Browse content similar to Episode 8. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!
Line | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|
Britain's animals are under threat. | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
All too often our wildlife and domestic pets | 0:00:05 | 0:00:07 | |
are the victims of cruelty, persecution and neglect. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:11 | |
Fighting to save them is a dedicated band of people | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
trying to protect and care for them right around the clock. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:18 | |
This is Animal 24:7. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:21 | |
Today on Animal 24:7... | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
Is this your dog? | 0:00:37 | 0:00:38 | |
Tempers run high... | 0:00:38 | 0:00:39 | |
Stay still or I'll arrest you. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
..as we go on patrol with the dangerous dogs team. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:45 | |
Don't get aggressive, cos if you do, you won't be getting your dog back. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:49 | |
There's a duvet day for the deer that went garden hopping. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:53 | |
And I'm on the night shift with a country vet... | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
..battling to save an unborn calf. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
It's turned round on itself. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
-Just the wrong way up? -Yup. COW MOOS | 0:01:05 | 0:01:07 | |
Dangerous dogs are responsible | 0:01:12 | 0:01:14 | |
for around 5,000 injuries to people every year, | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
costing the NHS nearly £3.5 million. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:22 | |
The issue of banned breeds being kept illegally | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
is especially bad in London, | 0:01:25 | 0:01:26 | |
where the police and local authorities | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
are doing all they can to tackle the problem. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:31 | |
Newham, in London's bustling East End. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:41 | |
This is the well-trodden beat | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
of animal welfare officer Tina Delaney. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
It's a tough patch, where dogs aren't always man's best friend. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
It's Tina's job to track down dangerous dogs | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
and make sure the public aren't at risk. | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
In the past year, her team have seized 100 dogs, | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
39 of them illegal pit bull terriers. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
Today, she has a potential problem owner on her hands. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:11 | |
The person allegedly lets their dog out unattended in a public place, | 0:02:11 | 0:02:15 | |
which is an offence | 0:02:15 | 0:02:16 | |
and when it's out, it growls at people, | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
which contravenes Section 3 of the Dangerous Dogs Act. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
As they approach the house, | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
Tina and PC Paul Delivett can hear barking inside. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
Hello? We're from animal welfare. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
But whoever owns the dog isn't keen to respond. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
-That was a person, that was. -Hm. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
The dogs have moved. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:42 | |
And Tina's presence suddenly has a dramatic effect. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
Paul, they're going over the back! They're going over the back! | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
They've... Somebody's just jumped over the back garden, | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
which looks like with a pit bull. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
SHE KNOCKS DOOR | 0:02:58 | 0:03:00 | |
Pit bulls are one of four types of dog banned in the UK | 0:03:00 | 0:03:04 | |
and Tina's not going to take any chances. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:06 | |
She readies her baton to protect herself in the event of an attack. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
Cautiously, they search the garden | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
to see if there's a sign of either a dog or its owner. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
They've obviously... | 0:03:20 | 0:03:21 | |
They've come out the window, | 0:03:21 | 0:03:23 | |
they've come along here and gone over the wall there... | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
..with a dog. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:28 | |
Now we're knocking on the door, there's no sign of dogs | 0:03:28 | 0:03:31 | |
and no barking, | 0:03:31 | 0:03:33 | |
but when we arrived, it was obvious there were dogs on the property. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
But they're not any longer. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
For now, Tina has to resign herself to the fact she's been outrun. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
-Looks like they've come over there. -No, I stayed there... | 0:03:42 | 0:03:45 | |
It's one of the frustrations of trying to clamp down on illegal dogs, | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
she'll come back with a warrant. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
Does that look like a pit to you? | 0:03:53 | 0:03:54 | |
But as soon as she leaves the house, | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
Tina spots another dog in the park opposite, | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
which gives her cause for concern. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
That dog that's playing over there on the grass, | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
looks like a pit bull. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
We'll go and have a talk. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:09 | |
With the potentially dangerous dog | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
roaming off the lead in a public space, | 0:04:12 | 0:04:14 | |
Tina needs to get a closer look. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
Is this your dog? | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
-No, it's my son's. -Your son's dog? | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
-Is your son here? -No, he's working. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:22 | |
-Right, OK. -PAUL: Eh, no! | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
You have to wait a minute. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:25 | |
The man claims his son's dog is a Shar Pei cross | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
and doesn't seem keen to cooperate. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
Stay still, stay still or I'll arrest you. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
-Stay still. -Good boy. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
Everyone's clearly upset. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:37 | |
It seems this is a loved family pet called Romeo. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
Staff Shar Pei. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:42 | |
And now Mum has turned up to see what all the fuss is about. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
You've had it looked at? | 0:04:46 | 0:04:47 | |
But concerned that the dog is a pit bull type, | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
Tina has the power to seize it. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
OK, what I want to do is to arrange for your dog | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
to have an assessment, | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
