According to British media reported on July 22, a few days ago, in a residential garden in Payndon, Devonshire, England, a seagull took a pet chihuahua dog.
▲ The Chihuahua that was taken away
The owner of the small 4-year-old chihuahua, Becca Hill, said she and her husband were drying clothes in the garden when they saw a seagull swoop down and take the puppy. They tried to retrieve the puppy from the seagull's mouth, but the seagull quickly flew away with the dog.
Becca and her husband
After losing her pet dog, Becca was heartbroken. She posted a dog hunting revelation online, but was met with hateful and malicious comments from netizens. Becca's psyche was hit again, severely affecting her life and work, for which she had to be forced to leave her job.
A local drone search and rescue organization also came to assist Beka in finding the puppy, and someone in the team said: "Beka looks very sad, especially some people still sneer at her, some people say that it is just a dog, and it takes so much trouble to find it, wasting social resources." What these people say is really excessive! ”
Becca said sadly in an interview: "I have experienced too much torture! ”
▲Becca life photos
On July 22, Becca updated a feed on the web, writing: "My 'baby' is gone, and when I wake up, it will never lick my face next to me again!" I can't see it again! I don't know if it's going to be thrown somewhere. ”
Becca reportedly hopes her puppy will be safe and sound and able to return to reunite with her family and two other dogs.
Becca also revealed that her 6-year-old daughter is also sad about the disappearance of the puppy, and she pleads with others to find her dog.
Becca wrote on the web: "Please! Please! Please! Anyone who sees a Chihuahua, it should be mine, and a seagull took it away from my garden. At the end of Maryton Road in Paignton, there is a 6-year-old girl who misses her dog. ”
▲ Becca pleaded on the Internet for help finding her dog
In an interview with the Website of the Sun newspaper, a staff member of the Royal Society for the Prohibition of Cruelty to Animals said: "We all hope that this dog will be found soon and that everything will be fine." This is undoubtedly a very sad thing for dog owners. But it's rare for a seagull to take away a puppy, and it's not a common practice of seagulls. ”
Experts in various fields were also called in to help the family find the dog, and rescuers are scouring rooftops, garage roofs and trees in the area.
While it's not unheard of for seagulls to attack dogs and other animals, it's rare to take a puppy away.
▲ Beka and her chihuahua dog
For example, in May 2015, British woman Nikki Wayne found her Chihuahua puppy pecked to death by a seagull. While Nikki was in the shower, the puppy managed to open the door and run out on her own, then was pecked to death by a seagull.
For example, in July 2015, a group of seagulls pecked to death an 8-year-old Yorkshire hound, Rui. The three-year-old son of the hound owner witnessed the scene with his own eyes. At that time, the dog Rui suffered a severe brain injury, and although he was sent to the pet hospital to rescue him, he was still unable to return to the sky.
Also, in August 2015, a seagull attacked near Dover Harbor and tried to hijack a puppy, Jack Russell, whose owner, Danny Robertson, heard his dog roaring loudly in the kitchen and rushed out, then found the bird holding the 2-year-old puppy weighing about 14 pounds and tried to lift it into the air.
Also, last month, a ferocious large black-backed seagull took a rabbit on Skoholm Island in Wales and ate it.
▲ The seagull took away the rabbit
A well-known ornithologist warned that if seagulls haunt the garden, they could attack babies.
The expert said: "If there is a seagull's nest on the roof and just one of the nests falls into the back garden, then a seagull attack on the baby is likely to occur." Seagulls themselves are not interested in actively attacking others, they just want to protect their offspring. Because if you attack other animals or people, you can also get hurt yourself. When it comes time to attack, they will do their best to attack others. ”
(Silver Charm)