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Beloved rescue dogs poisoned during house robbery
'I've lost my best friends and my ability to work,' said an inconsolable Kerlene Treunicht, speaking about her furry babies Red and Khaos, who were killed during a robbery at her home in Robertsham on May 23.
Treunicht is receiving a lot of support from Fourways residents because that is where she runs her animal rescue organisation, Missing Pet Solutions. The organisation specialises in reuniting lost pets with their families through expert K9 searches.
'It's not just a job, it's a calling that my dogs Red and Khaos shared with me.'
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On that fateful day, Treunicht said, 'Four armed men broke into my home and poisoned my beloved K9 partners, Red and Khaos, with sausage laced with illegal poison. They were sleeping peacefully inside, but managed to get out when the robbers forced their way in. They then found this sausage. Red died in his kennel. Khaos collapsed just outside hers.'
She said the intruders stole laptops, cellphones, a PlayStation, a Nintendo Switch, jewellery, cash, and other valuable items.
But her beloved dogs are a greater loss. 'They were more than dogs, they were heroes, and my family. They helped bring lost pets home, and now they're gone, taken in the most brutal, senseless way.
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'The silence and loneliness are excruciating. I don't want to get out of bed, because I'm waiting for them to wake me up, as they did every morning. I don't see a purpose anymore without my babies. Rest in perfect peace, my angels.'
Treunicht added that she could not make sense of her loss, yet. 'But I promise you this. I will carry your legacy forward. I will keep helping the lost get found. I will do it with the same fire you gave me, with the same unstoppable drive you had every time we hit the ground.'
In her dogs' honour, she has started a BackaBuddy fund to train new tracking dogs to continue the mission her fur babies lived for.
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'It has been incredible. It's amazing how people stand together in times like this. The crime in this country is out of hand.'
'Thank you for helping me honour Red and Khaos in the only way I know how – by continuing their legacy.'
The link to the campaign is:
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