A woman in Nova Scotia shares her story after the death of her beloved pet, Lexie, in the hope that this will help other animal owners.
Deborah Lewis says she knew when she arrived at the holiday house last week that something was wrong.
“She was not there to greet me, which was a little unusual, then I got on the stairs and she was not on her chair, which was her favorite place,” recalls Lewis.
“I was a little worried at that time.”
She found Lexie in the dining room with a chip bag sucking on her head. Lewis, who is a veterinary technician, says she knew it was too late to help her dog.
“(The chip bag) was on the counter, and my family had thought it was far enough, out of its reach,” said Lewis. “It was not uncommon for us to leave things at the back of the counter, and she wouldn’t have them.”
She warns that the tragedy could arrive at other pets, including dogs and cats, because the strong material of the bag can create a vacuum seal around their neck.
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The veterinarian Ainsley Davidson-Rowe is a colleague from Lewis’s’s and knew Lexie well. She says that Lexie’s case was not the first time she saw pets.
“If you know you have a dog that is in trouble when you are not at home, it is sometimes safer to keep them in breakage when you are not at home or to keep them in a contained area,” said Davidson-Rowe.
“Even if you don’t have pets, it will save the fauna.
The pair also urges companies to add warning labels to snack bags.
The call is part of a greater movement.
The founder of Preved PET suffocation, a non-profit organization based in the United States dedicated to awareness of awareness of the dangers of food packaging, says that it is a global problem.
Bonnie Harlan hears several animal owners each week who have lost their animals because of a snack bag.
She launched the foundation after her four -year rescue dog, Blue, died in 2011 after suffocating on a chip bag.
Harlan encourages animal owners to learn RCR.
“From our international survey that we have carried out on the suffocation of pets, around 10% of suffocation events, pets were relaunched,” she said.
“This is not the greatest number, but it is an important number. I recommend learning RCR for pets. “
Thanks to these prevention steps, Lewis hopes that Lexie’s heritage is continuing.
“Her story has already reached so many people, and just knowing that they may have had a glimpse of the dog that she was so much,” said Lewis.
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