Lurcher Beaten To Death

[BeeJay]

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From the BBC:

BBC Bristol

Appeal after dog beaten to death

A dog has been found beaten to death on a travellers' site in Almondsbury in South Gloucestershire.

Members of the public reported seeing a group of men attacking the animal just off Over Lane on Bank Holiday Monday.

Officers found a badly beaten golden lurcher buried in a fresh grave.

Police believe motorists travelling from Almondsbury to Easter Compton may have seen the attack which happened about 10 metres from the road.

Witnesses to the incident, which occurred at about 1400 GMT on Monday, are urged to come forward.

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[Rae]

Lost for words. :rant:

RIP Golden Lurcher. :'(

Probably the horrible end to a miserable life.

Why not just take the dog to a rescue centre? :rant:

 

[Juley]

Poor, poor thing. No excuse for that at all. People make me SICK sometimes. :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:

 

[whippetmad]

b*****ds :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:

 

[kris]

noone will come forward and nothing will be done to those animals who did this. but one day i believe they will be paid back for this.what goes around comes around.a curse on their heads :angry:

 

[BeeJay]

GOLDEN LURCHER KICKED TO DEATH Date : 31.03.05

Travellers in the West last night stood accused of a "barbaric" act of animal cruelty after a dog was strung up in a tree and battered to death with bricks. The rope around the golden lurcher's neck was then cut and its mangled body was dumped in a shallow grave.

Several shocked motorists witnessed the attack as they drove past the Over Lane travellers' site, a few miles outside Almondsbury, near Bristol, at 2pm yesterday. Police called the beating "barbaric", while disgusted Northavon MP Steve Webb said serious action must be taken.

Animal welfare groups also condemned the "torture", which comes less than two months after the Western Daily Press was told by the RSPCA that travellers were using South Gloucestershire fields as dumping grounds for abandoned ponies.

It also comes less than a year after another lurcher with mutilated ears and a swollen leg was found wandering near the Over Lane camp, one of several traveller sites in the Almondsbury area.

Families on the site denied all knowledge of or involvement in yesterday's sickening incident, while neighbouring residents defended the site, saying it was generally well-established and peaceful.

For more news, visit http://www.westpress.co.uk

 

[ILoveKettleChips]

You know these stories are always awful, but I think what really gets me is that knowing sighthounds, they are such submissive, loving, sensitive dogs that it seems to make this many times worse.

I can't even begin to imagine the fear in their eyes when they are subjected to this abuse - coupled with complete confusion. So sad.

 

[Northolm]

Makes you want to find the b*@@@rds and give them a good kicking :rant:

 

[~elizabeth~]

You know these stories are always awful, but I think what really gets me is that knowing sighthounds, they are such submissive, loving, sensitive dogs that it seems to make this many times worse.

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Yes, my thoughts exactly. The hanging thing really gets to me as well, the umpteenth time I've heard of this; presumably a popular method as you can torture the dog without any danger of it getting near enough to retaliate. Cowards as well as :rant:

Elizabeth

 

[diggit]

that's horible can't think of a single reason that could justify treatment like that, people who do that should have the same treatment metted out to them :rant:

 

[LasVegasNo1]

Disgusting :rant: I just hope the scum who did it suffer in the same way one day! :rant: