RSPCA appeal after dog was found dumped by the roadside

ANIMAL WELFARE OFFICERS INVESTIGATING GRIM DISCOVERY

- By MARK PAGE

THE RSPCA is investigating after the body of a large black dog was sadly found "dumped" at the side of a rural East Yorkshire road.

Officers say they “cannot be sure” whether the pet had died of natural causes or foul play though there were “signs of froth around its mouth - potentially indicating poisoning”.

The dog was found wrapped in a pink blanket with a white one nearby at the gate of a farmer's field on Out Newton Road, near Skeffling, a few miles south of Withernsea.

Investigators have not been able to determine its breed or sex as it had been at the site in warm weather “for at least six days” though it “resembles a Rottweiler”.

The dog had an untagged black leather collar but no microchip.