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Date:   12 July, 2007    

SAVING THE SWAMP DOGS FROM
LETHAL INJECTONS


Chapter 2 - The Looters
Dr Sing Kong Yuen, Toa Payoh Vets, toapayohvets.com
 

 

July 12, 5.46 am
Singapore

I was surprised that Bobby, the leader of the swamp dogs had been injured, probably by looters while guarding the house.
 

 

I visited Bobby in the fine morning of July 8, 2007.

The vet was kind enough to permit to take pictures.

His tail had been amputated on the previous day.

I e-mailed Esther for more information earlier. The following was from Esther.      
July 9, 2007

<....@imode.sg> wrote:

Hi doctor sing,

This is the first picture that I took on Jul 2, 2007 (Monday) when he was sent to the veterinary surgery. I thought hiss tail was hacked off. What do you think?  I hope the picture taken by my handphone is clear.


Regards.

 

 
July 8, 2007(Sun).

To:  Esther

From your mobile phone picture, Bobby's tail could be cut off with a short object.

I phoned the vet on July 6, 2007. He said that Bobby's tail was badly infected and gangrenous. Bobby's tail needed to be amputated.

The vet would not say how Bobby's tail got injured.  

1.  When was Bobby's tail hacked? 

Answer:   A few days before 2nd July, 2007 (Monday).  The old couple told me when
I asked them.
 
2.  When you first saw him? 
Answer : 1st July (Sunday).   

3. When he went to the veterinarian?

Answer:  2nd July 2007 night  
Bobby would sit there waiting for the old couple. They do not stay there
anymore in the night since the 3rd wk of June.

(The military had acquired the premises
and all tenants must vacate by June 24, 2007).

Bobby would "jaguar (guard)" the land. We know because when we went to
eed the dogs in the evening time few times.


 

The old couple had left to their children's homes. We saw Bobby  sitting where Lynda parked her car.
As we walked in and from quite a distance, Bobby would lift up his head to check on us.
 

He would jump with joy when he recognised us. But when he saw strangers, he would
charged at them followed by the rest of pack.

4. Was he the top dog in the pack?

Answer:  Yes, he is the leader.  He is a very loyal dog, Remember the area
where Lynda from NANAS parked her car a few metres before the fishing pond on
June 14, 2007 when you vaccinated 21 dogs?


The old man's son-in-law told me that their tools are missing and that someone went up to
 the old man's bedroom recently. I suspect Bobby got injured in his tail trying to
protect a stupid empty house. In that area, foreign workers walked around with
parangs (machetes) in their hands. They could be looking for durians and other things.

5.  All dogs are frightened of him?

Answer:  I have not seen any dog fight with him at the old couple's  fishing
pond every time we were there.

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