This is lielo
She was found in remote out back area. She was rescued cared for and much loved .
I met lielo when she was very young ( a wild born pup ) found in remote area .
We were asked if we could take her but due to circumstances at that time and the difficulty we had with Pilbara.
It was impossible, we also had Burra being treated for mange and other injuries .
We had fought long and hard to keep Pilbara alive.
He was found in a rusted water tank, dehydrated emaciated full of mange .
However the request to take lielo was declined due to the above circumstances .
She was then taken to a wild life park where she progressively lost weight and was not adapting, becoming increasingly distressed .
The then owner decided to reclaim her .
Again we were asked if we could take her , our only option was to offer assistance and advice .
The day I met lielo her fear was absolute .
There was no doubt on her purity and the most amazing wild child .
She was laying on the floor of the car she arrived in .
Terrified of all and every thing .
She was handed to me and promptly excreted and urinated , as is normal for our wild kids, this fear response of releasing bodily fluids is seriously different inso far as odor .
Lielo came in and her and pilbara became fast friends
But I could not keep her .
The same problems then as today no financial backing no pens .
It them became a pattern. Lielo would stay here when her owner went away
She adapted reasonably well she had a bolt hole being the end bedroom where the door was open and she would dive under the bed or on the bed when feeling unsure, fearful, insecure .
Lielo would be here from a week to 10 days , sometimes more .
this was now a pattern .
When the owner returned she would take lielo home , now this was causing some issues . Whilst the owner was at work lielo was alone for many hours .
She was breaking walls windows , in short wrecking the house , and indeed causing mayhem and stress to the family .
She disliked the male of the house hold, which won her no points .
She had bonded with the then 12 year old female .
Due to work commitments lielo was left alone with no sense of security , her behaviour was increasingly erratic.
We loaned them a crate . Explaining how this would give a sense of protection and security .
However being left for days and many hours again was causing major issues and she was breaking out of the crate .
I am attempting to shorten along dialogue ).
I recieved a distress call on the wednesday evening .
Lielo was becoming aggressive .
Being left alone for hours on end she was excited when the bonded female returned from school this excitement resulted in butt nipping, calf nipping ( all normal dingo behaviour)
I was asked if this was play or prey . I attempted to explain this was normal she is seeking attention she is not a threat
However by now I realised lielo was being misunderstood .
my response was ” ok I’ll take her I’ll fit her in somewhere bring her here on the weekend .”
Now remember this girl had spent many weeks here on and off while I accommodated the lifestyle of her family .( no I received no financial support nor did I recieve payment for the 250$ crate, loaned and never returned .
To return to the story, it was agreed lielo would arrive on that weekend .
On the Friday i recieved a most distressing call .
Lielo was dead !
The story told was as follows
” I took.lielo out for a walk she was on a 30 meter line
Walking through the bush all of a sudden she jumped
I pulled her in and we continued on . She then exhibited signs of distress and I believed she had been bitten by a snake ”
I tried to reach you all Thursday night but no response ”
I took her to the vet and we couldn’t save her I wanted to know from you what I should do ” .
A compelling story, one so believable, one so heart reaching it devastated me , totally shocked yet also sympathetic, how unfair are the fates ?
Unfortunately things began to unravel, on that Thursday night I had taken two dingoes out for a walk . But my husband was at home ,seldom is no one here .
He reported no phone call much less a series of phone calls
Over the next few weeks of slow acceptance , we decided to do research on the number of dingoes put down and the reasons why .
Quite a few as told to us . But most distressing was to hear of the most recent one
That being ” Lielo ”
An 8 month old female dingo by the name of lielo belonging to as named .
Lielo was euthanised on the Wednesday night .
Reason for euthanasia was due to” Aggression and behaviour problems ”
No snake bite .
So there it was the truth of her death, a hard pill to swallow .
Particularly myself being stupid enough to trust and believe .
This i guess is just a badly written story of one such ending for a beautiful wild child misunderstood paying the ultimate price .
Of course once realising the truth it was impossible to face the deciever
How would I have reacted if told ” I’m sorry I just could not cope and I believed it in her best interest to euthanise her”
Perhaps acceptance of honesty may have been more appreciated.
The upsetting part was the description of lielo’s suffering the seizures and frothing .( having witnessed such a result of snake bite I had no reason to doubt the story ,and well told it was .
All of which was fabricated to deflect from admitting the inability to cope with a wild born dingo .
Although the above story will no doubt receive criticism
Lielo’s story is one of many .
Did I learn any thing from all that
Obviously not still having to deal with those who with visious intent still attempt to discredit .
Those once trusted now retaliating due to their own short comings, again attempting to deflect their failure by transferral of negative attention .
However this is one such out come .many a similar story I could tell .
It explains my reasons for apprehension of our wild dingo pups being put into domestic situations. believing all will survive and accept a forced alien life not as nature intended .
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