The story of a family dog believed to have been mauled by a raccoon in a Trail park earlier this week has ended in a very surprising 乌鸦传媒� but nonetheless happy 乌鸦传媒� ending.
Lucy, a 10-year old Shih Tzu, was found alive by a Good Samaritan on Thursday and taken to the West Kootenay BC SPCA for treatment, John Craig confirmed to the Trail Times early Saturday.
The Craigs picked her up from a veterinarian office in Castlegar Friday night and Lucy is now home recovering.
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Lucy乌鸦传媒檚 ordeal all began early Thursday morning. She was on her usual morning trek along a pathway between Gyro Park and the Trail bridge, with David Craig, John乌鸦传媒檚 brother, and Django, the family乌鸦传媒檚 lab.
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Django ran off the trail about eight feet, David told the Times that morning, and began barking. Lucy followed the bigger dog into the tall grass and could not retreat quickly, like Django could, when the pair ran into three raccoons.
When David went into the marshy area to see what was going on, he recalled seeing Lucy being mauled by the wild animals.
Shaken, and unable to retrieve Lucy from the pack, he grabbed Django and headed back home to tell the family what had happened.
It wasn乌鸦传媒檛 until later they found out Lucy somehow managed to survive the attack and someone, unknown at this point, found the little dog and took her for medical care.
乌鸦传媒淭hey put her on an IV and there乌鸦传媒檚 lot乌鸦传媒檚 of pain management, stitches and swelling,乌鸦传媒� John said. 乌鸦传媒淎nd there乌鸦传媒檚 still a chance she could get a serious infection, so she乌鸦传媒檚 also on antibiotics. But she乌鸦传媒檚 happy, and she乌鸦传媒檚 happy to be back home.乌鸦传媒�
Lucy乌鸦传媒檚 tale serves a warning to anyone walking their dogs in Gyro Park this summer to keep their dogs on-leash.
乌鸦传媒淚 got hold of the City of Trail and they will be posting signage regarding the aggressive raccoons in Gyro Park, so that dog walkers can be aware of the situation,乌鸦传媒� said Kyle Bueckert, Conservation Officer in the West Kootenay Zone.
乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 advised that dog walkers in Gyro Park keep their dogs on leash while walking them (anywhere) in Gyro Park, especially for the foreseeable future as those raccoons will likely still be in the park.乌鸦传媒�
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