to make sure it's not a pit bull terrier type dog. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
OK? | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
One of the things that I'm concerned about | 0:05:06 | 0:05:08 | |
is that it has a pit bull type in it. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
It has been bred with a pit bull. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:13 | |
Now, it has got quite a wrinkly face, which is a Shar Pei trait. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:17 | |
OK, it has got that, but at the end of the day, | 0:05:17 | 0:05:20 | |
it still has quite a lot of visual pit bull traits, as well. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:24 | |
There are specific tests which determine whether a dog | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
is a pit bull, | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
but with all her experience, | 0:05:30 | 0:05:31 | |
Tina often has a good idea straightaway. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
Because we're not allowed to do that, I'm afraid. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
Despite the family's protests, | 0:05:39 | 0:05:42 | |
she's concerned that Romeo here is no romantic. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
ROMEO BARKS | 0:05:45 | 0:05:46 | |
Does he usually show people aggression? | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
MOTHER: Romeo, Romeo? | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
What I'm bothered about is if your dog behaves like that | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
to strangers in a public place... | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
Yeah, cos they don't know him. | 0:05:57 | 0:05:58 | |
MOTHER: Exactly, cos they don't know, the people. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
He's not the only one who'd do that. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:03 | |
I'm sorry, but that's not acceptable behaviour | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
in a public place. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:07 | |
I'm going to give you a receipt now for your dog | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
to tell you that I've seized him under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
Tina's decision dismays the family and tempers start to run high. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:17 | |
Don't get aggressive with me, cos if you do, | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
you won't be getting your dog back. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
I'm trying to advise you... What you're saying to me... | 0:06:23 | 0:06:25 | |
OK, I understand that you're upset cos we're taking your dog. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
D'you know what, I'm just going to give you that. | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
You can read it, I won't advise you. Let's go. | 0:06:31 | 0:06:33 | |
Tina decides it's time to leave before things boil over | 0:06:33 | 0:06:37 | |
and Romeo seems to be upset to be separated from his family. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:41 | |
ROMEO YELPS | 0:06:41 | 0:06:42 | |
It is a sad moment but not necessarily goodbye. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
Even if he's confirmed as a banned breed, | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
a court order could allow the family to keep Romeo. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
Good boy! | 0:06:53 | 0:06:54 | |
At first glance, Tina thinks he is a pit bull. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
He's quite square to look at him. He's very athletic looking. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:04 | |
He's got elliptical eyes, even though his eyes are very sore. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:08 | |
He's got quite well-developed cheeks | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
and as you can see, he kind of leans forward, which is a pit bull trait. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:16 | |
Because he doesn't behave OK with strangers, which is apparent, | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
so we need to make sure that the dog is a safe dog in a public place. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
-Romeo's assessment will take place within the next few days. -Up! | 0:07:23 | 0:07:27 | |
Good boy! Come on, now. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:29 | |
His family must now wait to see if he's classed as a pit bull | 0:07:30 | 0:07:34 | |
and whether he's safe to keep as a pet. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
Still to come... | 0:07:45 | 0:07:46 | |
Hello, open up, otherwise I'll smash your door in. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:49 | |
No escape this time, as Tina returns for the one that got away. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:53 | |
About a month ago we came to this house | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
and a man left from the back window with a dog. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
And wayward wildlife leads to the tangle of deer...and duvet. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:03 | |
His little heart is racing, though. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:05 | |
The Lake District is famed for its rugged hills | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
and those stunning views, | 0:08:12 | 0:08:13 | |
but this is a farmed landscape | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
and that means a lot of animals | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
that have to be kept fit and healthy. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:19 | |
I'm here to spend 24 hours with a vet | 0:08:19 | 0:08:22 | |
who never knows what's coming next. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:25 | |
Helping all creatures great and small amid sweeping views, | 0:08:27 | 0:08:31 | |
a country vet's life seems idyllic | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
but maybe it's not such a walk in the park. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
I've only just met Andrew Robinson | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
and already we're on an emergency call. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
Andrew, what are we going to do? | 0:08:43 | 0:08:45 | |
We're going to go and see a cow that's down with milk fever. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
Basically, it's a milk cow, she will have calved fairly recently | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
and she's put so much calcium into her milk, | 0:08:52 | 0:08:55 | |
that there isn't enough left in her blood system. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:57 | |
So her blood has got a low calcium level | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
and we're going to go and give her some additional calcium | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
straight into the vein. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
How serious can this be? | 0:09:04 | 0:09:05 | |
She could be dead within half an hour to an hour. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:07 | |
Harriet the cow gave birth to twins two days ago. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:14 | |
This caused a rush of calcium to her udder, | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
but Andrew suspects that in an effort to care for her young, | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
she's left herself short. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:21 | |
Without enough calcium in her blood, she is heading for a heart attack. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:25 | |
As we arrive at the farm, there's no time to waste. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:31 | |
So, basically, what we need is a stethoscope and thermometer | 0:09:31 | 0:09:37 | |
and we'll get in there and just have a quick check over of her. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
Farmer Tony Kirk has been watching Harriet closely all weekend | 0:09:42 | 0:09:46 | |
and like Andrew, suspects that she's suffering from milk fever. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:49 | |
