Another puppy rescued.

On Tuesday morning a little puppy was found on a building site in Peyia. He is the most beautiful puppy very much like a Golden Retriever puppy all golden and curly haired. A young man had seen the builders throwing stones and then realized they were aiming the stones at the puppy. Thankfully, he rescued the puppy, had strong words with the builders and then called us. By some miracle I was able to come up with a temporary foster home and went to collect him. Surprise surprise, second miracle of the day a neighbour of the referrer was offering to look after him. Parc treated him for fleas (millions of them), wormed him and then arranged for him to be vaccinated by the Veterinary. He has now got his paws firmly under the table and we are hoping he will stick like glue to the kind family who gave him shelter.
Today we were called to a sick dog who had been found in Peyia. She was clearly very old and probably blind although very fat. She had a collar mark on her neck so she had been tied up for a very long time and it looked as though she had been untied and dumped as she had very bad mobility. We do have a problem with very sick dogs as we have no authority to euthanase. If we did this and then the original owner turns up we could be in big trouble. It is therefore necessary to refer stray dogs to the Municipality. The Municipality have the responsibility to provide shelter for stray dogs for up to two weeks after which time if unclaimed they can humanely euthanase. Unfortunately, Peyia, like many Municipalities have no shelters now but after much discussion they seemed to accept that this was not a dog I could place anywhere due to her condition and they agreed to take the dog from me. The Government Veterinary has also got a responsibility to help with these cases but they did not answer their phone (perhaps I should try that!!) The Government Veterinary can be contacted on 26306269. It is necessary for me to say that we cannot respond to calls asking for help with stray dogs. There are simply too many and we do not have the rescources to cope. We try and help with small puppies but healthy strays must be dealt with by the Municipalities.