US EditionFormer Reform MP Rupert Lowe admits getting staff member to put down his Labrador with a shotgun
- Former Reform MP Rupert Lowe admitted that his gamekeeper Kevin shot his 17-year-old Labrador named Cromwell at his Gloucestershire estate after it became unwell.
- Lowe took this action because the dog lost the use of its back legs, and he said he could not bring himself to shoot Cromwell himself, calling himself a 'coward'.
- Lowe argued that killing the dog at home was more humane to avoid the stress of a vet visit, explaining Cromwell was not taken anywhere and did not sense anything before the shot.
- He explained that handling the situation himself was challenging, so his keeper took care of it, and animal welfare advocate Elizabeth Davenport remarked that this incident reveals significant shortcomings in the UK's animal protection laws.
- The Animal Welfare Act 2006 limits protections to preventing avoidable harm to animals, yet it permits people without relevant expertise to determine what constitutes necessary actions, revealing a legal shortfall concerning euthanasia carried out at home, such as in Lowe's case.
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Fury as Rupert Lowe ordered pet labrador to be shot with rifle
Ousted Reform MP Rupert Lowe has caused fury as it was revealed he ordered his gamekeeper to shoot his 17 year old labrador in the back of the head with a rifle. The Independent MP has told parliamentary colleagues over recent weeks he took “decisive action” to get his dog killed at his Gloucestershire estate after he had been unwell and lost the use of his back legs. He said he could not stomach to shoot the lab despite knowing friends who woul…
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