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Monday, March 26, 2012

Alcohol and the Dog

A beautiful black labrador full of life and energy. Wags its tail to greet you and makes you feel like there is noone else in this world who loves you more! So hugs, licks, wags and there you are on the ground and she has made you feel that life is worth living after all!! Someone loves me...
A black labrador, gasping for air. The last few minutes of its life and it opens its eyes feebly and there is a gush of liquid, water like substance along with some blood which flows out of the mouth and nose. It gives one look saying that, " I am sorry, I cannot take it any more. I waited for you to come back, exactly where you left me day before yesterday. I am giving up on life now."
The first one, many of us come across on a day to day basis. The second one is also not that rare these days. We chanced upon it at 11pm a few nights back. We arrived at the scene hoping to help the animal or give it some treatment, but it was already called. The fluid around it looked like a lot of water, but vomiting out water while dying is not a common thing now is it?
We looked around and saw that it was in front of a Wine shop.
The heat is unbearable as it is. Hungry and thirsty it probably went to someone who offered it something to drink. Little did it know that it's liver would not be able to take the alcohol that it so thankfully drank thinking it was water.
The site was very terrible and we did not wait around to test the liquid and see if it was alcohol. Some people around said so.
It is very disturbing to see such things and see the loss of life and the fact is that today they gave a dog alcohol, tomorrow they might try it on a child who might not be able to take it and pass out or even die.
This is not normal behaviour. It is deeply disturbed and destructive behaviour. We should see to it that such individuals should be told that what they are doing is wrong and we should change these people. We should nag them, beg them, coerce them, do whatever it takes to stop and make them see the consequences of their actions.

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