Hello and HELP finding a lost dog
 

Hi all. I'm a volunteer for Scruples Whippet Rescue and one of our lovely foster dogs has gone missing in the Accrington area. He's recently had surgery and needs medical attention, so it's urgent we find him. Can anyone help? There's a Facebook 'Help Find Louis' page for more info, but if you don't have access, pls see the info below. I hope it's ok to post this here?? Thanks, Paola

Louis (aka Blue) is an absolutely adorable scruffy Lurcher (Bedlington Terrier cross Whippet) who has recently come into rescue.

Louis bolted from the care of his Foster Carer on Thursday 15th March last at St James Road, Canal, Accrington, Lancs (BB5 postcode).

Louis has just been neutered and still has his stitches and needs to be found URGENTLY.

Please share this group and let us know if you can help in any way. Thank you.

Tel 07414932001

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ow do, have you informed the dog warden ?
I am sure all on here will help if possible

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Hiya. Yes, the warden and police are aware. We've also been on local radio and have had posters put up. We're all very worried, esp given his recent surgery. Poor boy.

Thank-you for replying. Paola

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Do you know where the dog was walked in case he has gone there? We walk up the coppice every day and will watch out. Is he friendly with other dogs?

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Awww if I were to find him I'd probably want to keep him - we've never had a dog but if we did that's exactly the sort I would have. Very unlikely I will find him as I live in Morecambe! but hope he turns up soon and is OK. Good luck! and best wishes to all at Whippet Rescue.

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I think he's good with other dogs.

He looks like a little sheep basically - there's a picture on the Facebook page.

Thank-you all for replying - I hope he's found soon!

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Blue is still missing - can anyone help find him? We're all very worried. Thanks

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if you put a picture and whereabouts in accrington on your facebook page again ill share it.i know a lot of people down acc;) maybe pop up the rspca in altham as communication is not the best as found out due to experience..

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That would be great - photos and all info on the 'Help Find Louis' Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/HelpFindLouis or on Dogs Lost DogLost.co.uk - BLUE OR LOUIS's Lost Dog Poster. Sorry, not sure how to make links 'live'...

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Oh, it happened automatically!

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Is the dog chipped so it can easily be returned if found?
I found a 6 month old Pug puppy the other day. I took her to the vet to have her chip read so I could take her home but she was not chipped. I can't believe people are daft enough to not have their dog chipped.

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Hi Neil. To be honest, I don't know. He's a rescue and was in the process of being accessed before re-homing, so I'm not sure if he was done yet (mircochipped). I think the fear is that he'll be picked up by someone and used as bait - it's become a huge problem and many 'stray' dogs are used this way.

So, time was taken to have the dog castrated, I assume by a vet? But he couldn't take the time to run his scanner over it to check if it was chipped? Had it been chipped it's owner may have been found, if not, then a simple matter to chip it before, it was given the operation.

Someone, somewhere, methinks, being a tad' careless with the dog.

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Less. As I've stated - I'm a volunteer for Scruples Whippet Rescue - a rescue that is run by mostly full-time working volunteers, who take time out of the very hectic lives in order to help out as best as they can. I was not a part of Blue's fostering or vet visit, hence me not knowing whether or not he's been chipped. I live in Suffolk - no where near where he was. I am just one of a small team of people trying to put the word out.

Even if he is chipped, he has no owner (unless there was time to re-register him to Scruples - can be a long process). As I was not involved in his original rescue I have no idea of his past circumstances - he could be an abuse case, handed over by his previous owner, abandoned, etc, etc. So, in many of these cases a chip doesn't necessarily tell us anything (though it can be useful in prosecution cases).

'Careless' in your option, but dedicated and very hard-working in mine... accidents do happen (even maybe in your world?).

Such a long answer to justify a small question.

Why not take a look at some of the other threads on AccyWeb?

You want help, we need more than input into one thread to keep going. Just so you can post.

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Less. Sorry, I must have missed the question.

Yes, the charity would like help, but if you're suggesting in order for me to remain active on this forum, I need to input into other threads, well I don't have time just now. I had hoped that it would be ok to just post about a lost dog and for people to keep an eye out.

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Just walked on canal from clayton to chirch kirk bridge , no sign on canal or adjoining fields. no sign either from chirch kirk bridge down past dunkenhalgh to Rishton dip.

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Hi Dave. Ah, thanks - so nice of you. Did you happen to see any of our posters up? We've had a really great response from locals who have been helping out.

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The one featured on facebook (attached to a metal fence adjacent the canal ) was missing but the a4 plastic cover was still sellotaped to the fence.
It did make me thing the dog had been found, but wasn't the case when I got home and checked. We hope he is soon

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Dave - That's strange, I wonder why it's been taken... I'll let them know. Thanks again!

No you didn't miss the question, you took umbridge at it.

