Yahoo News Dog's horrific injuries after being found 'tied up with cable' in garage
The RSPCA has launched an investigation after a dog was found with 'horrific' injuries in a garage in Oldham - amid fears she was 'tied up with an electric cable'.
The one-year-old American bulldog, who was previously named Lola but has been since been renamed as Ivy, was spotted by a member of the public running loose near Ashton Road on Tuesday, August 27. She was then found in a 'disused garage' with horrendous injuries.
The RSPCA said she was bleeding from her neck and front legs, which had been wrapped in thick electric cable. It is feared that she was deliberately tied up in the cable before she was abandoned.
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The 'friendly and lovely-natured' dog was rushed to the vets where the cable had to removed with bolt cutters. She spent six days there before being moved to a RSPCA rehoming centre in Warrington.
Her microchip revealed a man as being Lola's previous owner, but he told the RSPCA he had rehomed her to someone else in the local area about six weeks ago. He was unable to provide any details for the man other than that he was aged in his 30s.
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An investigation is now underway with CCTV footage being reviewed. RSPCA Inspector Deborah Beats said: "At this stage we fear Lola was deliberately tied up with the cable - rather than becoming entangled in it - and then abandoned before somehow managing to escape.
"The pieces of cable were deeply embedded in several places and the vet thinks that is what caused her horrific injuries. She was also very thirsty and underweight, so we’re concerned she hasn’t received the right level of care for some time.
"We’d sincerely like to thank the kind person who took Lola to a vet which meant she got the help she desperately needed as quickly as possible. The team there cared for her for six days and did a fantastic job.
"She’s now been transferred to our branch rehoming centre in Warrington where staff have re-named her Ivy. She's understandably nervous after her ordeal but doing well."
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to get in touch with the RSPCA on 0300 123 8018 quoting reference number 01339588.
