Jail is too kind for irresponsible dog owner
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Two-year-old Amiee Langdon risks losing her left eye, and all because some irresponsible dog owner (a) did not worm his/her dog and (b) did not clear up after the dog fouled in a playground. To make matters worse, that playground was in a dog exclusion zone, in an order passed by Manchester City Council as part of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005.
I have no words to describe what I felt on reading the first reports that came through. As a mum of two young children, I can’t even begin to imagine the anguish that Amiee’s mum is going through.
Needless to say, the blogsphere is full of attacks against the owner, who chances are will never be identified. Some of the more extreme posts call for the cull of all dogs. The Kennel Club has also condemned the action of the dog owner.
Amiee was admitted to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital after wiping her eye with the mess after tripping and falling into it at Platt Fields Park. She was diagnosed as suffering from toxocariasis, specifically ocular larva migrans, which is the least common but potentially most serious type of toxocariasis.
Toxocariasis is the result of roundworm eggs being excreted with the dog’s faeces. The larvae migrate through the body and, if these parasites arrive in the eye, can cause permanent damage. Aimee had wiped her eye with her hand covered in dog mess before her mother could get to her.
Needless to say, I expect Aimee’s plight will be brought up by quite a number of customers over the next few days, especially when the full extent of Aimee’s condition is revealed and the papers report on it extensively.
And this presents the perfect opportunity to remind customers to keep their pet’s worming schedule up to date – and stock up on poo bags.
Jail is too kind for that dog owner.
I have no words to describe what I felt on reading the first reports that came through. As a mum of two young children, I can’t even begin to imagine the anguish that Amiee’s mum is going through.
Needless to say, the blogsphere is full of attacks against the owner, who chances are will never be identified. Some of the more extreme posts call for the cull of all dogs. The Kennel Club has also condemned the action of the dog owner.
Amiee was admitted to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital after wiping her eye with the mess after tripping and falling into it at Platt Fields Park. She was diagnosed as suffering from toxocariasis, specifically ocular larva migrans, which is the least common but potentially most serious type of toxocariasis.
Toxocariasis is the result of roundworm eggs being excreted with the dog’s faeces. The larvae migrate through the body and, if these parasites arrive in the eye, can cause permanent damage. Aimee had wiped her eye with her hand covered in dog mess before her mother could get to her.
Needless to say, I expect Aimee’s plight will be brought up by quite a number of customers over the next few days, especially when the full extent of Aimee’s condition is revealed and the papers report on it extensively.
And this presents the perfect opportunity to remind customers to keep their pet’s worming schedule up to date – and stock up on poo bags.
Jail is too kind for that dog owner.
By:
Sandra
Date/time :
23/08/2010
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