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"Pay or
Suffer"
The article written below is a
compilation of items written in the dog press and from the Web site of Zep
The Dep Rottweiler Rescue. It is written with full consent of the rescue
organisation and it makes one just wonder where compassion has gone in society.
As I perused this article it became abundantly clear that this Rottweiler
suffered needlessly because of a series of events including incompetance,total
apathy and sadly it seems a culture which suggests that money is more important
than easing suffering. What an indictment for those so called caring societies
who failed this dog miserably.
E.Nicol. 01-04-09
"A young
Rottweiler bitch has been released to Zep the Dep Rottweiler Rescue after
spending eleven days with a broken leg at a veterinary surgery in Leeds.
Faith as she has been called was delivered to the Abbey Veterinary Surgery
by R.S.P.C.A. officials who claimed she had been in a road traffic accident, (rta),
with a suspected broken leg on the
16/02/09
But this little
girl, Faith, never got the proper treatment she needed by the officials
who were responsible for her. For 4 days all she was given was pain relief
,no x-rays were taken , Faith was picked up and taken to the vets
with a suspected fracture , as noted on the S.D.R, yet the authority
responsible would not fund the an x-ray and the person/department
responsible for this young dog seems to have just cast Faith aside like
rubbish and wanted her to be destroyed rather than let young Faith get the
treatment she needed and deserved .
We at Z.R.R were contacted on the 20/02/09 by a very concerned insider,
and a member of the public ,who was concerned enough about Faiths
condition and lack of treatment by the Authorities responsible for this
young dog to see if we could help . We immediately offered to pay for
x-rays and any subsequent treatment Faith would require.
THIS
WAS REFUSED BY THE OFFICIAL IN CHARGE OF THIS CASE AND FAITH WAS LEFT TO
WHAT WE CONSIDER TO SUFFER AND JUST RECEIVED THE BARE MINIMUM OF PAIN
KILLER TO COPE WITH HER PAIN AND SUFFERING .
After a few
frantic phone calls and threats to expose the lack of treatment and lack
of duty of care under the animal welfare act for this dog found on the
street injured, it was agreed that Faith after serving her 7 days as a
stray dog would come to us here at zepthedep rottweiler rescue , but
this is where another strange twist came into play by the Authority in
charge of this dog. Although Faith was picked up @ 7.10pm on the 16/02/09 and
the correct paper work filled out they would only agree to Faith coming
to us if her 7 days started on the 20/02/09 a full 4 days after she was
picked up. This meant Faith would have to suffer for 11 day in all before
we could get to her and get the treatment and x-rays she needed . Faith is
now safe here with us here in the rescue where upon receiving her she was
seen by our vets the same day and arrangement were made for x-rays to be
taken which confirmed she had in fact suffered a fracture and she got the
treatment she should have received some 11 days previous . You may ask
why we haven’t mentioned this until now 28/02/09 to me its simple we
needed to get this dog safe and I personally feel if we had pushed any
more at the time Faith would not be with us and would have been destroyed
.
We have been given all the relevant documentation to prove the facts of
what has been written
Although Faith is now safe with the ZRR we are questioning the actions of the RSPCA who caught Faith and delivered her to the Abbey Veterinary Surgery, the
Abbey Veterinary Surgery and Leeds City Council as it appears nobody was
prepared to pay for or take responsibility for Faith and ensure she received
much needed treatment. The Animal Welfare Act was put in place to protect
animals, and part of the act requires that “In this Act, references to a person
responsible for an animal are to a person responsible for an animal whether on a
permanent or temporary basis” and goes on to say under clause 4 Unnecessary
suffering
AND MY QUESTION IS THIS WHAT PART OF THE ANIMAL WELFARE BILL DO THE
AUTHORITIES WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE NOT UNDERSTAND
The
ZRR believe that the people responsible for Faith prior to her being handed over
to ZRR have broken these sections of the Animal Welfare Act, as while in their
care not only was Faith denied treatment for her fractured leg but it was
recorded on the dogs day to day hospitalisation records that on the 20th
February when she knocked her leg she was left to “scream in pain ++++ non
weight bearing after” the plus signs used to indicate the seriousness of the
screams, copies of these documents are now with Our Dogs. The records were
handed over with Faith from the Abbey Veterinary Surgery, when she was collected
by the ZRR and taken for treatment at their own regular veterinary surgery.
Z.R.R. are taking legal action over Faith’s treatment. Leeds
City Council was contacted and a spokeswoman for L.C.C. said: "There are currently potential
legal proceedings concerning this incident and we are therefore unable to
comment any further until these have been resolved."
Well it seems Faith is not the only rottweiler to fall foul of this council , it
looks like they now want all rottweilers banned , they have infact gone as far
as to ban them from being kept in their housing stock .
This is an extract from their housing policy under "what type of animals are
not allowed" they name four which are banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act which
prohibits four types of dog:
the Pit Bull Terrier
the Japanese tosa
the Dogo Argentino
the Fila Brasileiro
but then go on to include
"DOGS OF OTHER BREEDS SUCH AS ROTTWEILERS " which to my knowledge are not on any official banned list or under the Dangerous
Dogs Act.
This from a council who in their own paper work tell you not to socialise a
dog , and issue licences to pet shops to sell puppies from puppy farms, that
include rottweiler pups, i.m.o. this council needs to rethink its policies on
animal welfare ,as it looks to me like they are willing to allow rottweilers to
be sold in their city as long as the council makes money on them by collecting
rates on the premises they are sold from , but they don't want you or I to keep
them as pets . TALK ABOUT DOUBLE STANDARDS .
but there again IN REALITY WHAT DOES THIS COUNCIL CARE ABOUT ANIMAL WELFARE
OR ANIMAL RIGHTS.
Jon
re-homing co-ordinator
Zepthedep Rottweiler Rescue
Registered Charity nbr 1119487
Tel . 01246 436718
07867 680538
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