A pet, but still a tragedy

While working at the Dolphin Inn on Tuesday there was great activity in the field at the rear of the pub, with Police,  Firemen, and a variety of marked vans .  Not intruding, there was great speculation as to what had happened, a disused mine shaft perhaps,  collapsed sewer, and so on -  however we learned the next day that a springer spaniel dog, being walked by its  owner, had fallen into a sewer drain and been washed away.  It transpired that the drain cover had disappeared, presumed stolen by increasing number of scrap metal thieves who are operating freely in the country.
One of our clients had remarked that he had driven over the moors into the Scottish Borders and on the road the all drain covers had all been stolen, a hazzard.
Back to the local drain, the dog is still missing, presumed dead.
BUT - what of the scrap metal -  unscrupulous dealers are obviously buying the metals without question , might even be flogging it to the Chinese or Indians  - yet another example of our Foreign aid contribution.