Investigation underway after dead dog discovered in Renfrewshire park

An examination is underway after a dog was discovered dead in a nation park in Paisley.

The Boerboel South African mastiff was discovered in the Gleniffer Braes location last Thursday early morning.

Graphic images seen by the Express reveal the departed dog – which is thought to be 2 years of ages – in a stream near Sergeantlaw Road at the Paisley appeal area.

The upsetting images reveal the dog with missing out on ears and a collar around its neck.

Concerned citizens who found the dead dog previously in the week obtained it and transferred it to a regional veterinarian in the hope it would be reunited with its owner.

However, the SSPCA has actually now acquired it and has actually released a probe into the death of the animal.

It’s comprehended there are issues concerning the dog’s injuries and how the animal became at Gleniffer
Braes.

Irene White volunteers with a charity called Harvy’s Army which assists to reunite lost family pets with their owners.

She is an admin of the Lost Pets Renfrewshire Facebook group and was among the very first individuals to come throughout the animal.

She said that she was warned of a dead dog being found at an undefined area in the park on Wednesday, April 5.

The following day, a dog walker found it once again and this time notified Irene and the group.

They organized a group to head out and recover the dog with the intent of reuniting it with its owner – putting out a call to group members for individuals to help with moving it.

She said: “I couldn’t come down the slope due to the fact that it was too high however we provided the dog walkers our scanner to inspect it for a microchip.

“It said that it was still signed up to the breeder.

“It had actually never ever been upgraded by anyone who had actually ever had ownership of the dog.

“We provided another of our volunteers a stretcher.

“We then put out a call for help due to the fact that the path down that we took was rather long, not too high till the extremely last bit.

“But on the other side, there was a really high embankment that took you directly to the roadway, it was a much shorter path; so they handled to get the dog onto the stretcher.

“And we’ve put out a require some people due to the fact that we required physical strength.

“We got some help straight away. It took five guys and they struggled to get the dog up. That embankment is so steep and he was such a large dog.”

Once they handled to get the dog up the embankment, they transferred it to Abbey Vets.

The SSPCA were consequently notified and acquired the dog and are checking out prospective misbehavior.

Irene said that, evaluating by the condition of the dog, she felt it had actually been dead for a while.

“He’d been there for some time because he was decomposing,” she included. “It was pretty nasty.”

The SSPCA is presently examining the occurrence and was not able to supply a talk about the scenarios.

A Renfrewshire Council representative said: “If you see a dead animal in a Renfrewshire street or public location, please let us understand.

“You can report it to us online via myaccount.renfrewshire.gov.uk/service/tell_us_about_a_dead_animal or by calling 0300 300 0300.”

Irene wanted to pay her thanks to the volunteers that helped help, stating: “We’re very, very grateful for the help that we received.”

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