Dog saved from falling into road from moving car by seat belt

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Helen and Richard Tatner were enjoying a short trip with their children in Cornwall when tragedy struck their Norfolk terrier, Mabel. During a visit to a small cove at Penlee Point on the Rame Peninsula on July 19, Mabel swallowed a fish hook hidden amongst rope on the shore.

Ms Tatner spotted fishing line hanging out of her beloved pet’s mouth and attempted to remove it – though the 58-year-old soon realised the baited hook had already gone down her dog’s throat.

Mabel was transferred to Langford Small Animal Hospital in Bristol where she underwent an operation on July 20 to have the hook removed from between her ribs.

The pooch tragically passed away after the 6.3cm (2.5in) hook ruptured her pulmonary artery, leaving the family completely heartbroken.

Ms Tatner, who is a cardiac physiologist living in Winchester, Hampshire, said: “We’ve all just been beside ourselves since it happened, we can’t believe it.

“She was attracted to a nice piece of bait on the end of a fishing hook with barbs. I saw the fishing line hanging out of her mouth and pulled it.

“She gave a little yelp and I realised she had swallowed the hook and the horrendousness of the situation.”

Ms Tatner explained that vets did what they could to save Mabel, but that the damage was too severe to help.

She added: ”They did everything they could to save her but they couldn’t bring the hook out because of the way it was embedded and the barbs on the side would cause too much damage.

“Her pulmonary artery ruptured and she started bleeding. They tried a transfusion but could not save her.”

Ms Tatner has advised other beachgoers to take care while on the beach.

She said: “Beware and have a look on the beach and pick up anything sharp and take it home.

”Please, please do not leave sharp objects that can cause detrimental damage to pets or children that don’t have the capacity to know what’s right and wrong.

“It is heartbreaking to think just a week ago we were going on holiday and now our little girl is gone. We have been broken by this but we’ll get there, I just don’t want any other family to go through this pain.”

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