But it's vital to make sure this IS the case before carrying on. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
The first thing I want to do is just check her temperature, | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
cos there's various things that can be affecting her at this stage | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
after calving. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:01 | |
I want to make sure that we get the right diagnosis. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:04 | |
Temperature's a wee bit up. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:09 | |
Should be 101 and a bit. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:11 | |
She's sitting at just over 103. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
Harriet is definitely running a fever. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
Andrew listens to her heart to see how that's been affected. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
When they're low in calcium, | 0:10:19 | 0:10:20 | |
the heart muscle can't get enough blood out, | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
so it tends to go very quiet and very fast. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:26 | |
So we're listening for her heart rate and the strength of the beat. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:31 | |
And she is quite fast. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:34 | |
So she is still low, so she does need some more calcium. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:38 | |
A swift and accurate diagnosis is crucial, | 0:10:38 | 0:10:43 | |
but if Harriet is going to survive, | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
then we've got to be quick with the treatment. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
What are all these different things? | 0:10:48 | 0:10:50 | |
You've got bottles of calcium there with the red top. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
You've got some magnesium there, as well. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
And that's the actual equipment that we use to get it into a vein. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
-Is this still a life-threatening condition? -Yes, more so. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:02 | |
Harriet is dying from a lack of calcium | 0:11:02 | 0:11:05 | |
and Andrew wastes no time in getting a line into her vein. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
But despite the urgency, this part cannot be rushed. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:11 | |
We can't put it in too quickly, | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
because if we do, we'll give her a heart attack. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
We've just got to let it trickle in, nice and gently. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:22 | |
That's it, now we're going to give her a drink. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
Harriet's also severely dehydrated | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
and it's down to me to prepare her a potentially life-saving drink | 0:11:29 | 0:11:33 | |
with added calcium and magnesium for good measure. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:36 | |
This is a first, I've never mixed up medicine for a sick cow. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:40 | |
I do hope it works. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:42 | |
Oof! | 0:11:42 | 0:11:43 | |
It doesn't look or smell too good. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:45 | |
I'm going to pop this in her mouth. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:49 | |
And Harriet's in no mood to drink. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:51 | |
But we have to get this solution inside her. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
It might look brutal, but this could save her life. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
I'm going to get you, Tom, | 0:12:01 | 0:12:03 | |
to basically... | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
..pump that water into that cow, please. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:09 | |
Right, got it. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
All right, it's good for you, honest. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
After I prepare and pump gallons of the solution into Harriet, | 0:12:24 | 0:12:28 | |
there's nothing left to do but wait and watch. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
And then, suddenly... | 0:12:38 | 0:12:40 | |
Hello, hello! Look, look! Wow! | 0:12:40 | 0:12:44 | |
-Now that's a recovery! -TOM LAUGHS | 0:12:44 | 0:12:47 | |
Well, there you are, Tom. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:48 | |
That's what your drink has done for that cow. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
That's amazing, she just got up and walked! | 0:12:51 | 0:12:53 | |
-That was a Lazarus moment. -Yes. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:55 | |
From life-threatening to lively in the space of quarter of an hour. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
Yeah, couldn't ask for more. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
Brilliant. She's going to eat, too! Fantastic, well done! | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
Thanks to Andrew's quick thinking, Harriet is back on her feet | 0:13:03 | 0:13:08 | |
and on the swift road to recovery. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:10 | |
No time to celebrate though, day has turned to night | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
but there's more work to do. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:20 | |
Straightaway, we've heard about another cow in crisis. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
Samantha is trying to give birth but her calf is facing the wrong way | 0:13:25 | 0:13:30 | |
and the farmer is worried. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:31 | |
The calf has turned round inside the cow | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
and he can't get it straightened up, | 0:13:34 | 0:13:36 | |
so he wants me to go and straighten the calf up | 0:13:36 | 0:13:39 | |
and then to calve the cow. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:40 | |
Once again, what kind of seriousness is this? | 0:13:42 | 0:13:45 | |
Well, it depends how quickly the farmer's actually found the calving. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:49 | |
We're looking at potentially trying to save the calf and the cow's life. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:54 | |
We arrive just before midnight. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:57 | |
I can tell that Andrew's concerned and keen to get started. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:01 | |
-This is the lady in question? -This is the cow. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:03 | |
You can see from the way her tail's sticking up in the air, | 0:14:03 | 0:14:07 | |
that's a sign that she wants to be on in calving. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
But if things stay like this, Samantha will deteriorate quickly. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:14 | |
Andrew needs to see how the calf is positioned. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:19 | |
I'm just going to go in and have a feel for myself...where this calf is. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:23 | |
If all was well, the calf would be shaped as though ready to dive out, | 0:14:23 | 0:14:28 | |
but Andrew knows that's not the case. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:30 | |
So basically, it's turned round on itself, | 0:14:30 | 0:14:35 | |
so what I'm going to try and do, is roll it back round again. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:39 | |
-Its head's still at the right end but just the wrong way up? -Yup. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:44 | |
So you're literally trying to turn it the other way up? | 0:14:44 | 0:14:46 | |
I'm trying to roll this calf around. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
With the calf twisted onto its back like this, | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
