Kirsten Kinch, uma jovem irlandesa, ainda está em choque com o que aconteceu com o seu animal de estimação no final do ano passado. Antes de ir de férias para a Islândia, Kirsten fez o que é suposto fazer-se quando não é possível levar os animais de estimação de viagem e deixou o sua cadela, de raça husky, num canil especializado para o efeito.

Apesar de tudo ter acontecido em dezembro do ano passado, só agora é que a jovem contou a história nas redes sociais.

Kirsten admite que ficou receosa ao deixar, pela primeira vez, a sua fiel companheira com desconhecidos. Mas, apesar de a cadela ter uma infeção no cólon quando a dona a deixou no canil, tal não seria motivo de grande preocupação uma vez que Nova (assim se chamava a cadela) estaria a responder bem ao tratamento.

Ao deixar o animal no canil, Kirsten deixou também as indicações relativamente ao tratamento: a toma de medicamentos duas vezes por dia.

No dia 31, conta, quando regressou dos três dias de férias, foi diretamente do aeroporto para o canil para recuperar Nova. Uma vez lá, a jovem recebeu a notícia de que a cadela tinha morrido. "Encontram-na a sangrar naquela manhã”, conta, recordando o sentimento que se seguiu: “Ficámos chocados e devastados”.

Canil empacotou a cadela e assim a entregou aos seus donos© Reprodução/Instagram

Os responsáveis garantiram ter dado a medicação ao animal. Independentemente das causas da morte, o que mais entristeceu Kirsten foi a forma como lhe entregaram o animal e a forma como lidaram com o assunto.

“Não houve nenhum cuidado ou empatia por como eles fizeram isso. Foi traumático e comovente vê-la assim, um husky de 25 kg fez uma bola", critica. 

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On the 27th of December 2018 I brought my husky Nova to P&E boarding kennels to be boarded for 3 days while my family went to Iceland. Nova had an ongoing issue with Colitis and this was being managed with steroids for the last few months successfully, she had been checked by my vet prior to boarding and we had discussed taking her off the steroids as she was responding so well. I gave multiple written and verbal instructions on how the steroid was to be given separately to her food and that she needs to get this twice a day, P&E also advertise that they cater for medication and dogs that need extra care once they are informed in advance. On the 31st of December I went straight from the airport to P&E to collect Nova. I rang 4 times waiting outside to pick her up. Clive answered and told me to come around to the gate when I told him I was here for Nova. Once in, we were told Nova had died - they had found her that morning bloodied in her kennel. We where shocked and beyond devastated at this as we had left a healthy dog in 3 days earlier. I asked the kennels immediately if she had received her medication and I was told she had. They had crushed Nova into what I can only describe as a ball wrapped in a black bag, covered in masking tape. There was no care or empathy in the way she had been handled. It was utterly traumatic and heartbreaking to leave with her like that. We drove straight to the vet and she was horrified, and couldn’t believe there was a 25kg husky crammed in this ball. We confirmed via microchip that it was Nova and made the decision to send Nova for a postmortem in UCD due to the circumstances. I emailed and messaged P&E asking for more information on how she had seemed when she was with them etc. and I still have not received any kind of contact back. Nova was a once in a lifetime kind of dog for me and my family and has left a hole that will always be impossible to fill, she is loved and missed every single day and I hope writing this can stop a similar situation in the future. Clearly these kennels are not fit to provide the levels of care they advertise. #justicefornova

Uma publicação partilhada por Kirsten Kinch (@kirstenkinch) a 24 de Abr, 2019 às 1:05 PDT