Two mutilated greyhounds discovered within days of each other:

The greyhound on the left was picked up by Cottage Rescue on 28th February 2007. It is only one ear that was ruined, they at least had the grace to leave the other one alone for some odd reason, she was born in 2002, the tattoo is clear as day! It is well recovered and healed but she does not like it being touched. Seems it was burnt or melted in some way, looks perfect in the outside until you lift it up to see the Tattoo, the skin is melted, it is well scarred and traces of tattoo well removed

To me this is done a good year or two as the scar is so well healed, but not the scars in her heart or memory as she hates it to be touched. Bord na Gon are calling tomorrow to see her so we will see what they say and she is off to our vet tomorrow as well,

Poor girl has been through a hard time, she has been beaten, left mangy, her nose has had a hard blow to it recently, her front legs are not good, she may have had both wrists broken and an injury to her back leg also.

Got a call from a lady, could we call and collect this dog as she could not let her cats or children out in the garden because of this dog around and when Kelly got there to collect her she was told that the man next door who breeds greyhounds throws stones at her, he seemed to think she was dirty vermin,

All in all she has had a bad life, unwanted and unloved, roughly treated and very abused.

The greyhound on the right above (and in the picture below) was found abandoned in Mullinahone Co Tipp on 27th of February 2007. We don't know much about the background, but it has been confirmed by board na gcon (Irish greyhound racing board) as a greyhound whose ears were mutilated to remove tattoo's.

So that is two greyhounds in two days in County Tipperary, North & South with ears Mutilated ... this shows that this is far from an isolated problem.