Lurcher Thrown from a Moving Car - Can You Help?
Posted By Freelance Writers Date: 7/05 Posted Under: Animal Charities, Animal CrueltyA skinny dog with a horrific leg injury was thrown from a moving car and abandoned by the roadside.
A member of the public came to the lurcher’s aid after he saw it ejected through the open door of the vehicle as it travelled at about 20mph along a busy road in Coventry last Monday (28 April).
Staff at the RSPCA’s Coventry Animal Centre took the dog, which has since been named Storm, to a vet who said that he is underweight and he has a painful sore on his rump which is so deep that bone is visible.
Glenn Mayoll, manager of the Coventry RSPCA Animal Centre, said: “It is disgusting that someone could treat a dog like this.
“At first we thought the injury might have been caused by being thrown from the car but a vet said it is an old injury.
“Storm needed to see a vet for the horrific wound he has on his leg. But instead of being treated he was just chucked out of a car and abandoned.
“Perhaps the owners felt that they couldn’t afford to take him to a vet. But the RSPCA and other charities help animals whose owners are hard-up so there’s no excuse for this.
“The wound is awful and is leaving the bone exposed. Storm is not very well at the moment but we are hoping he’ll make a full recovery and we can find him a good home to go to.”
The dog was thrown from a Ford Fiesta near the traffic lights on Longford Road near Longford Park in Coventry on Monday 28 April between 4.15pm and 4.45pm. Anyone with any information can call the RSPCA’s 24-hour Cruelty Line in confidence by calling 0300 1234 999.
RSPCA Inspector Kate Garton said: “I find it amazing that someone had the nerve to do this at rush hour on a main road. We need people to call us to help us find who did this.”
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1. How do the RSPCA know that whoever threw the dog out of the car was the owner, maybe the dog has been stolen?
2. Has the RSPCA contacted the local authority where the dog was ‘found’, if not they are committing an offence. The law applies to them too.