Oscar the dog, found last week in trash bin, recovering from surgery

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Miniature poodle Oscar was recovered past week by a mates connected an evening locomotion successful Pacific Spirit Park successful Vancouver. It is chartless however helium ended up successful a lidded garbage bin.

Veterinarian says miniature poodle expected to marque afloat recovery

Michelle Gomez · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 10, 2025 11:34 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

A tiny brownish canine peeks retired of a blanket.

A miniature poodle that was recovered successful a garbage bin successful Pacific Spirit Regional Park past week, who rescuers person named Oscar, is connected the roadworthy to recovery.

After receiving country for a dislocated hep and fractured elbow, Oscar's veterinarian said helium volition apt marque a afloat recovery.

"We should not expect him to person immoderate important semipermanent problems," said Michael King, veterinary surgeon astatine Canada West.

King called Oscar a "sweet small dog" who is affable with radical and an casual patient.

"He's go rather a instrumentality favourite precise quickly."

Rescued poodle Oscar retired of surgery

Oscar, a miniature poodle recovered injured successful a garbage tin connected April 3, is recovering aft surgery. The canine was named aft Oscar the Grouch — the Sesame Street puppet who lived successful a garbage can. He was placed into the attraction of the Squamish and Neighbourhood Animal Partnership and Protection Society.

King said successful summation to his hep and elbow injuries, Oscar had respective breached ribs. He said the injuries are accordant with blunt unit injuries, specified arsenic being deed by a car.

Oscar was recovered past Wednesday by Terry Sparrow portion connected a locomotion connected the Camosun Trail with his fiance Krista Brisk.

"It was horrifying to spot a canine near similar that," helium said to CBC astatine the time.

Sparrow said Oscar was successful "terrible" signifier erstwhile they recovered him, and was not making immoderate sound and could not walk.

The mates brought him to a vet the adjacent greeting and recovered a impermanent location for him.

Injured artifact poodle recovering aft being dumped successful garbage bin astatine Vancouver park

The find of an injured canine dumped successful a garbage tin astatine a fashionable Vancouver parkland has sent shockwaves done the city's assemblage of canine lovers. As Michelle Gomez reports, it's unclear however the artifact poodle coiled up there.

Oscar has since been surviving successful North Vancouver with Laurie Schildt, a unpaid with the Squamish Neighborhood Animal Partnership and Protection Society.

It is chartless however Oscar ended up successful the garbage. The RCMP told CBC News past week it is alert of the incidental and is investigating.

King said Oscar tin instrumentality backmost to his foster location by Friday, and volition apt retrieve from country successful the adjacent fewer months.