Our Lovely Foggy Shot Dead In Our Garden, Airgun crime Options

[FoggysDad]

At approximately 0700 BST on August 1, 2008, our beautiful Bedlington terrier, Foggy, aged just 7, entered our enclosed garden and began his daily ritual of exploring, relieving himself and preparing for a longer walk before breakfast. Minutes later, at around 0710, he screamed after being shot in his flank.

He leaves behind Kookie, another Bedlington (aged an impressive 15), his two owners, Sue and Simon, and their two sons, Andrew and Paul. As everyone will attest, he was an extremely affectionate and playful character who brought immense joy to those around him. We were so fortunate to have him in our lives.

We know that he was shot with a precision air rifle. The sharpened vermin pellet punctured his heart. He died within 20 minutes on the way to the local veterinary surgery. Worst of all, he suffered greatly and died in Sues arms as Simon desperately tried to reach the surgery in time. Needless to say, they will never fully recover from this traumatic experience. The family has been stripped of a core emotional asset; indeed, Foggy was an integral part of the family unit, who brought boundless joy, healing and companionship to all its members.

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http://www.rememberfoggy.com/

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/rememberfoggy/index.html

[Zita'sMom]

At approximately 0700 BST on August 1, 2008, our beautiful Bedlington terrier, Foggy, aged just 7, entered our enclosed garden and began his daily ritual of exploring, relieving himself and preparing for a longer walk before breakfast. Minutes later, at around 0710, he screamed after being shot in his flank.

Hello FoggysDad

I am glad you are here at this website. I just lost my dear 5 year old cat Ziggy on August 28th, who I had just adopted after Christmas after losing my other sweet cat Zita. Ziggy was also shot, we don't know what with - it was a very small hole but had the power to go completely through her abdomen. It was certainly more powerful than an airgun.

I don't know who did this - we reported it to the police and to the SPCA but no answers.

To make things worse, in post mortem we found out that her injuries could have been mended - she had a severed bowel. But the emergency vet on staff, for whatever reason did not open up her abdomen to check. She said the x-rays and blood looked fine, sewed up the two holes and 5 days later she died. It haunts me that we were force feeding her and she had no bowel. Also we were told that this was a fixable injury by the vet who did the post mortem. I am extremely depressed - worse than ever in my life. I am not functioning normally and this is after a couple of pretty rough years already.

There must be a way to find strength within these situations or to make meaning of our pet's lives. Whoever shot Ziggy did it for no reason than "entertainment" and it has created so much pain.

I would like to know more about your petition and how I could use it here in Canada. I would like to do something in Ziggy's memory but I don't yet know what.

take care

Jan.