it will be ingesting too much fluid, | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
effectively drowning inside the womb. | 0:14:56 | 0:15:00 | |
Andrew is running out of time to save it. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:05 | |
Still to come... | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
Can Andrew turn things round and deliver the calf? | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
I'm fairly strong but I won't pull this calf out of the cow on my own. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:24 | |
And Tina spots another possible pit bull. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:26 | |
Yep, take him. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:28 | |
Take him. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:29 | |
There are plenty of places in the UK | 0:15:33 | 0:15:35 | |
which provide the perfect opportunity | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
for seeing wild animals in their natural habitat, | 0:15:37 | 0:15:41 | |
but when those animals drop into our world, | 0:15:41 | 0:15:44 | |
it can mean they're in trouble and often need our help. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:48 | |
Just outside Bristol, | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
an unexpected visitor has arrived in a back garden... | 0:15:56 | 0:15:59 | |
a roe deer that's lost and frightened. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
RSPCA inspector Kim Downes has been called. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:11 | |
Apparently, the deer's fallen into somebody's garden, | 0:16:11 | 0:16:15 | |
it's now in quite an enclosed area and it can't get out. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
We're not sure yet of any injuries | 0:16:18 | 0:16:20 | |
but yeah, just going to go and have a look and assess the situation | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
and see what we can do. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:25 | |
There are lots of deer in this area, particularly roe deer, | 0:16:25 | 0:16:29 | |
so unfortunately, we do get quite a few calls for them. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:33 | |
Unfortunately, often it's when they've been hit by cars. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:37 | |
A wild animal in an unfamiliar environment can be unpredictable. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:43 | |
For Gerald Davidson and his son Scott, | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
the novelty of a wildlife park in their back garden has worn off. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:49 | |
-If you look out that window... -Yeah. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:51 | |
..you'll see it laid down round the corner, | 0:16:51 | 0:16:54 | |
just the back of it in a minute. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:56 | |
You can see it's done a bit of damage. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
All I can see is the back end of a deer. It looks like it's lying down. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:03 | |
Ideally, you'd like to get it out from there and get it released. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:08 | |
Kim is experienced in dealing with potentially volatile wild animals. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:12 | |
She knows all the tricks of the trade | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
and her plan involves using a simple duvet. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
The best thing we'd do is to cover their heads. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:21 | |
My intention is to literally throw a duvet and jump on it | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
and then if someone can bring through the kennel, | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
I'll pop it in the kennel. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:28 | |
I'll have a quick look at it. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:30 | |
That's the plan anyway! | 0:17:30 | 0:17:31 | |
Whether it goes to plan, we don't know, but that's the plan. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:35 | |
Covering the deer's eyes with the duvet | 0:17:37 | 0:17:39 | |
should reduce his stress levels. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:41 | |
It will also provide protective padding that could be vital for Kim. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:46 | |
My concerns are that obviously it's a wild animal, | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
so the minute I go out there, it's in a confined space, | 0:17:49 | 0:17:52 | |
it's likely to panic, it's going to jump up. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:54 | |
Deer have quite sharp hooves, as well, | 0:17:54 | 0:17:56 | |
so I need to be quite careful, | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
to think about my own health and safety. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
Kim approaches the deer very cautiously, | 0:18:05 | 0:18:08 | |
hoping not to spook it with any sudden movements or sounds. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:13 | |
OK, so I can see a sort of young male stag... | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
..sort of roe deer. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:21 | |
She keeps the duvet raised to protect HER | 0:18:21 | 0:18:24 | |
if the deer chooses to run. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:26 | |
But as she approaches, he doesn't seem concerned | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
and Kim takes the chance to have a closer look at him. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
Can't see any injuries, | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
it's obviously got a slight scrape on its hind leg. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:41 | |
Now she edges closer | 0:18:43 | 0:18:44 | |
and gets within touching distance of the young stag | 0:18:44 | 0:18:48 | |
before making her move. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:50 | |
Gerald has to lend a hand. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:00 | |
That's it, well done. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
The deer is unaware that Kim's only trying to help him | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
and even though the duvet's doing its job, | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
he's still very scared. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
His little heart is racing though, so... | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
Now the challenge is getting the deer out of the bedding | 0:19:23 | 0:19:26 | |
and into the portable kennel. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:28 | |
And after a bit of a struggle... | 0:19:32 | 0:19:34 | |
There we go, it's in. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
..he's safely locked in. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:38 | |
Get you back to where you belong! | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
With the deer secure, it's now become clear how he arrived here - | 0:19:44 | 0:19:47 | |
taking the aerial route from a neighbour's raised garden. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:51 | |
You can see the hair there, so it's definitely come in that way. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
He obviously didn't realise, that this was... | 0:19:55 | 0:19:58 | |
He wouldn't be able to walk on this metal meshing. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:00 | |
His adventures have left him with a few battle scars. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:03 | |
He's got a slight bit of blood coming from his mouth. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:06 | |
Nothing too drastic, he's probably scratched it | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
or bitten his tongue when he was panicking. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:11 | |
We'll give our wildlife team a quick ring and just check that | 0:20:11 | 0:20:15 | |
they think it's sensible to release him. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:17 | |
Kim makes the quick call back to base | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
