The owners of a dog seriously injured on a large metal spike partially buried on a Co Down beach have warned of the dangers debris in long grass near coastal walks.
Kim and Alan Mulholland from Co Down, have been nursing their Labrador mix Ele back to fitness after she was impaled by a rusty spike from a discarded lobster pot.
The metal had been washed onto the beach, was concealed by foliage a few metres from water's edge near Sandeel Lane in Orlock , Co Down when the four-year-old dog ran onto it.
