Dog found on TTC tracks euthanized after dramatic rescue
By Maryam Shah, Toronto Sun
First posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 04:24 PM EST | Updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 08:08 PM EST
TORONTO - Putting Katie down was the “kindest thing” to do.
Veterinarian Greg Usher was called to the TTC tunnel south of Davisville station Tuesday afternoon after a German shepherd was discovered stuck on the tracks during routine track patrol.
He said four-year-old Katie had suffered “traumatic injuries.”
“The dog was just lying calmly under the one rail,” he said. “She wasn’t struggling, she wasn’t whimpering, she was lying there calmly.”
Katie allowed Usher to pat her and speak to her. He assumed she had been clipped by a train, but he wasn’t certain.
A muzzle was put on Katie and the dog was carried out on a stretcher covered in a blood-spattered blanket around 3:30 p.m., two hours after she had been spotted.
Police whisked her away in a cruiser to Usher’s animal hospital — located right next to the Davisville subway station.
The decision to euthanize “was the kindest thing we could have done at that moment for her,” Usher said.
“For her injuries, she was extremely calm and comforted and not in any sense aggressive with us at all so that made it a lot easier for us,” he added.
Katie’s owner had been searching for the dog since morning and had even dropped by Usher Animal Hospital earlier in the day.
There were many tears as the dog was bid farewell.
“Fortunately, she was able to come here and lie with the dog for a little bit and comfort the dog and be with the dog in her last moments, which was comforting for her,” the vet said of the owner.
She is now left with one of Katie’s litter mates — which is “some comfort,” Usher said.
The TTC said it is unclear how the dog ended up six metres inside the tunnel.
“At about 1:30 p.m. we had reports of a dog at track level ... somehow lodged between the track and the third rail,” TTC spokesman Brad Ross said.
Toronto Animal Services was also involved in the rescue, which halted TTC service between Eglinton and Bloor stations for around two hours.
maryam.shah@sunmedia.ca
Dog found on TTC tracks euthanized after dramatic rescue | Toronto & GTA | News
By Maryam Shah, Toronto Sun
First posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 04:24 PM EST | Updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 08:08 PM EST
TORONTO - Putting Katie down was the “kindest thing” to do.
Veterinarian Greg Usher was called to the TTC tunnel south of Davisville station Tuesday afternoon after a German shepherd was discovered stuck on the tracks during routine track patrol.
He said four-year-old Katie had suffered “traumatic injuries.”
“The dog was just lying calmly under the one rail,” he said. “She wasn’t struggling, she wasn’t whimpering, she was lying there calmly.”
Katie allowed Usher to pat her and speak to her. He assumed she had been clipped by a train, but he wasn’t certain.
A muzzle was put on Katie and the dog was carried out on a stretcher covered in a blood-spattered blanket around 3:30 p.m., two hours after she had been spotted.
Police whisked her away in a cruiser to Usher’s animal hospital — located right next to the Davisville subway station.
The decision to euthanize “was the kindest thing we could have done at that moment for her,” Usher said.
“For her injuries, she was extremely calm and comforted and not in any sense aggressive with us at all so that made it a lot easier for us,” he added.
Katie’s owner had been searching for the dog since morning and had even dropped by Usher Animal Hospital earlier in the day.
There were many tears as the dog was bid farewell.
“Fortunately, she was able to come here and lie with the dog for a little bit and comfort the dog and be with the dog in her last moments, which was comforting for her,” the vet said of the owner.
She is now left with one of Katie’s litter mates — which is “some comfort,” Usher said.
The TTC said it is unclear how the dog ended up six metres inside the tunnel.
“At about 1:30 p.m. we had reports of a dog at track level ... somehow lodged between the track and the third rail,” TTC spokesman Brad Ross said.
Toronto Animal Services was also involved in the rescue, which halted TTC service between Eglinton and Bloor stations for around two hours.
maryam.shah@sunmedia.ca
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