A distraught family will never be able to bring their beloved dog's ashes home after their pet was accidentally cremated in a 'communal' group against their wishes. Buddy Evans was a 12-year-old Jack Russell Terrier and had to be put to sleep on Sunday, February 5 after being diagnosed with tracheal collapse after several years of illness.
Buddy's owner Ashlee Nadine Evans, 28, from Glynneath, said the experience of having Buddy put to sleep at Swansea PDSA Petaid Hospital would "never leave our minds," and claimed: "They couldn’t get the needle into his leg for sedation, they literally stabbed him with a needle. The squeal he made will never leave my head. They tried three or four times to find a vein, there was blood everywhere."
Ashlee said Buddy went to sleep "peacefully." The next day, she paid for a private cremation and had it confirmed that Buddy would be picked up on Wednesday, February 8 by CPC, a pet cremation company. Buddy's ashes were due to be brought back to his family, which includes Ashlee, her partner Paul Demery and her nine-year-old son Kenzie, as well as another dog, Buddy's 'little sister' Sky, a 13-week-old American XL Bully.
