[Animal News]When you see an injured animal in need of support, please take action if you can. Relying on others for rescue can delay rescue time. After 10-year-old warehouse dog “Xiao Huang” was hit by a car yesterday and was seriously injured, although enthusiastic citizens put several ice cream cones next to him and asked different animal agencies for help, Xiao Huang he lay in a pool of blood for more than two hours No one sent him to the hospital, until Mao Shou Kent arrived after completing another rescue operation at 7 pm and saw Xiao Huang lying at the scene alone to bear the pain. Kent took him to the veterinary hospital, but Xiao Huang’s injuries were so severe that it was finally decided to put him down. Kent frankly admitted to this newspaper that his wound might not be treated even if he had been sent to hospital sooner, but he felt very sad that the dog suffered like this for more than two hours.
Xiao Huang is a warehouse dog who lives near Ping Ha Road in Lau Fau Shan. Kent received a call for help at 4:00 pm yesterday, saying Xiao Huang was hit by a car and the vehicle that caused the accident ignored him. However, he was conducting another rescue operation on the mountain at the time. Not being able to go there immediately, I asked the person seeking help to contact other animal institutions for help.
Until 7 o’clock last night, Kent completed the rescue work on the mountain, but found that Xiao Huang had not been rescued, so he rushed to the scene. He said: “I was shocked by that scene. I saw him lying on the ground with a dog covered in blood. Some kind people surrounded him with 4 ice cream cones to prevent him from being hit by a truck. But there was not one in the field at the time. , his dog worked so hard for more than two hours and was not rescued.
Kent said the person seeking help is known to have contacted several animal groups but not responded. He admitted that this reflects the difficulties of animal rescue in Hong Kong: “When you see this dog, you know that the medical bills are at least hundreds of thousands, and there is a high probability that he will be paralyzed, it is not easy. find someone to take care of.
He sent the dog to CityU Animal Medical Center, but the vet found that Xiao Huang was in very serious condition, not only was the pelvis broken, but also the pneumothorax and hind limb nerves were unresponsive at all. had the operation been successful, the hind limbs would have been paralyzed and unable to defecate on their own. Finally, Mao Shou agreed to let him die.
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