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The past 10 months have been extremely harrowing for me. I love dogs, so to see them treated as mere commodities, products on an industrial line, was very upsetting. I have so many awful memories - things that I will never, never be able to forget. The individual dogs I got to know and love that were either sent off to a laboratory or slaughtered because they were considered surplus to Harlan UK's requirements. Then there are the ones I have left behind - still there awaiting their fate. The worst part of the job was knowing that there was no way out for the dogs. All were fated to die one way or another. There was no escape. |
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In the morning I would open the door to my unit to be greeted by up to 300 uncontrollable, bored and frustrated dogs clamouring for attention. With so many dogs living in such overcrowded conditions and so few staff, it was impossible to give the dogs individual attention or play with them. There just wasn't time. Throughout the day I would hear cries and screeches as dogs bullied and attacked each other. It was awful. I will never forget the sight that greeted me over the New Year holiday period. I found one dog that had been bitten from head to toe by the other dogs in his pen. By the time I arrived he had been dead for hours and was already stiff. The thought of what that poor little dog went through is unbearable. He must have died a slow and terrifying death. Yet it is not the dogs' fault - it is the conditions they are kept in. I can only hope that by going undercover and exposing this vile industry we can bring an end to the use of dogs in experiments. |
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