Dog tied to pole and abandoned at Dublin Airport finds new forever home
The dog was abandoned and tied to a pole at Dublin Airport on Monday night
A dog that was abandoned and tied to a pole at Dublin Airport on Monday night has found her new forever home.
According to My Lovely Horse Rescue, it appeared that the dog’s owners may have been leaving the country but weren’t allowed to take the dog back with them.
The dog was left with her passport beside her late at night, but the airport police spotted her and immediately contacted the rescue charity.
Martina Kenny, co-founder of My Lovely Horse Rescue, told the Irish Independent: “The dog was passported. They obviously came into the country, and it was fine to get the dog in, but not to get the dog out.
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“You do have to go through a different process. You don’t just get on a plane and go, it’s just not the way it works. She was left outside the airport tied to a pole with her passport beside her.
“Thank the Lord that somebody spotted her and alerted the airport police. They took her and called a volunteer who belongs to us and straight away we took her in.
“Hopefully from tomorrow she’s going to her new home with a veterinary nurse. So, she’ll live with her now forever. It’s a good news story in the end,” Ms Kenny added.
A spokesperson for Dublin Airport said the dog was rescued by Airport Police and “was fed and given water before one of our Airport Search Unit contacted My Lovely Horse Rescue to give her a temporary foster home”.
The animal charity also believes that dog abandonment is becoming worse nationwide, particularly in Dublin due to the housing crisis.
“There’s serious cruelty out there where there’s people right now abandoning old dogs to get the kids a new puppy. They’re either abandoning them or trying to get them into a pound,” Ms Kenny said.
“Every pound in the country is full. There has never been a dog crisis like there is now ever. I’ve been volunteering and working with dogs and animals for 25 years and honestly, I’ve never, ever seen it like this before in my life.
“It’s between Covid and the housing crisis as well. Landlords do not allow dogs. Prices for places in Dublin especially have gone up.
“The landlords are cashing in, and they’re getting rid of people with dogs. Then the person can’t get into another place with their pet.
“Landlords really need to look at the rest of Europe. Landlords allow dogs in their apartments and in their houses there.
“Here, there are animals sitting in pens now. They’re all being destroyed. They have to be put to sleep because there’s no room,” she added.
