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Clockwise from top left: Blue was taken off property from a boarding kennel without his owner’s consent, slipped his leash and was hit by a car – his owner later found out he was only on a frayed slip leash;
Finn died in at a board and train facility – he had bruising around his neck and blood in his nostrils, leading the vet who conducted the necropsy to suspect he had been strangled;
Puppy Sarge died in his owner’s arms after a trainer clamped his hand over Sarge’s mouth to hold it closed, while grabbing his neck with his other hand;
Gunner died two days after his stay at a board and train facility – he had open sores on his legs, fluid coming from his mouth and appeared to have difficulty moving when his owners collected him;
Max was helicoptered four times and punched by a trainer.
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BARKS from the Guild/March 2018