Dog saved after eating 12 bras

By STAFF REPORTER

Published: 03 Sep 2010

SHOCKED vets carried out surgery on a dog after X-rays revealed it had eaten 12 BRAS.
Sick pup Molly was seized from her owners weighing half the weight of a normal Rottweiler and suffering a swollen stomach.

When docs carried out an X-ray they were stunned to discover the dog's belly was full of UNDERWEAR — including the wiring from a comedy bra.

When vet Michael Jefferson cut Molly open he removed a bundle of 12 bras worn by "a lady of a fuller figure" — which weighed 5KG.

The underwear may have been in the poor pup's belly for up to THREE MONTHS and would have prevented her from eating.

Molly's owners, Rebecca Danville, 26, and partner Stuart Lane, 28, of Grimsby, admitting animal cruelty at Grimsby Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

Vet Michael Jeffreson revealed that Molly was "skeletal" when she was rushed into his clinic on March 13 this year.

He said: "She was taken to surgery and a large quantity of items of underclothing that the dog had eaten was removed.

"In my opinion the owners of this dog by their negligence caused her unnecessary suffering over a considerable period of time in not seeking veterinary attention for her obvious emaciation and vomiting.

"She was like a hat rack when she came in and was almost skeletal. I've never seen anything like it. Her stomach was so distended it took up her whole abdomen.

"We pulled out around a dozen under garments which were very large and can only be described as for a lady of a fuller figure. Within days Molly was like a new dog."

Molly has now been handed to new loving owners in Lincolnshire and is described as "happy" and "healthy" after making a full recovery.

Jobless Danville and Lane, who claimed they couldn't afford veterinary treatment, were banned them from keeping animals for five years, fined £100 and ordered to pay £100 costs.

Insp Laura Jones, of Rspca, said: "If you take on the responsibility of a pet you always have to bare in mind the financial burden that comes with it."

From: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3123845/Dog-saved-after-eating-12-bras.html