely and this had been going on some time. He was also very underweight and tried to eat when we offered him food despite being so weak. After shaving his matted hair we discovered maggots burrowing into the pressure sores on his body which had been caused by his low weight. The only decision we were left with was to bring his life to a peaceful end but he should not be forgotten. Someone must know who Prince belonged to”.
The Mayhew’s Head of Marketing, Alison Morgan, said:
“This case is certainly one of the worst cases we have seen, which is why we need to take action and urge the government to push ahead with compulsory microchipping for all dogs. If Prince had been microchipped we would have had a better chance of finding out who was accountable for his neglect”.
PRINCE VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM4--eXlmkU
Thank you for donating to such a wonderful charity.
Anita xx
