Dominika and Ian were devastated by the loss of their puppy Bijoux (Picture: Dominika Sojka/BNPS)
A couple left heartbroken after their puppy was hit by a car and killed are planning to spend nearly £40,000 to ‘bring her back to life’.
Dominika Sojka, 34, and her partner Ian Clague, 62, were devastated when their puppy, Bijoux, escaped from their garden in Bournemouth and was hit by a car on June 29.
The driver didn’t stop at the scene or call the police, which is against the law, and Bijoux, a chow chow/husky cross, was taken to a nearby vet by an anonymous driver.
Days after Bijoux’s death, with her pet’s body still at the vets, Dominika, a private jet broker, realised she ‘wasn’t ready to say goodbye’.
The couple were left with a number of unanswered questions about what happened on the evening their dog was killed, and felt they had suffered an injustice because the driver would not face any consequences.
She considered having Bijoux’s body preserved or stuffed, but didn’t want her body to be disturbed – which is when Dominika considered having her dog cloned.
Ian and Dominika were devastated when they found out Bijoux had died (Picture: BNPS)
They want Bijoux to have another chance at life (Picture: Dominika Sojka)
Dominika said losing Bijoux felt like losing a daughter (Picture: Dominika Sojka)
She compared the loss of Bijoux to the loss of a daughter, saying her puppy’s death was hard to cope with – and even though a clone would not be exactly the same dog, cloning gave her a way to bring her back to life.
Describing the day Bijoux was killed, Dominika said she was watching a film with Ian and a friend while Bijoux and their other puppy, Saphir, played in the garden.
When Saphir scratched at the door to be let back inside, Dominika retrieved her and called out for Bijoux, who didn’t respond.
Thinking nothing of it they returned to the film, but once it had ended they went back out into the garden and realised Bijoux was no longer there.
Later they found a fox hole underneath a dense laurel bush against their 3metre (9ft) fence, which they hadn’t been aware of before, and the couple believe Bijoux escaped through the hole while chasing a fox or other animal.
Dominika said: ‘When we realised she wasn’t in the garden, that’s when my heart stopped. I was hoping it’s just a dream.
‘We went right away to look for her, to the park and the roundabout and street nearby but I didn’t see her or her body.
‘I called the vet and the vet said she’s not there, so we left the gate open just in case she was was wandering somewhere nearby, and went to bed, but I couldn’t sleep all night.
‘I started posting right away on Facebook in lost and found groups with her picture and our number.
‘At that point I thought she had been stolen or she escaped in some strange way.
‘But suddenly the next day we received a call from the …read more
Source:: Metro
