Dog 'left for dead by owner' after being dragged behind ute
WARNING – GRAPHIC CONTENT: Diners sitting outside a Central Queensland pub have been left mortified after spotting a dog being dragged behind the back of a ute.
Just before 7pm on Friday, diners at the Pine Beach Hotel near Yeppoon spotted the Shar Pei X struggling to keep up with the car before his lead eventually snapped down the road.
Local resident Tahwyn Breneger said a few quick–thinking patrons chased after the driver to let him know his dog was in trouble.
“The driver slowed down momentarily before speeding off around the corner, leaving this poor guy for dead,” Ms Breneger wrote in a scathing Facebook post.
When she and a friend ran up to check on the abandoned dog, she said they could not believe he was still alive.
“Surprisingly even after being dragged (by a choker chain) and run over several times this guy still had a lot of fight left in him,” she added.
“No vets were open or available to come, the RSPCA couldn’t come either so it was either I drive this guy to the vet over in Yeppoon or he dies on the side of the road.
After eventually managing to get ahold of a vet who agreed to check out the injured dog, she and a few concerned bystanders drove him across town.
“This dog was so tough and determined that he actually walked into the vet himself after all that trauma,” she wrote.
Graphic images show the dog’s wounded paws that left a series of blood tracks across the floor.
Despite his determination, his injuries were too severe and later that night Ms Breneger received a call from the vet, saying they were unable to save him.
The devastated woman took aim at the driver of the white single cab ute who fled the scene, saying he needs to be held accountable for the dog’s death.
“If this had happened to a person it would be murder or manslaughter, so why the f*** can it happen to animals and people just get a slap on the wrist?” she added.
A spokesperson for Queensland RSPCA told Yahoo7 News their inspector was investigating the matter but said it served as a reminder to all drivers about properly securing your dog.
“Unfortunately you get these situations when people don’t secure the dogs correctly, they fall off and quite often the driver doesn’t even realise,” he said.
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