A dog has been left with an extremely sore cheek after a fisherman left their line and hook on a Scots walkway.
Emer Harkin's dog 10-year-old Floyd was being walked by her friend, Jock Shiells at the culvert in Torness, Dunbar.
The injury occurred at around 10:30pm on Monday, April 11 and the dog was taken to the vets, Edinburgh Live reports.
Emer had to pay a £350 bill to have the fish hook removed from Floyd's cheek.
She is now calling on the fisherman in the area to clean up after themselves to ensure there are no similar incidents in the future.
But she says that fishermen often leave their lines, bait and hooks amongst other mess lying around for other people to clean up.
On a post on Facebook, she said: “For the attention of fishermen at Torness, one of you was careless enough to leave your line with hooks on the walkway at the culvert.
“I have no idea if bait was attached but it attracted my dog and he ended up with your hook attached to the inside of his cheek and being caught up In the rest of your line.
“We had to make an emergency trip to the animal hospital in Edinburgh, for my dog to be sedated, to have your hook removed and I’m £350 lighter.
“There are so many bins at Torness that it wouldn’t have taken you much effort to have walked the little distance to dispose of your line properly.
“If you can’t walk the small distance to a bin, then be responsible enough to take it away with you.
“Fortunately, Floyd is fine today but I need to watch for possible infection.
"This is an incident that could have been so much worse but also could also have been completely avoided.”
The ten-year-old Border Collie is understood to be recovering well but the incident has left Emer frustrated.
She added: “I'm just glad that Floyd is ok. It makes me cross that people expect others to clear up after them.
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