The body of another dead dog, wrapped in a tarp, has been found in Barkers in West Bay.
This is at least the third report this year of a dead dog being dumped in a public area.
A woman walking her own dog in the Barkers National Park came across the animal’s skeleton by a path.
She said she had noticed the tarp at the side of the path previously, but it was only when the rain from Hurricane Ian in September disturbed the covering that she discovered the bones of the dog – and perhaps more than one dog – inside.
“The remains I found recently were wrapped in a tarp on the side of the main path,” she said in an email to the Compass.
“I have seen the tarp there for a while now but only noticed the bones just before Hurricane Ian [Sunday morning, 25 Sept.] – the high water had dislodged it and the bones were (are still) clearly visible. Given the size of the tarp bundle, I think there may be more than one dog inside.”
She added, “I am a dog owner and animal lover. I walk my dog in Barkers at least twice a week and it really is distressing to see animals dumped in such a callous way. There is no excuse for this behaviour.”
She has reported the incident to the Department of Agriculture, she said, but the body had not been removed by the time she visited the location again last week.
The DoA has said in similar instances that unless there is a report regarding concern or suspicion of animal cruelty, the removal of a dead animal would be the remit of the Department of Environmental Health.
The woman who found this dead animal had earlier reported the body of another dog that had been dumped in Barkers in February this year, which she said had taken more than three weeks to be removed after she reported it.
In August, another dead dog was found inside a black canvas bag that ha been dumped or washed up on Barefoot Beach.
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