ICYMI: “By the time you called anybody for help, help couldn’t have come fast enough to save her. My heart is just pounding thinking about it. You feel so helpless, and you’re rendered hopeless in that moment.'
Carmen Perry, centre, of Charlottetown is pictured with her two dogs, Emma, left, and Dallas. Perry was walking the dogs on the Wright’s Creek trail system in the East Royalty neighbourhood on Nov. 2 when Emma was caught in an animal trap and killed. - ContributedWarning: Some of the details in this story may be disturbing to readers.
“It happened so fast," Perry, who lives on Norwood Road, said in a phone interview with SaltWire Network on Nov. 9. “She was ensnared. She stuck her head in it, and it demolished her. She was killed instantly." Emma, a two-year-old husky mix, was caught in an animal trap and killed on the Wright’s Creek trail system in Charlottetown’s East Royalty neighbourhood on Nov. 2. - Contributed
Ashley Travis, communications co-ordinator with the humane society, said on Nov. 10 that animal protection officers are working with conservation officers on the investigation but could not provide further comment.Perry said she and her husband, Michael, adopted Emma in March. She often walks her dogs on the trail system at Wright’s Creek, usually in the evening when there are fewer people around.
Perry said she wants to speak out to warn other pet owners and residents to be careful on the trail system.
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