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  • Dogs decide to end it all

    03/04/2005 12:24:18 PM PST · by HuntsvilleTxVeteran · 30 replies · 631+ views
    news.com.au ^ | 05-03-2005 EU date | By Jonathan Este
    From: The Australian A SPATE of what appear to be canine suicides has animal psychologists in Scotland baffled. At least five dogs have thrown themselves off the historic bridge at Overtoun House in Dunbarton, Scotland, in the past six months. The bridge, which spans a 13m drop into a stream running underneath, is fast becoming known as Rover's Leap because of the lemming-like approach it seems to inspire in apparently well-adjusted family pets. "Dogs do not commit suicide. They have a strong fight-or-flight response," Doreen Graham, of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, told The Glasgow...