ShreyaThe Find
It was sheer luck that Alan Webster of the South Yorkshire Pet Ambulance service was in the neighborhood that day. He and his team were out on a fundraising at the car boot on the day they found something heart-wrenching at the car boot, 5 am in the morning. It was supposed to be a regular day, but it turned out saddening and angering all people who saw what happened.
Chance Encounter
Of course Alan, soft-hearted as he was when it came to animals, took upon himself to take care of who they found abandoned that morning, near the bushes. Things did not make sense and the animal should not have been there in the first place. And it was sheer luck that they happened to be at the site of the incident, what would have happened otherwise, there is no knowing.
South Yorkshire Pet Ambulance Service
South Yorkshire Pet Ambulance service is a 24-hour pet ambulance service for pets and they also make street rescues. It is a non- profit service, working only with the help of funds and donations and they are open all the time. They welcome rescuers and volunteers and their Facebook page regularly put up animals for adoptions which they have managed to rescue and provide the shelter for. Some members, along with the founder Alan Webster were in an area, ready to set up a fundraiser in a car boot when near it, 5 am in the morning, they found something they did not expect.
Terrier-fied
In the field, the company found an abandoned and shivering terrier, who by the looks of it was not quite young but it was not diseased or ill either. They did not know the name of the terrier yet, nor who it belonged to, they just knew it was abandoned, as was indicated by the stuff lying around it. Alan Webster believes that in the past few months the British people have grown more insensitive.
Makeshift Shelter
T It was a female terrier, cold and wet and Alan said, “We had a little cooker and we made her some rice pudding which really warmed her up – I was going to have it from my breakfast!” The terrier, however, was not alone. The terrier was tied to the boot of the car that the South Yorkshire Pet Ambulance service was going to use for the fundraiser and the person who abandoned the terrier behind the bush had also left a bag of food, water in a bowl a blanket and a few other things which seemed to be its belongings.
Tessa
When Alan approached the terrier he found that her name was Tessa. For the time being, he focused on getting her warm and well fed because the terrier seemed to have been out in the cold for some time. All he had was anger and hatred for the person who abandoned the dog, he wondered what would have happened to Tessa if he or his crew members had not reached there or had come a little late. His hatred increased when he found that the person had left a note.