As our nation celebrates National Day, our team mourns the
loss of our gentle giant Bentley. Still a baby, he was a rescued street dog who
passed away from acute kidney failure at just 2 years old.
A private ceremony was held for him this afternoon, attended
by many of our volunteers who were touched by his genteel nature and babyish
behaviour. He was possibly amongst one of the sweetest street dogs we had ever
rescued.
It was likely Bentley had died from poisoning. We can only
speculate that he may have accidentally ingested rat bait, which contains warfarin, which caused
his death. Rat bait is used to poison rats, causing them to bleed to death. A
very slow and painful way to go. We can only theorize this because last night
just before he passed on, he vomited blood and in the next instance, blood
flowed out from his nostrils and the blood did not clot at all, which is common
in rat poisoning. Even today during his cremation, blood still oozed from his
mouth and nose. . . . .
We decided to share this with all pet owners to please be
alert when walking your dogs. Pay attention to what they sniff or eat during
their walks. Don’t text, don’t use your mobile phone. Focus your attention on
your dogs. We blame no one. It was an accident and obviously no one would have
wanted this to happen. It may or may not have been the situation with Bentley
but nevertheless we just wanted to warn all pet owners to be careful.
Farewell Bentley. We are sorry we could not save you but you
did not die in vain. Your death has taught us a tough lesson which we share and
learn from.
We miss you dearly.
