Saturday, November 14, 2009

CSI: Road In Front Of House

Lately, my housing garden has become some sort of a zoo. More like a heaven for strays. Dogs of all ages, shapes and sizes congregate daily and become a nuisance when they decide to form a "choir". These dogs always bark at the wrong time, namely when everyone's watching tv. They are also fond of rehearsing their vocals around 2-3 a.m. . These dogs are also very much like the mafia gang, lying on the road and refusing to budge for oncoming vehicles. Just a couple of weeks back, a puppy was rolled over by an oncoming car. The pup yelp the loudest yelp and started crying. It went hysterical and started dashing about in pain. The pup ended up with a limp back leg for a few days.


Yesterday, some really kind hearted people dump two more puppies into the housing garden. The puppies were running around barking away and trying to find a home by squeezing through the gates and into our houses. They kept creeping back into our gardens after being chased out. One of the pups was rather curious and adventurous. It started exploring the cars parked by the road. Well, it's efforts did pay off. It managed to get it's head stuck between the chassis and the tyre of the car. The pup then screamed for help and my neighbours had to dash out into the pouring rain with umbrellas to free the pup's head from the car. The pup then went into hiding under the car.


This morning, the pup was still hiding under my neighbour's car. My neighbour's kids tried to chase it away from it's hiding when they were leaving. They saw the pup run and thought it was safe to drive off. When the car moved out of the parking position, it rolled over something. The pup was then seen flipping from side to side with white foam coming out from it's mouth. No sounds were produced by the pup though. It struggled for about 5 minutes and it was motionless. I witness a pup dying. It just happened so fast. All within a few minutes. The pup is dead.


Wonder when my housing area has been gazetted as a dumping ground for unwanted pets. These irresponsible owners should have sent these animals to the animal shelter and not dump them into other housing estates.

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