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SPCA is looking for information about the death of a dog left hanging from a tree near Whakatāne.
SPCA received about a white, young adult, bull bred female dog, hanging from a tree at the Onepu Mountain Bike Park, near Whakatāne on August 21.
The dog was found near the first entrance to the park, next to Lake Tamurenui, and hanging from a thick blue-green coloured rope, SPCA inspectorate team lead Alex Jones said.
After speaking to the forensic pathologist, SPCA was told the dog was alive when she was hung and would have died slowly, as dogs have a secondary blood supply to the brain.