Unimaginable cruelty to a beautiful animal

Dec 14, 2010 Letters

Dear Editor,
While driving down Hunter Street, I noticed a beautiful, young female dog laying at the side of the narrow road and not moving.
The road was very busy and worried that it might get hit by a vehicle; I parked my car and decided to help her get to safety.
When I got close to her she still refused to move.
Thinking she had an injury of some sort, I got a sling from my vehicle and put it around her neck and pulled, it was then I saw what a cruel, cruel chop some monster had given her.
The side of her left hip, all the way along her lower back, was split open for about 14 inches from a deep chop and the ground where she was laying was covered with her blood.
Luckily some young American men from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints passed by and assisted me in getting her into the dog kennel. I drove her to the GSPCA to be put to sleep by injection.
Why such things happen, I will never understand! What wrong did she commit: barking, going into the wrong yard or did someone passing by just take a swing at her with a cutlass for the fun of it?
The strange part of this is that she never once cried out in pain or tried to bite. She just lay there while suffering in silence.

Street Animals by Savannah Mendes

“Animals in Guyana, a sad sight to see,
Dogs and cats abused, abandoned
And left on the streets,
We may say we care…
But yet, we turn our back on these helpless creatures
With no one to love them or care.
And I hope that you are aware,
That these animals are just like us.

Should we help?
We must!
It should be a priority, a pledge.
Something we should be determined to do.
And I hope this is a message to you,
For a better tomorrow,
A better Guyana
A better future,
And a better you.”

Words of wisdom from a future veterinarian: Savannah Mendes – Oct 27th, 2010.
Syeada Manbodh