to discuss her plans for the deer. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:23 | |
All right, thanks for your advice, bye, bye! | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
And as his injuries aren't serious, it's agreed | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
that an immediate release is the best course of action. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
Just a short drive away, this woodland is the ideal spot. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:46 | |
Scott is on hand to help and say goodbye to his unwelcome lodger. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:51 | |
Thank you. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:55 | |
-Got him? -Yeah. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
Right... What we'll do is carry it over here. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:00 | |
Kim takes the kennel apart | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
to make the deer's exit just a little simpler. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
Right. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:11 | |
It's a really good feeling to see the deer released | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
into this large area, after seeing him confined | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
and looking quite distressed in that small area, | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
where he shouldn't have been. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:24 | |
It's a good feeling to actually release them, | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
and they run off like that, | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
and it makes you, er... feel proud of what you do. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:31 | |
-Still to come... -Take him. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:37 | |
..Tina tackles another owner about a potentially dangerous dog. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:41 | |
I'm seizing your dog, I believe him to be a pit bull-type dog. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:45 | |
Now we're heading back to Cumbria, | 0:21:49 | 0:21:51 | |
where I was out with country vet Andrew Robinson. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:55 | |
Earlier, we saw how he was called | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
to save the life of a cow which had collapsed after giving birth | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
due to a lack of calcium in her blood. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
It's now after midnight, | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
and Andrew's responding to another emergency, | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
this time to rescue an unborn calf. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
'Samantha the cow is ready to give birth. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:18 | |
'But there are problems.' | 0:22:18 | 0:22:20 | |
-It's turned round on itself. -'The calf is upside down.' | 0:22:20 | 0:22:24 | |
-Its head's at the right end, but just the wrong way up? -Yeah. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:27 | |
'With the calf on its back, | 0:22:27 | 0:22:29 | |
'it could ingest too much fluid and just drown inside the womb.' | 0:22:29 | 0:22:33 | |
I'm trying to roll this calf around. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:37 | |
'Andrew is battling to save it.' | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
Right, the calf is starting to swim up and round, so I'm twisting... | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
-Is that a good sign? -There's some more fluid, that's a good sign. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:47 | |
That shows that we're undoing the twist. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:49 | |
'Eventually, Andrew turns the calf round.' | 0:22:49 | 0:22:52 | |
If you could pass me that long handle, please, Tom. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:55 | |
'Now to get it out, and for this he needs a little help.' | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
-That's it. -What is this machine? -This is a calving aid. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:01 | |
So whereas I'm fairly strong | 0:23:01 | 0:23:05 | |
but I won't pull this calf out of the cow on my own, | 0:23:05 | 0:23:09 | |
so this just gives me a bit of extra...force. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
'It might look like an instrument of torture, | 0:23:14 | 0:23:16 | |
'but speed is of the essence, so this is the safest option. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:20 | |
'Ropes are attached to the calf, and all that's left now is to pull.' | 0:23:20 | 0:23:24 | |
If I just gently lever it down a little bit, there's the head. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:31 | |
It's got a lot of fluid coming out of its nose, | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
because it's been in there a long time, waiting for this. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:37 | |
-Now it'll fly out. -Whoa! -There we go. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
And there's a lovely hot, live calf...so... | 0:23:42 | 0:23:47 | |
Oh, how sweet! | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
'Andrew has quite literally turned things around, | 0:23:49 | 0:23:51 | |
'but while Samantha is safe, | 0:23:51 | 0:23:53 | |
'her calf has liquid in her lungs and is not out of the woods yet.' | 0:23:53 | 0:23:57 | |
You hang them up just to let any excess fluid that isn't drained out. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:02 | |
You're just letting gravity drain the fluid out. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:05 | |
But that's a lovely healthy calf. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:07 | |
-Is it a boy or a girl, John? -Girl. -Girl? | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
When it comes to knowing what the calf needs, | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
it really is the case of mother knows best. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:15 | |
A good mother is worth any drug that I've got in the back of my car | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
for getting this calf on its feet as soon as possible. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
The cows actually lick the calves in a specific way, | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
so the cow will start from the back of the calf and will lick forwards, | 0:24:24 | 0:24:29 | |
all the time pushing the fluid away from the calf's lungs. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:34 | |
With this in mind, Andrew is keen to reunite Samantha | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
and her newborn calf as soon as possible. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:40 | |
COW MOOS | 0:24:40 | 0:24:42 | |
And sure enough, she plays her part. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
Well, just as Andrew predicted, | 0:24:51 | 0:24:53 | |
the mother's licking the newborn calf back to front, | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
pushing that fluid off. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:58 | |
He's done his bit, now it's time for nature to do her bit. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:03 | |
And together they seem to have worked very well. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:06 | |
It's the morning after the dramatic night before. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
But there's no chance to enjoy the beautiful Cumbrian scenery. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:20 | |
First thing, we're off up to the coast, | 0:25:20 | 0:25:23 | |
because Andrew has to carry out | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
his monthly pregnancy checks at a local dairy farm. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
-Watch your heads. -'For Lindsay Walker and her team, | 0:25:33 | 0:25:36 | |
'the name of the game is milking cows, | 0:25:36 | 0:25:38 | |
'and that means they need them to be pregnant.' | 0:25:38 | 0:25:41 | |
-These are the ladies for me this morning. -They are, yeah! | 0:25:41 | 0:25:45 | |
'Modern dairy farming is hi-tech, but nature has to take its course.' | 0:25:45 | 0:25:48 | |