Now, understand this, for people to post on the site and keep it active, we don't just need input to one thread, we need views on a splendid variety of threads.
The dog may be your priority, (at the moment), but take a look around, it costs you nothing except time in return for your thread about a dog you lost.
I hope you find it, but please, you bothered to make yourself a member, lend your thoughts to other topics we offer.

:)

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I suspect it fell out and blew away, as the open end was facing down, I didnt want to mention it first time, as people were making the effort

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Oh, someone must have forgot to seal it. I'll mention it. Thanks again!

Well pre menstrual 01,

At least I imagine thats what it stands for.

Are you going to sit on this thread or actually look around and comment on other threads, (I would like an answer just to see if you're worth helping).

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Cut her some slack less, dont dump your anti dog crusade on this thread

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Less have you never owned a dog? Do you understand dog ownership?Get a life

Just to let you both know, I have a life, I have had several very happy dogs as well.
I have already cut her plenty of slack.
I am not anti-dog nor am I on a crusade against dogs, though I have no love for bad dog owners. (I do not consider this person a bad dog owner just a touch over-enthusiastic).

So you see, I don't really need to be told off by either of you, learn to live with the fact that some of us keep our feet on the ground and don't get stupidly over-emotional when it comes to pets.

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i think we should have a poll. less is an idiot? less is not an idiot? ;)

Would you like me to set the poll up for you?
I know you are barely capable of copying and pasting so would need a grown up to do it for you.
:)

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This person does not own the dog......he/she is a volunteer for a Whippet rescue charity.
The dog was lost in this area, and the poster lives in Sussex, but posted on here because they thought it might help track down this animal.

Less, you can make no assumptions about their suitability as a dog owner from what has been posted on here.

I am not getting at you less, just saying it the way I see it.(as always)

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I don't think you fully understand the what is going on here, PM01 lives in Suffolk, works for an animal rescue center and is helping find a lost dog in the Accrington area. All she is doing is asking for help from Accy Weber's.


Your argumentative response does nothing to give the right impression about this area, and as you are entitled to your opinion perhaps a new thread is required, so you can vent your spleen rather than pick on someone helping (go back and re-read your posts and tell me if you are justified to make this response)


PM01 asked for help and it was suggested that pre menstrual was a possibility for her user name. I usually find your posts are well thought out arguments and debates, on this occasion you are coming over as someone who is kicking a person asking for help. You don't have to get emotional about pets if you don't want to, but move to the next thread if you cant help

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Sorry the poster is in Suffolk as Davemac pointed out...not Sussex as I put in my post.
He/she is doing this long distance.

The above is what this storm in a tea cup is about.

If you all calm down & read it again you will notice I did not say that PM whatever was the owner, it just seems logical to me that if you take a dog to a vets to chop it's goolies off, at the same time it could be scanned and if no chip present one placed into it.

Now start posting with your brains or if unable to do so, get back to fawning about poor little poochykins.

It is a shame it has gone missing, but perhaps it's trying to find it's way back to it's original owner, if it succeeds that person may have something to say about their dog being altered without their permission.

:)

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Wow Less, your ignorance is quite astounding. Thank-you to everyone else for your support.

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Her name is Paola which may explain her username.

Well said Dave, I really don't think Less's comments are helping our image at all. The people at whippet rescue are to be commended for their organisation and getting so many folks all over the country involved. If Accyweb can help even in a small way I think it would be to its credit to do so. I only wish I could adopt some of their adorable puppies...

Photos of Scruples Whippet Rescue | Facebook

Don't worry about it, my ignorance will still be coming forth on here, long after you are a distant memory.

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And Less, you are ensuring that she may become a distant memory........once this animal has been found, (if she had received a warmer welcome) she might just have found things on here that she liked, and returned to post something interesting.

Your carmudgeonly pills are too strong......you need to get a smaller dose next time.

Margaret today I am being treated like a naughty boy, tomorrow, Well who can tell?

However my views are mine, they have as much right to be on site as anyone else even if they are too individual to be swallowed by the majority.

Still, I suppose things could be worse, They could bring back hanging & witch hunting for folk that aren't afraid to speak their mind.

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I only wish I could adopt some of their adorable puppies...

Hi Susie, when you're ready... there's always plenty of unwanted whippets available. Actually, all the sighthound rescues are full to bursting, so lots to chose from. They do make lovely pets.

Thanks, Paola

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So you agree that you have no right to tell me to 'go away' as you have several times.:rolleyes:

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I think you are trying to say you are the injured party here, as I said previously you have a right to speak, but this topic is obviously not for you so why come on this particular thread knocking someone who is asking for help and getting vinegar back in return.

You have now got people to take their eye off the ball (I know its been neutered) but the dog is still missing, so lets keep an eye open for it.

Also lets hope this thread doesn't stop people from outside the area asking for help, and letting us show our northern compassion.

