Some people will consider me callous, but in my view to adopt a dog from any foreign country, particularly a disabled animal, is the height of folly.

If people want to pay for his surgery, it’s their money, though many would think that to (say) finance a canine euthanising clinic in Northern Macedonia or elsewhere would be a better use of funds?

Incidentally, I love dogs and have owned many, but wouldn’t subject Benji (Isle of Man Courier, February 3) to the increased suffering that he is enduring.

John Lavender

Port Erin

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