Non-profit organisation Action for Singapore Dogs (ASD) recently put up a Facebook post that should enrage dog lovers everywhere — a stray canine badly wounded by a steel wire trap.
Sightings of the bloodied-up dog in Lim Chu Kang were first reported on the eve of Chinese New Year, suspected to be a female whose previous litters of puppies were rescued before. After days of searching, volunteers finally got hold of the clearly petrified dog, which still had the steel wire embedded deep in its torso.
“Any longer, the steel wire could have easily severed her spine, paralysing her and most likely, lead to a horribly slow and painful death,” they wrote.
Though ASD never mentioned who might be behind the cruel trap, they claim that its actually a common method used by professional trappers to catch dogs in forested terrains.
“This rescue is the last straw for us,” ASD asserted. “While this girl was lucky enough to have been rescued in time, who knows how many countless others have suffered the same fate and did not survive, perhaps dying a slow and agonising death alone in the forest?”
The dog’s wounds has since been stitched up, and it was treated for trauma, severe dehydration and loss of blood. Given the name Nami, it is currently recuperating at the vet, and is said to be responding well to treatment.
ASD assured that they’ll be bringing up the matter with the relevant authorities to call for the abolishing of the trapping method.
The steel wire dug deep into her flesh. So deep, it sheared her ribs and was mere centimetres from penetrating her…
Posted by Action for Singapore Dogs (ASD) on Thursday, 18 February 2016
