[News] Trashed dog saved by alert city staff

[blackwidow]

EDMONTON - A garbage collector received a shock when he lifted the bags from a trash can Wednesday morning and found a Yorkshire terrier that had been thrown out with the garbage.

When Barry Nismondi found the two-kilogram dog, it was covered in feces, garbage and urine, and one eye was swollen shut.

Nismondi, who works for the garbage contractor Waste Services Inc., said the dog was saved by the fact that bags in the can were heavy, so he picked them up individually.

"I usually take the can and dump it. It's a good thing I

didn't. Otherwise it would have ended up in the hopper and the packer is going all the time, so she would have been crushed."

Nismondi said the sight of the dog bothered him all day, especially when he thought of his own dog, a Lhasa Apso called Scooter.

After getting the call about the dog on his radio, Nismondi's supervisor drove to the site behind a duplex at 12927 126th St.

"I felt horrible," said Kahn Hicks, who owns a black Labrador. "My stomach kind of turned. I don't know how people can do something like that."

Hicks said he's heard horror stories in the industry about abandoned pets, but had never seen one.

He immediately called the Edmonton Humane Society, but it had not yet opened for the day. He brought the dog to the Emergency Veterinary Clinic, where it was examined.

Diane Shannon, communications co-ordinator for the Humane Society, said the Yorkie had no serious injuries.

"Lots of miracles were happening for this little girl," Shannon said.

The dog was given a bath and treated with antibiotics and painkillers. It was wearing a harness but had no identifying tags or tattoos, she said.

Animal protection officers were contacting residents near where the dog was found. They don't know where the dog lived, and say it's possible it wasn't the owners who dumped the Yorkie.

"We're hopeful there will be a happy ending for her, and for us it would be a happy ending if we could find out who did this horrible thing," Shannon said.

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjourna...b06575&k=30455


Edmonton Humane Society employee Diane Shannon holds a female Yorkshire terrier Wednesday that was found in a residential garbage bin.

[ARCHIE]

I hope whoever did this rots in hell!

[windsor'smom]

So glad she was found, that poor baby. I just can't imagine the kind of person that could do something like that to an animal.

[celstu1]

I really do wonder the mentality of some of the sickos out there!

Im glad they found her and took care of her! I hope she finds a happy safe home soon!

[JESSY_RN2B]

This is so painful to read. I agree with Carol, hope they rot in hell

[bruizersmummy]

Oh thank God she is safe now. We had some terrible teenagers around our area a couple years ago who would steel dogs and cats and then throw them out the window of their car and the amimals would hit trees or the road. One day someone was in their yard and the saw the kids doing it the a Chihuahua and he jumped in his car and chased them down and got their licence plate # and called the police.

I hope This poor baby finds a good loveing home. Maybe the man that found her will adopt her.

[missbetsy56]

Oh have no fear there is a special place for people like that.

[Rae Rae]

I think God was watching over this baby, for this guy to have found her!

Why on Eart would anyone do such a sick thing!

[Pipersmommy]

That is just horrible. I hope they find out who did this & punish them.

[CO_yorkie_momma]

That is so sad. I would like to believe the dog was trying to get trash out of the trash can and accidentally fell in and wasnt noticed when the trashed got dumped. That could happen I guess and it is alot better than thinking of the alternative reason the poor baby was in there.

[Lexi Rae]

barb i hope that was the case because if its not, i wish who ever did this,
will die a painful death.... im pissed

[Pup-e-Love]

Originally Posted by CO_yorkie_momma

That is so sad. I would like to believe the dog was trying to get trash out of the trash can and accidentally fell in and wasnt noticed when the trashed got dumped. That could happen I guess and it is alot better than thinking of the alternative reason the poor baby was in there.

This was my first thought as well. I can not imagine someone actually throwing away that adorable little girl!

[Sugar's Mom]

godd bless that trash collector. i hope it wasn't little Mattie that someonee posted about yesterday as being lost for awhile.

[autumn star]

I wish for nothing but evil on the person that did this!

[yougetthesmiles]

OHH my god that poor baby! I hope who ever did this is found and punished!!! This is just cruel!

I hope this baby is ok and finds a wonderful familt to love it forever!