Update on Irig Death Container Dogs: One year on! Those of you who have been with us for a little while may remember a story about some dogs our Serbian volunteers discovered locked in a shipping crate in the middle of the Serbian countryside. As it’s been a year, we thought we would give you an update on each of the dogs and the situation in Irig. Irig is a small town in between Belgrade and Novi Sad. In January 14 we received information that some dogs had been discovered there. What was found was beyond our worst possible fears. A stinking, filthy shipping crate containing 32 live dogs. There was no food or water and the crate had clearly never been cleaned out so the poor animals were living in their own filth. They were all severely malnourished and every single one was covered in bites (they were doubtless fighting each other), scratches and fleas. Many had hair loss from ammonia burns from sleeping in their own urine. Some had mange. No-one came to feed/check on them. Temperatures were below freezing and the dogs had nothing to keep them warm. It was one of the worst things we have EVER come accros. If the crate itself wasn’t bad enough, what was outside the crate was worse. A 4 meters deep hole was full of dead bodies. After inspecting these dogs we could see that many hadn’t died from natural causes – some had severe head wounds. It was truly horrific. These dogs hadn’t survived the horrors of the Irig Death Container. We decided to take the dogs immediately. Our INCREDIBLE team of Serbians and generous fosterers recognised the urgency and we were able to rescue all but one of the dogs that night. The volunteers went with food and water and took all the dogs to emergency foster. Most of the dogs clearly knew they were being rescued – it was heartbreaking how happy they were to receive love and attention despite all they had been through. The one remaining dog – a female sarplaninac – was simply too terrified to move and reacted aggressively. She was coaxed out a few days later, still very scared, and was placed with a foster carer who has done wonderful work to make her trust people again. We named her Victory. It turned out that the Irig death container was council owned and run. They claimed they had been using the crate as an ‘overflow’ for their pound, but the reality was that this was a good way for the dogs to ‘disappear’. They couldn’t have known that our volunteers would find it. ***** add in details about rescue teams and situation with council if there are any ***. The worst part was that some of the volunteers were fined and ordered by court to pay up! We helped them fight their conviction and paid their fines, despite many of the charges being entirely false. Below tare some pictures of the dogs saved that day. Many are homed, many still need homes – please see individual pictures for information. Please take note after the warning photos there will be a couple of graphic pictures of dead bodies. If you do not wish to be upset, please stop at the warning slide. These are the kind of operations we simply cannot undertake without your support. Pleeeeease consider becoming a monthly sponsor to enable us to continue operations like Irig. Monthly sponsors are invaluable as they provide a stable income and allow us to project our donations ahead of time so we can commit to large projects such as the Irig dogs. As we are a registered charity, UK taxpayers can also donate Gift Aid at no extra cost. Even £2 a month helps us! You can set up a direct debit straight to our account: Bank: TSB Account Name: Serbia’s Forgotten Paws Account Number: 77422368 Sort code: 77-30-02. THANK YOU!
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:34:58 +0000
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