EGAR Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Urgent appeal to find starving dog spotted near Belper Inra the lost dog « Previous « PreviousNext » Next »View GalleryADVERTISEMENTPublished Date: 09 October 2008 A dog that was treated so badly he is scared of people has gone missing and it is feared he may be starving to death. Inra was lost in this area in Spring 2008 and has been sighted repeatedly since then, wandering alone in the countryside close to Belper He has been sighted in Horsley Woodhouse, Coxbench and Holbrook. In March he was found a new home on the edge of Derby - but just four days later, his new owner lost him in the fields between Spondon and Ockbrook. With no real knowledge of how to fend for himself and with a fear of humans which stops him from approaching them for food, the poor dog has been roaming the countryside ever since, glimpsed here and there in the fields and lanes of East Derbyshire as a poor cringing, starving creature who flees for his life the moment anyone tries to approach him. Six-and-a-half months on from being lost, he is now believed to be steadily starving to death. A poster and leaflet campaign has resulted in a smattering of calls to the RSPCA, but the dog remains an elusive whisp of smoke and his trail is always stone cold by the time the RSPCA are informed. A RSPCA spokesperson said: "We know that in the last six months he has wandered east to Ockbrook and Risley, then north to Stanton-by-Dale, back west to Dale Abbey, north again to Stanley Common and Shipley Country Park, then southwest to Morley Hayes and Smalley Crossroads before heading westward to Horsley Woodhouse, Coxbench and Holbrook. "He is a plain black medium-sized Labrador-Border Collie cross with a greying muzzle and very distinctive ears - One Pricked up, one dropped down. His ears are the absolutely vital key to finding him. "All we can say with certainty at the moment is that he is somewhere in the countryside between Derby, Belper, Heanor and Ilkeston - very cold and very hungry." Inra doesn't answer to any name and will run away in fear if you try to approach him, because he was so cruelly treated by his last owner. He is a black medium-sized labrador-border collie cross, with a greying muzzle and very distinctive ears - one pricked one, one drooped down. If you see him, please call the Derby RSPCA Volunteers on 07758 709337 or 07808 931289 or 07884 437396. Please xpost! http://www.belpernews.co.uk/wild/Urgent-ap...ving.4576731.jp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyMalc Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 I'd like a word with his first owner please :axehead: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houndwoman Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 That is such a sad story I hope he can be found and caught somehow especially now that the weather has turned so cold and wintery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smirnoff Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 My daughter lives in Belper - I'll make sure she knows about Inra and keeps an eye open for him Poor thing. Diane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenyx Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 (edited) Edited as I read the dates wrong, sorry x Edited October 30, 2008 by Phoenyx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpuppy Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 What's happening with this guy? Is there any kind of coordinated search being organised? I followed his story a little while ago but then lost track of it. A dog this scared is going to be really difficult to catch. Has anybody put traps out where he was last seen. I fear for him in this cold weather with little body weight and I feel that trapping him with food is the only way he's going to get got. If loads of people are tramping around he's just going to be driven away. I live quite near Belper and I would be happy to come and help but I don't know the area very well. Please send me a message if I can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudi Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 What's happening with this guy? Is there any kind of coordinated search being organised? I followed his story a little while ago but then lost track of it. A dog this scared is going to be really difficult to catch. Has anybody put traps out where he was last seen. I fear for him in this cold weather with little body weight and I feel that trapping him with food is the only way he's going to get got. If loads of people are tramping around he's just going to be driven away. I live quite near Belper and I would be happy to come and help but I don't know the area very well. Please send me a message if I can help. I think you'd need to phone the contact numbers on the message - I'm not sure that anyone on the forum is co-ordinating this outside the RSPCA, as it was cross posted Could be completely wrong though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_H Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 There are posters around all over the place for this dog. But I'll send this out to my horsey friends who stable horses at Stanton by Dale as well incase they see him while hacking. Poor boy. I hope hes found soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel n Hardy Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 hope he's found very soon poor lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kola Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 i've got a dog adopted in belper, will send these details on as he's always out walking with his hope he's found very soon Amanda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranirottie Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 wouldnt food inside a dog trap work? I know its a long shot but several traps in several places that he has been seen might just catch him. Poor boy.x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpuppy Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 "There have been distressing developments. Inra was, it seems, seen on Saturday afternoon in Oak Hurst woods, on the west side of the Derwent from Ambergate (ie south of Shining Cliff Woods). Two ladies were walking four rowdy dogs whose presence drew Inra out - but a huge Chocolate Lab greeted him by jumping on top of him and by the time all four dogs had ben brought under control Inra had vanished. He was described as being pathetically emaciated, barely able to walk with his hind legs, like a very ancient and arthritic dog - still wearing a red collar and obviously in the last stages of decrepitude. The two women realised it was Inra, having read about him in the Belper News; they searched for him for the next two-and-a-half hours till darkness, then came back the next day and searched again but to no avail. Exasperatingly they phoned the council out-of-hours service, who took a message but didn't tell them it wouldn't be passed to the Dog Wardens till Monday (so I was only informed on Monday afternoon, too late even to get up there before dark). They also phoned the police, who misplaced the piece of paper they noted the call down on, only rediscovering it on Wednesday morning (for God's sake.....) when they eventually phoned me. Myself and another volunteer searched Oak Hurst on Tuesday morning (and the old wireworks by the river). We went back on Wednesday, set up a barbecue to fill the woods with food smells and played a tape of barking dogs which I'd recorded at the RSPCA centre early that morning. But no sign of Inra. The woods are huge, steep, rocky, slippery with mud....there's no food there for him, so no reason for him to stick around...He must have crossed the bridge at Whatstandwell to get into them and come down through Shining Cliff Woods, but where he is now is anybody's guess. Saturday night was murderously cold, with ice on the ground by Sunday morning. It sleeted on Sunday morining too. We've leafleted the whole of Ambergate, but there's a very strong feeling of closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. We may try the barbecue and tape again....I phoned his brother's owners in Buxton, to see if they could bring him down to the wood in the hope of his picking up a scent, but they aren't available till the weekend at the earliest (and it looks like raining then anyway). It's really looking very grim. The dog is evidently on his last legs. He may even be dead. Surrounding farms have been fed his details, but I really do fear we may hear nothing more of him now. I hope to be proved wrong, though. People will be looking for him in the woods again today." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpuppy Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 The previous post was put on another forum last week. Since then large teams of people have been out in Shining Cliff woods to try to find this dog. The situation is desperately urgent so we really need lots of help to cover the area. I spent a total of 7 hours walking up there this weekend. Here is a link to the search topic with details of the latest sightings and the best places to be looking. search details Please please please would anybody who can get to this area please do so. If you can and are lucky enough to see the dog please call 07758 709337 or 07920 528554 immediately. I cannot stress how important it is that we find this dog so if you can help please spare some time. Send pm if you need more directions or information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel n Hardy Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 please Inra, make yourself known c'mon boy, please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel n Hardy Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Any news ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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