I don't feel injured, I also hope the dog is found, as for it's balls only the rightful owner should decide if they are to be removed.
I also think, you think, too much when trying to explain my attitude.
I pointed out a flaw in the way things proceeded, think yourselves lucky I'm not a copy and paste, stick on ridiculous links type person or this thread could run for hundreds of pages.
Now, all of you take a deep breath and calm down, you are doing nothing to alter my opinion. So why not get back to your nationwide search for the beast, I think you would find my attitude completly different if it was something important such as a child.

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Less, what part of 'rescue' do you not understand? The dog has NO owner... it seems your objections stem from the fact that the dog has been castrated - maybe a little to close to home? Perhaps I can fashion you a pair next time I bake bread.

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Oh, and before you get your knickers in a twist, the above was said in jest...

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Well Said

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I can't see that you are being treated as a naughty boy at all....and yes you have every right to be on site and to air the views you hold.......this is exactly what everyone else is doing too....airing individual views and speaking their mind........as for the majority being unable to swallow those views.......well, I'm not sure where you get that from.

When you talk of witch hunting and hanging you are just being silly....no-one is witch hunting anyone.

Oh! Yawn, read your own posts, you have said it takes time for your society to become owner of the mutt, yet you had someone elses property castrated without knowing if it was chipped.

If the dog does find it's way back to it's original owner (it has happened before), and they have vet bills because of the stitches that shouldn't be there until you OWN the dog.

As for my own balls, you ain't going to see them wither and die just because heart on their sleeve types are gunning for me.

It has been suggested I get a life, I have one thanks, it puts dogs on a lower scale to what is important, that is the human species.

May I suggest that you and the others that find me so abhorent prioritise yourselves and realise it is just a dog.

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YOU ARE Brilliant - making my day. Thanks. Hahhahahaahhhaha

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Well said Dave, let's hope people haven't been put off reading this thread for its original purpose.

And well said Paola, give as good as you get, though you shouldn't have to!

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Well at least Less shoud be a bit happier now, Paola has posted on another thread - a very helpful link on the doggy DNA thread.

Whereas I find you and the rest, (at this moment in time), to have a pack hound mentality, can't agree with me, can't find a decent arguement to put me in my place so lets all get together and attack mindlessly.

So far, I find nothing complimentary to say about you if, you are a representative of a caring society for dogs.
Example,
Stuff the legal owner, we will castrate this beast because legally or not we have the power!
Oops forgot to see if it was chipped, well, who cares?

I think you should care.

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I don't think the heart on the sleeve mentality comes into it at the moment. Some caring people are trying to find a lost dog. End of. It's not as though they are laying bunches of flowers and crying their eyes out, they are being thoroughly practical in their search.

And bear in mind that many of the dogs that come into the care of folks like Paola and her colleagues are there because of the cruelty and callousness of some of that human species that Less considers so much more important than our fellow creatures.

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I only wish I could, Paola, sadly it's just not feasible... At the moment I am undergoing long term medical treatment on a daily basis which involves a lot of travelling, then eventually we want to do some serious travelling abroad in our motor home. Don't think either of these scenarios are particularly dog friendly.

I know they make lovely pets - that makes it all the harder to say no! We have always been cat people, had 2 or 3 till last year when our last one died. I do miss my furry friends...

Perhaps when I am really old and grey I'll get one to sit by the fire with me and keep me company.

And your point is?

I put forward an opinion, the so called humans, that are prioritising making me a villain, much to the distinct pleasure of shall we say a dogknapper, (not her or her society legally own the pooch), rather than admit that perhaps things should have waited until they did own the dog, they removed part of someone elses property, something within their ranks needs to be changed.

There is cruelty in the world, both to animals and unfortunately us, the dog however had balls this can give them the tendency to roam, it does not give the so called rescuers the right to do what they have done, it wasn't their dog.

Nor does it make a good image when so many of you attack because of emotion rather than correct thinking, fortunately I find you all to be overemotional and easy to understand in these life changing circumstances, like a firm but loving father, I will tolerate you're outbursts until you come to your senses.

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'I put forward an opinion' - Less, is that the one about my cycle?

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I'm sorry to hear about your illness. Traveling abroad sounds like just the thing. Dogs are hard work and not easy to travel with. Funny, I'm actually a cat person myself, but ended up adopting whippets after their elderly owner passed away (another charity I'm with) and have fallen for them. They're very cat like, though I miss my moggies (all passed now).

I hope you feel better soon x

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No, it was my first post on this thread, the one as I said, you took umbridge to.

I do wish you would take a dip into the larger pool known as AccyWeb, i'm sure your opinion would be great asset in so many other threads.:alright:

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Less, I'm hurt. You haven't seen my post in another thread. Where's the love?