She's had a visit from the bull a few weeks ago, | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
-and you want to see if it was successful, basically. -Absolutely! | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
So fingers crossed. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
'And just like with humans, an ultrasound scan will reveal all.' | 0:25:57 | 0:26:01 | |
We'll put the scanner on, insert...the probe. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:06 | |
What you can see on the screen now, Tom, | 0:26:06 | 0:26:08 | |
is those black holes at the top, black is fluid, | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
so that's a good sign for a start, and that there... | 0:26:11 | 0:26:15 | |
..is the calf. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
We can actually check now and see that the heart's beating. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:22 | |
-And this is what you want to see, a healthy little foetus. -Yeah, yeah! | 0:26:22 | 0:26:26 | |
'But there's no time for champagne!' | 0:26:29 | 0:26:31 | |
We've got more in the waiting room, high-volume veterinary action here. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:36 | |
'There are 40 would-be mums to get through.' | 0:26:36 | 0:26:39 | |
Go on! | 0:26:39 | 0:26:40 | |
And there is the calf. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:44 | |
'Although it's not always good news.' | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
Unfortunately, in this case, what we can't see is a calf. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
'For the disappointed cows, there'll be another chance soon.' | 0:26:51 | 0:26:55 | |
-Quite a production line, you have to keep them going through. -Yeah. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:59 | |
It looks like Andrew wants to tell you something. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:01 | |
-She's in calf. -Oh, that's good. -More good news. -Yeah. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:04 | |
'The pregnancy checks are over, but there's more work to do. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
'After recently giving birth, another cow has problems.' | 0:27:10 | 0:27:14 | |
-There is still some infection inside the womb. -Can it be serious? | 0:27:14 | 0:27:19 | |
Well, if we leave it, what will happen is it will increase in volume, | 0:27:19 | 0:27:23 | |
and the cow potentially could die | 0:27:23 | 0:27:25 | |
within a couple of weeks if she's left untreated. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
'With a super-size syringe, | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
'we have to inject antibiotics directly into the cow's womb, | 0:27:30 | 0:27:35 | |
'and Andrew's trusting me to do it.' | 0:27:35 | 0:27:37 | |
That's great, put the whole lot in. | 0:27:37 | 0:27:39 | |
This injection really needs to get to the source of infection. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:42 | |
Definitely, this is a very important one, | 0:27:42 | 0:27:45 | |
so you're putting that straight into that cow's womb. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
You can push the whole lot in. That's it, excellent. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
And then we just slowly withdraw the tube. Thank you very much. | 0:27:51 | 0:27:55 | |
My first veterinary treatment on a cow. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:58 | |
I don't know why I needed seven years' training. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:01 | |
Making sure the cows are fit and well | 0:28:01 | 0:28:04 | |
is vital for the productivity of this dairy farm. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:06 | |
With Andrew's visit over, | 0:28:06 | 0:28:08 | |
it's time for the mums to get some well-deserved rest. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:11 | |
Still to come: Face to face with a more exotic patient. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:22 | |
A feisty zebra needs a pedicure. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:25 | |
These are animals that, if they get too scared, will either kill you | 0:28:25 | 0:28:29 | |
or throw themselves so hard at a fence that they'll break their necks. | 0:28:29 | 0:28:33 | |
The battle to protect the public from dangerous dogs | 0:28:37 | 0:28:40 | |
can be a real challenge. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:42 | |
Some owners simply don't know that their pet is a banned breed. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:47 | |
Others do their very best to avoid detection. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 | |
In east London, animal welfare officer Tina Delaney | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
has a tough job on her hands. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:56 | |
Earlier, we were with Tina | 0:29:00 | 0:29:01 | |
on the trail of a potentially dangerous dog. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:05 | |
They're going over the back. | 0:29:05 | 0:29:07 | |
-But the owner gave her the slip... -It looks like a pit. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:09 | |
..giving Tina only a glimpse of the suspicious hound. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
Now she's returned with police backup and a warrant. | 0:29:14 | 0:29:19 | |
Because the dog is known to be aggressive to neighbours, | 0:29:19 | 0:29:22 | |
I'm just going to take a few precautions. | 0:29:22 | 0:29:24 | |
So if the dog does come out, | 0:29:24 | 0:29:25 | |
or he decides that he's going to allow the dog to attack us, | 0:29:25 | 0:29:28 | |
then at least we have some protection. | 0:29:28 | 0:29:31 | |
This time, they make sure the back of the house is covered, | 0:29:34 | 0:29:38 | |
and they're determined to get in, whatever it takes. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:42 | |
Open up, I don't want to smash your door in. | 0:29:43 | 0:29:46 | |
But there's no escape attempt this time, | 0:29:48 | 0:29:51 | |
and Tina is able to tackle the owner over the complaints. | 0:29:51 | 0:29:54 | |
OK, you've only got one dog on the premises, have you? OK? | 0:29:54 | 0:29:58 | |
BARKING | 0:29:58 | 0:30:01 | |
It's all right. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:03 | |
Tina is sure this isn't the dog she saw being taken away last time. | 0:30:03 | 0:30:08 | |
-Good girl! Has there ever been another dog on the premises? -No. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:12 | |
About a month ago, we came to this house, | 0:30:12 | 0:30:14 | |
-and a man left from the back window with a dog. -Oh, no... | 0:30:14 | 0:30:18 | |
The owner says this is the only dog that lives here. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:21 | |
Tina can see it's not a banned breed and seems well behaved. | 0:30:21 | 0:30:25 | |
Hello! Are you a good girl? | 0:30:25 | 0:30:27 | |
OK, then, thank you very much. Thank you. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:30 | |
For Tina, this is confusing and frustrating. | 0:30:30 | 0:30:33 | |
That's not the same dog as before, there was two dogs before. | 0:30:33 | 0:30:37 | |
That is a crossbreed. No. | 0:30:37 | 0:30:39 | |
She'll continue to monitor this house. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:41 | |
She states there wasn't a gentleman who jumped out the back garden. | 0:30:41 | 0:30:45 | |
We give people the benefit of the doubt, | 0:30:45 | 0:30:47 | |
and what we'll just have to do is keep a check, | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
and if the other dog comes back, we'll come back again with a warrant. | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
Tina is back on the road. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:58 | |
She has another call to make. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:01 | |
In the capital, | 0:31:01 | 0:31:02 | |
around a thousand dangerous dogs are seized every year, | 0:31:02 | 0:31:05 | |
and there's an increasing awareness of the problem. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:09 | |
Tina has received a tip-off from a worried member of the public. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:13 | |
We're going to an address | 0:31:13 | 0:31:14 | |
where it's alleged that the guy got a dog from a rescue | 0:31:14 | 0:31:18 | |
