Rocco’s Story

💔 IT’S TAKEN 3 YEARS TO GET JUSTICE FOR ROCCO 💔

After 3 long years Rocco’s family can finally begin to grieve for him properly.

Rocco was a much loved, young and healthy dog when he was seized by police along with the other family dog Luna. His family being told both dogs were well in the kennels, yet one day they had the most devastating phone call.

Rocco had been found dead in his kennel!

His quick thinking owners immediately arranged for a Post Mortem to take place at the RVC in London. Rocco’s body hadn’t been frozen so was in optimum condition to ascertain a conclusive cause of death.

The Post Mortem revealed a foreign object in Rocco’s digestive system, this had caused a blockage plus necrosis. Several reports were commissioned by expert veterinarians, one being a forensic vet, it was agreed that Rocco would have suffered for up to 7 days and shown clear signs of discomfort, along with refusing food and not toileting.

These signs should have been seen and an early vet visit arranged for Rocco, had this been done then his life may have been saved. However, this was not the case and the result was Rocco’s untimely death, alone and without any loved ones by his side.

The vet and kennel records provided to Rocco’s family were scant of information to say the least.

It has cost £1000’s in legal fees and specialist reports to get to this stage, costs increased due to the police failure to respond to requests made by the legal team.

At the 11th hour before it was due to go to court this week, the parties ultimately reached a favourable outcome.

We would like to commend Rocco’s brave family for not giving up the fight to get justice for him, even when their hearts broke again and again by having to go over and over the reports, statements and evidence. They carried themselves with calm dignity throughout the whole process.

Rocco’s family wanted to release the following statement:

“We’d like to massively thank everyone at Save Our Seized Dogs along with all their supporters. You all mean so much to us. You have all been an essential part of our lives and most importantly Rocco & Luna’s, and we are grateful for your friendship. You have been there for us during the most difficult time in our lives, and we will always cherish you for that. You have supported, listened to us and offered your guidance and love. We don’t know where we would be without you by our side. We hope you know how much we value your friendship and appreciate everything you have done for our family and most importantly for Rocco and Luna.

May you finally rest in eternal peace our handsome boy Rocco, we love you and miss you 😭💔🌈🐾.”

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