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Rescuers Find A Hundred Metal Bullets Inside Sweet Dog

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Usually, when shelters and animal rescuers take abused animals into their care, they can immediately detect physical and emotional scarring that’s been left behind from the cruel abuse or neglect.

Yet when a worker from the New South Wales Animal Welfare League picked up a Kelpie cross named Molly from the pound, they had no information about her medical history but didn’t expect to run into any issues since she seemed like such a sweet and healthy animal.

Photo by Facebook/Animal Welfare League NSW

“I fell in love with her because I love these types of dogs. They kind of look like your old farm dog. She was lovely, a little bit timid, but very sweet and very affectionate,” said Erika Pankhurst, the AWL animal behaviorist that picked Molly up from the pound.

They planned to find Molly a forever home after getting a routine checkup, yet shortly after dropping her off at the vet, she received an urgent call telling her she needed to see Molly’s x-ray. “I just looked and it was I was like ‘I’ve never seen anything like this before. It was quite upsetting because she is so lovely. It makes me so upset that someone could do something so horrible to such a lovely dog, or to any dog.”

Photo by Facebook/Animal Welfare League NSW
In the X-ray, Senior vet Simone Maher found what looked to be hundreds of objects trapped under Molly’s skin. She first thought the machine was faulty, but when she re-did the scan, the same white spots still showed up on the scan. The team carefully examined Molly and realized there were 100 metal bullets from a BB gun trapped in her body.
“There is little external evidence of the initial trauma that caused these pellets to become so diffusely lodged in Molly’s body, which would indicate it happened quite some time ago,” said. Dr. Maher. “Our expert team of Vets have assessed that these pellets in her body do not cause her pain, or pose a risk to her health. She now desperately needs some TLC which we are all providing her at our office,” the rescuers wrote in a post on Facebook.
Photo by Facebook/Animal Welfare League NSW
Rescuers are now searching for the perfect home for Molly, but until then, they are making sure she is given plenty of love and affection and are spoiling her with treats.

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[Featured Image: Facebook/Animal Welfare League NSW]

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