and it may be a pit bull terrier, | 0:31:18 | 0:31:19 | |
so we're just going to have a look and have a chat with the gentleman | 0:31:19 | 0:31:23 | |
and take it from there. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:24 | |
-The dog is brought out. -Oi, behave yourself! -Hello! | 0:31:24 | 0:31:29 | |
There are tests to determine whether a dog is a pit bull, | 0:31:29 | 0:31:33 | |
but Tina's trained eye can usually spot a banned breed. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:37 | |
-Hello! Is he all right with strange people? -Yeah, yeah. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
-Yeah? Hello. What's his name? -Er...Kenco. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:43 | |
And although Kenco doesn't seem aggressive, | 0:31:43 | 0:31:46 | |
Tina immediately suspects he is a pit bull. | 0:31:46 | 0:31:49 | |
Right, OK. Hello, Kenco. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:52 | |
Right, Kenco. Kenco's coming with us. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:56 | |
She has to seize Kenco. | 0:31:56 | 0:31:58 | |
Yeah, take him. Take him. | 0:31:58 | 0:32:01 | |
And now she needs to speak to his owner. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:04 | |
-Where did you purchase him from? -It wasn't purchased. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:07 | |
It was rescued from a flat in, erm...Dagenham Heathway. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:10 | |
-OK, and how long have you had him? -Erm, since Thursday afternoon. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:14 | |
Right, OK. What breed did you think he was? | 0:32:14 | 0:32:16 | |
Pit-slash-bulldog. | 0:32:16 | 0:32:20 | |
Right, OK. I'm seizing your dog under the Dangerous Dogs Act, | 0:32:20 | 0:32:23 | |
-because I believe him to be a pit bull-type dog. -OK. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:26 | |
He needs another assessment done, a proper, full assessment done, | 0:32:26 | 0:32:29 | |
but an initial visual assessment, | 0:32:29 | 0:32:32 | |
then I do think he will conform to be a pit bull type. | 0:32:32 | 0:32:34 | |
The owner says he had no idea this might be a banned breed. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:40 | |
If he does conform, is it something you would consider, wanting him back? | 0:32:40 | 0:32:44 | |
-Er...no. -No. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:45 | |
He doesn't want to keep a potentially dangerous pet. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:49 | |
He also owns a poodle | 0:32:49 | 0:32:50 | |
and thought he was just giving another dog a good home. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:54 | |
If you actually want another dog, | 0:32:54 | 0:32:56 | |
the best thing is, so you don't turn out having another pit bull, | 0:32:56 | 0:33:00 | |
is to go to a rescue. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:01 | |
If you go to a rescue organisation, | 0:33:01 | 0:33:03 | |
-you're not likely to be re-homed a pit bull type. -OK. -OK, then? | 0:33:03 | 0:33:06 | |
If Kenco is confirmed as a pit bull, he can't be re-homed | 0:33:06 | 0:33:11 | |
and he'll be put to sleep. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:13 | |
Public safety has to be the ultimate concern. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:15 | |
But even for dogs that are on the banned list, | 0:33:19 | 0:33:22 | |
it doesn't always have to end this way. | 0:33:22 | 0:33:24 | |
This is Romeo. | 0:33:26 | 0:33:28 | |
Tina spotted him in a park a few weeks ago, | 0:33:28 | 0:33:30 | |
suspecting him to be a pit bull. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:32 | |
I've seized him under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. | 0:33:32 | 0:33:35 | |
-Romeo's family weren't happy. -Don't get aggressive with me. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:39 | |
I understand that you're upset we're taking your dog. | 0:33:39 | 0:33:42 | |
Tests have confirmed that Romeo is a pit bull-type dog, | 0:33:42 | 0:33:46 | |
but his owners have received a court order | 0:33:46 | 0:33:48 | |
allowing them to keep a banned breed | 0:33:48 | 0:33:50 | |
so long as they abide by a number of strict conditions. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:54 | |
Today Romeo has an appointment with the vet | 0:33:54 | 0:33:56 | |
to make sure he meets the criteria of an exempted dog. | 0:33:56 | 0:34:00 | |
It was agreed we'd make an application to the court | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
for Romeo to go back to his owner. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:05 | |
As part of those conditions, he has to be castrated, | 0:34:05 | 0:34:07 | |
and one of the reasons for that | 0:34:07 | 0:34:09 | |
is so that he doesn't reproduce other pit bull-type dogs. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:13 | |
In addition, he has to be tattooed. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:18 | |
He's already been microchipped, he's got his insurance, | 0:34:18 | 0:34:22 | |
and he's on the Defra register, | 0:34:22 | 0:34:23 | |
which means he's legal to go home once his operation is complete. | 0:34:23 | 0:34:27 | |
But he will have to be muzzled and on the lead in public, | 0:34:27 | 0:34:30 | |
and he can never change ownership. | 0:34:30 | 0:34:32 | |
A few hours after Romeo's treatment, it's time for him to go home. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:43 | |
After their successful battle to make sure Romeo mustn't die, | 0:34:43 | 0:34:47 | |
his family are anxiously lining up to see him. | 0:34:47 | 0:34:51 | |
Look who it is, Romeo, look! | 0:34:51 | 0:34:52 | |
There is clearly a lot of love here for Romeo. | 0:34:58 | 0:35:01 | |
ROMEO WHINES | 0:35:01 | 0:35:04 | |
But Tina spells out the requirements that still needs to be fulfilled. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:08 | |
So I've not muzzled him from the van, | 0:35:08 | 0:35:10 | |
because he might be sick, he's just out of anaesthetic. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:13 | |
If he is sick for the next couple of hours, don't worry. | 0:35:13 | 0:35:16 | |
The only other thing you need to do from now on is, | 0:35:16 | 0:35:19 | |
in public places, you must keep him on a muzzle and a lead. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:22 | |
Romeo's owner, John, couldn't imagine life without his dog. | 0:35:22 | 0:35:26 | |
I was willing to pay anything to get him back, | 0:35:26 | 0:35:28 | |
and...it means the world to me. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:31 | |
He is here now, I can enjoy him again. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:34 | |
He ain't been here for some time, it ain't been the same. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:38 | |
I mean, yeah, he's back now, so... | 0:35:38 | 0:35:40 | |
It's the sort of outcome that Tina rarely sees. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:43 | |
As far as we're concerned, responsible owners, | 0:35:43 | 0:35:46 | |
there's absolutely no problem with a dog being made legal | 0:35:46 | 0:35:49 | |
and going back to the family, and it's a nice finish to the story | 0:35:49 | 0:35:55 | |
that in some cases we do have nice pits and they do go home. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:58 | |
This family's willingness to go the extra mile | 0:35:58 | 0:36:01 | |
means this Romeo hasn't met a tragic end. | 0:36:01 | 0:36:04 | |
OK, then, thank you very much. Thank you, take care. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:06 | |
If there's any questions, give us a call. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:09 | |
Thank you very much, cheers, bye-bye. Bye, Romeo. Thank you, bye. | 0:36:09 | 0:36:12 | |
Now it's time to return to Cumbria, | 0:36:16 | 0:36:18 | |
where earlier I was on work experience | 0:36:18 | 0:36:21 | |
with country vet Andrew Robinson. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:23 | |
Andrew spends most of his time working with farm animals, | 0:36:23 | 0:36:27 | |
but sometimes the local wildlife park requires his services as well. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:31 | |
So now it's time for me to really earn my stripes. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:35 | |
At Trotters World Of Animals near Keswick, | 0:36:43 | 0:36:46 | |
there's something nasty afoot. | 0:36:46 | 0:36:48 | |
