Swarm of bees stings dog to death
July 15th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANSLondon, July 15 (IANS) A puppy, attacked by a swarms of bees from a neighbourhood hive in Britain, died after they stung her over 100 times.
Keeley Connolly’s 15-month-old German shepherd Sara was playing in the garden when she was set upon by bees from neighbour Susan Mowforth’s hive, Daily Mail reported Friday.
An ex-stockbroker Connolly found the distressed animal at her door and let her into the house. Within no time, her living room was filled with bees.
She tried to drive Sara to the vet, but felt forced to stop after her car was filled with the angry swarm.
The dog was given ice blankets and kept under 24-hour care, but was put down after a plasma transfusion resulted in internal bleeding.
Connolly, who lives with husband Grant and their six-year-old daughter Sam in Andover, Hampshire, said she wanted beekeepers to be more careful about where they put their hives.
She said: “The vet said they had never seen a dog stung so many times.
“The veterinary staff were distressed because of the amount of pain Sara had been in.
“After the operation we got a phone call saying it had gone well but then she got worse again and the vet said we should put her down because they didn’t think she would pull through.”
“If it had happened an hour later, my daughter would have been at home and I hate to think what would have happened,” she added.
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