By Victoria Stone-Meadows
A Cranbourne resident has reached out to express her thanks and gratitude after up to 12 people stopped across the road from her house to help an injured dog.
Caroline Barr-Adams was preparing to head out shortly after 5.30pm on Thursday 20 July, to find two people cradling what she thought was a baby opposite her Cameron Street home.
“As I was leaving my drive, I noticed a young woman and a man across the road and it looked like they were cradling a child,” she said.
“There were two cars parked erratically on the road and when I approached the two people I saw it was a beautiful husky dog they were holding that had been hurt in a hit and run.
“The young woman had stopped first, then the man and I was third on scene; the poor dog’s leg was broken with bone sticking out.”
What happened next left Ms Barr-Adams in awe, saying she hadn’t seen such kindness from her community in a long time.
“After about five minutes others had stopped to help, someone brought a waterproof blanket for the dog and then within 10 minutes at least 12 cars stopped and people came to help,” she said.
It wasn’t long before a police car arrived on scene and arranged to have the dog picked up by the Casey wildlife ranger and taken into care.
Casey Council confirmed the dog was picked up by the ranger and immediately taken to the vet for medical assistance.
City of Casey Manager Safer Communities Caroline Bell said since then the owners had been found and the dog was on its way home.
“The owner has been contacted and arrangements made for the dog’s return,” she said.
Ms Barr-Adams said she was so blown away by how kind all the people were who stopped to help, that she had to reach and acknowledge them publicly.
“The dog had no collar and I don’t know who it belongs to but the owners should know a lot of love and kindness was given to their pet that night.
“I felt that all those that stopped to help needed a very big thankyou.”