Winnie the zebra has a deformed hoof, | 0:36:49 | 0:36:52 | |
causing her lots of discomfort. | 0:36:52 | 0:36:55 | |
We're here to give her a trim. | 0:36:55 | 0:36:58 | |
It sounds like a simple pedicure to me, | 0:36:58 | 0:37:00 | |
but Andrew's adamant that it's not the sort of thing | 0:37:00 | 0:37:03 | |
that can be done on the hoof. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:05 | |
Is it as simple as a horse with stripes? | 0:37:05 | 0:37:08 | |
Not at all, I mean, these are wild animals, | 0:37:08 | 0:37:11 | |
you know, let's not be complacent about this. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:14 | |
It's not like a farrier going out to a child's pony, | 0:37:14 | 0:37:17 | |
lifting up its feet and gently trimming it. | 0:37:17 | 0:37:19 | |
These are animals that, A, if they get too scared, | 0:37:19 | 0:37:22 | |
will either kill you, | 0:37:22 | 0:37:24 | |
or will potentially throw themselves so hard at a fence | 0:37:24 | 0:37:27 | |
that they'll break their own necks. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:30 | |
No-one wants harm to come to Winnie, or any of us, | 0:37:30 | 0:37:32 | |
so I'm hoping manager Richard Robinson can tell me | 0:37:32 | 0:37:36 | |
the best way to approach a zebra. | 0:37:36 | 0:37:38 | |
-They kick at the back and they bite at the front. -OK! | 0:37:38 | 0:37:41 | |
If you ask me, there isn't a good end to a pony, | 0:37:41 | 0:37:43 | |
so zebras are very similar. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:45 | |
-There's not necessarily a safe zone. -No, very much not, no. | 0:37:45 | 0:37:48 | |
-What is the plan with Andrew today? -We've discussed this for a while, | 0:37:48 | 0:37:52 | |
and were ready to do a foot trim on Winnie the female zebra. | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
-She's a bit pigeon-toed. -ZEBRA HOOTS | 0:37:55 | 0:37:58 | |
-That's a good noise. -That's Leon, Leon the stallion. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:02 | |
He now knows, she now knows that something is going on. | 0:38:02 | 0:38:06 | |
-They've got wind of something. -Exactly. | 0:38:06 | 0:38:08 | |
So the zebras have rumbled us. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:11 | |
This is going to be difficult with all of them around. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:15 | |
Ideally, I want to end up with Winnie in a stable on her own. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:19 | |
And we'll just see what happens. | 0:38:19 | 0:38:21 | |
Easy, steady, easy! | 0:38:24 | 0:38:27 | |
-Easy! -Eventually, Richard manages to shepherd Winnie into her own stable. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:35 | |
Easy, Win! Easy, Win! Easy, Win! | 0:38:35 | 0:38:38 | |
-Now to move the other three out. -Out they come. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:41 | |
They're probably going to be in a reasonable hurry. | 0:38:41 | 0:38:44 | |
Whoa, steady, steady! | 0:38:44 | 0:38:45 | |
The zebra charge is a reminder | 0:38:45 | 0:38:47 | |
that these are wild animals which don't want us about. | 0:38:47 | 0:38:51 | |
So, to minimise Winnie's stress, we'll have to sedate her. | 0:38:51 | 0:38:55 | |
So Richard's done his bit of separating them out, wrangling. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:59 | |
-Now it's down to you. -No, he did very well. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:01 | |
Now we've got to get her knocked out quickly | 0:39:01 | 0:39:04 | |
so she doesn't get too stressed either. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:06 | |
And what does that involve? This firearm in the back here? | 0:39:06 | 0:39:09 | |
Richard's got the dart gun ready. | 0:39:09 | 0:39:11 | |
My job is to load up the dart with the appropriate medication, | 0:39:11 | 0:39:15 | |
and that's where it gets dangerous, because this drug that we're using, | 0:39:15 | 0:39:19 | |
not only is it an anaesthetic for wild animals, | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
-but it's lethal for humans. -Really? When you say lethal... | 0:39:22 | 0:39:25 | |
If you spill it on your hand, | 0:39:25 | 0:39:26 | |
it will give you a heart attack within ten minutes. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:29 | |
'This is getting serious, | 0:39:31 | 0:39:33 | |
'especially as I'm in charge of the tranquilliser antidote... | 0:39:33 | 0:39:36 | |
'..just in case there's a wayward shot.' | 0:39:37 | 0:39:40 | |
You're going to hang on to that, and if either of us two get injected, | 0:39:40 | 0:39:43 | |
your job is to get it in our muscle as soon as you see it. | 0:39:43 | 0:39:48 | |
I don't know if I like the sounds of that! Ha-ha! | 0:39:48 | 0:39:51 | |
-Your life in my hands! -Your life... I just met you! | 0:39:51 | 0:39:54 | |
'With the antidote at the ready, the tranquilliser dart is primed, | 0:39:54 | 0:39:58 | |
'and now it's time for Richard to take his shot.' | 0:39:58 | 0:40:01 | |
SHOT FIRES | 0:40:03 | 0:40:05 | |
And then we just need to stand out of the way. | 0:40:05 | 0:40:09 | |
How long should it to take her to go down if all the drug's gone in? | 0:40:09 | 0:40:12 | |
Five or ten minutes. I mean, she's starting to stumble around now. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:16 | |
-THUD -That's our zebra falling down, yeah. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:18 | |
Sure enough, Winnie is spark out. Time for Andrew to get to work. | 0:40:18 | 0:40:24 | |
OK...I mean, immediately, when we start looking at these, | 0:40:24 | 0:40:28 | |
we can see just how bad this one is. | 0:40:28 | 0:40:30 | |
That's deformed there, that's overhanging, | 0:40:30 | 0:40:34 | |
and this toe is much too long, | 0:40:34 | 0:40:37 | |
so it's starting to actually curl upwards on the very front. | 0:40:37 | 0:40:41 | |
So we've got two bits of kit. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:45 | |
We've got the clippers to get the length off, | 0:40:45 | 0:40:48 | |
and then we've got a nice angle grinder there. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:50 | |
This is a bit more familiar from the DIY cupboard, this one. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:53 | |
From a speed and a kind of safety element, | 0:40:53 | 0:40:56 | |
it's the best tool for this job. | 0:40:56 | 0:40:58 | |
'Andrew gets cracking with the clippers, | 0:40:58 | 0:41:02 | |
'then moves on to the power tool.' | 0:41:02 | 0:41:05 | |
'And as he grinds away at Winnie's hoof, he can see it's infected.' | 0:41:11 | 0:41:15 | |
Yes, we can see all this brown change going on here. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:18 | |
That's infection going up the laminae. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:21 | |
As the infection tracks up there, that's more painful. | 0:41:21 | 0:41:24 | |
-Have you got to get that out? -I'm going to get that out. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:27 | |
'Treating this is going to save Winnie a lot of grief. | 0:41:27 | 0:41:31 | |
'Once that's done, Andrew gives the other hooves a quick once-over, | 0:41:34 | 0:41:38 | |
'just to keep on top of things.' | 0:41:38 | 0:41:40 | |
-Pretty happy with that? -Yeah, er... | 0:41:47 | 0:41:49 | |
We've got her looking virtually normal now, | 0:41:49 | 0:41:52 | |
so hopefully she's going to be running around absolutely fine. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:56 | |
'As she comes round from the sedative, Winnie finds her feet. | 0:41:56 | 0:42:01 | |
'And thanks to the pedicure, | 0:42:05 | 0:42:07 | |
'they're probably a bit more to her liking.' | 0:42:07 | 0:42:10 | |
'So life as a country vet is anything but black and white. | 0:42:12 | 0:42:16 | |
'It's been a hectic day and night, saving cows and delivering a calf, | 0:42:16 | 0:42:20 | |
'not to mention a zebra pedicure. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:23 | |
'I think city life might be a bit more peaceful.' | 0:42:23 | 0:42:26 | |
If you think you know of a case of wildlife crime | 0:42:34 | 0:42:37 | |
or a creature that needs immediate protection, | 0:42:37 | 0:42:40 | |
remember there are dedicated professionals out there | 0:42:40 | 0:42:44 | |
who will answer your call right around the clock. | 0:42:44 | 0:42:46 | |
They are the people we meet on Animal 24:7. | 0:42:46 | 0:42:50 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:43:14 | 0:43:18 |