The 2-year-old lυrcher was tied securely to a metal pole by the neck in the remote field. The dog had been abandoned with six of its puppies, who were still too young to open their eyes. They were left without food and water, and the mother was trying to breastfeed her baby while she was tied with the chain that was pulling her neck.
According to the Irish Times on November 6, the traverser saw the nursing mother and her cubs unprotected in a field near the small village of Elphi. The person quickly asked for help. The mother and her puppies were taken to a nearby veterinary facility run by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Crυelty to Aпimals (ISPCA).
No one knew how long the family of seven had been trapped there. Rescuers believe the mother and her puppies were killed shortly after the mother gave birth, according to the Daily Mail.
“Leaving a young dog of just two years old tied up without water, food, or shelter is likely to endanger his life, along with his puppies,” said Hυgh O’Toole, the ISPCA center manager.
“With the recent amount of rain and low temperatures this week,” he added, “the outcome could have been much different, and I’m grateful that you trained them so we could rescue them.”