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And that was after I pointed it out for him... he's got blinkers as well as balls!

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I wish I lived nearer... you're very funny!

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I've been a little diverted today, perhaps someone posted straight after you, thus preventing me seeing your name in lights?

My goodness, we seem to be getting on like a house on fire all of a sudden, could it be your growing to like me?
Or could it be you brushing over the fact that the dog wasn't yours to interfere with?

Whatever it is welcome to AccyWeb may you post long and sensible.
:gooddog:

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Less, you keep on harping on about the dogs owner...the dog hasn't got an owner...it is a rescue dog.......probably given up, or the owner died.....it could even be a cruelty case.
Scruples(the rescue charity) have taken it on, and it is my understanding that it was with a foster family until a new home could be found for it. In the interim, the rescue charity was doing what most rescue charities do......neuter the animals..... to save new owners from having to get it done.

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Less, it's just pure and utter lust I have for you...

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Oh, just heard... there's a possible sighting of the dog. Fingers crossed

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OMG....don't tell him that!
He will have to take twice as many pills! :)

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I really do hope so....and that he has taken no harm from his wanderings.
Keep us posted please PM01.

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Margaret the dog was lost, that doesn't mean it doesn't have an owner, they may not have access to the internet, they could be fretting their loss, it has been stated earlier the dog wasn't checked for a chip, nor did it have a chip applied at the time of it's operation.
Look back, I think you will find the dog was dealt with before the correct owner was notified or ownership was transferred to these so called rescuers.
Now, will you kindly get back to fretting less, and posting in something worthwhile?

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I like the way the most recent post on Facebook says:
We have a possible lead on where Blue/Louis is. :);)

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Less, may I suggest YOU look back before you continually misrepresent what I said.

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Just to stop the whining about this dogs balls and ownership, blah, blah... He was dumped at a dog pound where they kept him for the required time, before legally signing him over to the charity. The policy is to have all dogs 'fixed' before rehoming.

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The foster carer must feel terrible!

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Thank goodness for putting the record straight, now we can get our eye back on the ball (!) and look for him.

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Where did you get that information Less......if you look at the very first post, it tells that the dog has recently come into rescue......and it goes on to say that it was lost after it had been neutered by the Rescue charity.
PM01 also told us that this animal didn't have an owner, but was being 'fostered' until new owners could be found.

I'm not fretting at all, but it is kind for you to be concerned about my mental welfare.

What thread would you consider to be 'worthwhile' for me to post in?

I'm not grabbed by much of what is on offer at present....many of these threads just seem to have a circular motion......and it is making me a bit seasick.
I'll go and get the Kwells.

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“It's good sportsmanship not to pick up lost balls while they are still rolling” Mark Twain

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Take a look at posts, 11,12,13 & espescially 14 that one you admit the dog was operated on without knowing true ownership, If the dog has found it's way back home, is it me being annoying or your 'do gooding', facing court for damage of property?
Such operations can only be performed with consent of the owner, on your own admission there are doubts about your ownership and therefore the operation is premature, should have checked for a chip.
:o

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Less, really, are you actually being serious? I said that I, me personally, did not know the situation... not the charity. Come on buddy, we were having so much fun!

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Ignorance is no excuse, somebody castrated someone elses dog without permission, even if the owner can't be found, I bet that dog is now sat by it's own familiar fireside licking away to himself and thinking, it used to take longer than this! It's no fun anymore.

What's happened to the dog others have tried verbally to do to mine, if it wasn't for this bad back, I could still do it, nothing changed my end.:cool:

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No wonder he did one, he's up & away before something else gets lopped off ! :eek:

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Unfortunately, the 'sighting' wasn't of Louis/Blue. He's still missing...

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Actually most of the live threads at the moment are concerned with balls - they're nearly all about Accrington Stanley.

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If you go onto the Stanley section (or any for that matter) you can mark the forum as read so its posts wont show in new posts until more new ones are made, see picture below

There is a way to do a new posts search without it showing football ones, if your interested I will try and find the link on how for you


http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1332538841

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Sorry to hear that, thought we had it cracked there.

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There was me thinking this thread was about a lost dog:rolleyes:

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It was, but then moved into the realms of Doggies danglies, not long before it gets round to lippy. You know how these things wander.

(I'm referring to the thread wandering & not the Doggies whatsits)

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Its been a while, any good news?

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Morning. No, nothing...

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Keep trying

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I think we've exhausted all options... hopefully someone's taken him in

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Perhaps an appeal in the local papers might bring forward anyone who has taken him in.
The lancashire evening telegraph, and accrington observer both have links on the website to sent an email with a picture.

Just a thought.

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I think one of the other people from the rescue has done that... and the radio stations. All the local pubs, petrol stations, shops, etc have been given posters too.

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As you say it looks like all possibilities have been exhausted. Thanks for trying.