Dog's throat slashed
Gregoire Park, AB (CA)Incident Date: Thursday, Jan 10, 2008
Disposition: Open
Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help!
Keyano College student Crystal Jahraus's family dog was killed Thursday after it got loose in their Gregoire Park neighbourhood.
"My dog was murdered," said Jahraus Friday.
On Thursday, Jahraus was in Edmonton and her husband was in Fort McKay on business.
The family nanny had let three-year-old Ginger, a pit bull-blue healer cross, out into their yard at about 12:40 p.m. and by 12:50 p.m., the dog returned to the home dripping with blood from a slashed throat.
Unable to reach Jahraus or her husband, the nanny got hold of the Fort McMurray SPCA.
According to Jahraus, the SPCA officer who arrived at their home said that because Ginger did not have broken bones or nails, the cut to Ginger's neck did not look like an accident.
"She said she hadn't been hit by a car and it was very suspicious," said Jahraus.
Ginger was taken to a local veterinarian and again, Jahraus was told that the "clean" cut across the dog's neck was suspicious.
"After two hours, Ginger's temperature came up and it seemed like she was going to be OK, but then she just stopped breathing," said Jahraus.
"The vet said she had blood in her lungs."
Jahraus can't imagine why anybody would want to harm her dog.
She said Ginger was normally kept inside their fenced yard but that day the gate had been left open.
"She was such a nice dog she didn't even bark," said Jahraus.
Jahraus does admit that the little dog was protective and had snarled at neighbours in the past.
"But they were dog owners themselves, so I don't think they would do anything (to hurt Ginger)," said Jahraus, who followed her dog's blood trail to a home two lots down from her own on Gregoire Crescent.
The Jahraus family got Ginger when Jahraus was expecting her first child -- now two-years-old.
"Our daughter has been calling for (Ginger)," said Jahraus.
The child was in the house and saw Ginger come home with blood dripping from her neck.
"She saw the whole thing, she knows," said Jahraus.
Jahraus isn't aware of any other acts of animal cruelty in her neighbourhood but was advised by the SPCA to get the word out about what happened to Ginger.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Fort McMurray SPCA at (780) 743-8997. References
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