Snare Killed Family Pet Near Labrador, Canada
LABRADOR, CANADA — Doug, a beloved family pet, was killed in a snare set for coyotes just 10 feet off a road. Like Wyoming, Labrador doesn’t have any restrictions for how far a snare or trap can be from a road.
“The dog’s death has left Penney with some questions. I’m just wondering why people would be setting traps near residential housing where children or animals could caught in them?” she said. Following the incident, Penney is warning dog walkers to be prepared.”
“I just want to get this out there so people know,” she said.
“The only way our dog could have been saved that day is if my mom had been carrying wire cutters [with her] when it happened.”
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The owner of dog that died in a snare more than two weeks ago says her family is still recovering from the heart-breaking tragedy.
“My mom came in my room just screeching and I had no idea what was going on,” said owner Jaclyn Penney, who lives on Quarry Road off the Trans-Labrador Highway, more than 10 kilometres outside Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
“She said that Doug [the family’s dog] had passed. That he got caught in a trap. It’s hard to talk about it. We never thought that this would happen. He was just out on his morning walk and my mom thought he was in a fight with an animal. By the time she got help it was too late. He was gone
‘It was heart-breaking…a cry I never heard from my son.’– Jaclyn Penney
Penney’s father found the dog and cut him free, but tragically the dog had already died.
She said it was difficult to give her 8-year-old son the bad news.
“It was hard. It was done with many tears. It was heart-breaking,” she said.
“I went straight to the point and told him what happened and it was a cry that I have never heard from my son.”
Doug was originally from Sheshatshui. The Penneys adopted him in June.
“We instantly fell in love with him,” Penney said.
“He was really sick when we got him.”
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