The Scottish SPCA has launched an appeal for information after a lurcher was found to have 60 wounds from a pellet gun.The tan-coloured lurcher was found straying in the Newhouse area of Lanarkshire on August 19 and the local dog warden took him to the SSPCA animal rescue and rehoming centre in Hamilton.Animal care experts found the lurcher, who has been named Ashton, to be very fearful of anyone approaching him.
He was especially protective of his head and neck area.Due to the dogs distress when he arrived at the centre, he was unable to receive a full veterinary check for the first few days.Vets had to sedate him to check him over, and that’s when it became clear he had been shot.Claire Aiton, assistant manager of the centre in.
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