© Southlands Sun. A picture of the trapped dog in a pool with snakes.
Trapped in a pool with snakes, a frightened dog was rescued on the Bluff Friday, morning, 9 January by local snake wrangler, Shaun Venter.
Venter, whose main focus is the retrieval of snakes, was alerted to a dog in distress in Brighton Road. The dog was trapped in a pool, with shallow water and bush snakes.
With the assistance of a neighbour and friend, Debbie Andre, Venter approached the stricken animal. "We could see she was very aggressive, but that was all due to being frightened because of her ordeal. With snakes swimming around in the pool and the neighbour trying to keep them away from this girl, only one thing was important - getting her out," said Venter.
The dog would not let anyone near her, so they were forced to coax her with pool poles. "I managed to get my hook stick under her collar and had to drag her out as she was not moving. She was cold, very tired and had a cut on her paw," he said.
They rushed the injured dog to a vet where she was tended to. Venter will return to the pool to remove the snakes and release them elsewehere.
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