OVERTOUN BRIGDE MISTERY

In 2005 I was asked by a television director, Matthew Burgess of Making Time TV, if I believed it was possible for dogs to ‘commit suicide’. My immediate reaction was to reply that it was impossible for a dog to premeditate its own death. I discussed with Matthew that whilst many animals appear to be able to ‘sense’ that their death is imminent it is wrong to humanise a dog in terms of human behaviour. It is also true that some infirm animals are known to seek out a quiet sheltered place to experience a final resting place in what we would call a dignified end to life.