Dogs v porcupine: family pets come off second best

By Michael Daly
Updated December 4 2015 - 10:08am, first published November 5 2015 - 8:04am
Nestah with a face full of porcupine quills. Photo: Mike Gerrard/Gofundme
Nestah with a face full of porcupine quills. Photo: Mike Gerrard/Gofundme
Some of the quills in Mahalo's body migrated to her heart and lungs, while Solijah was left with a quill goatee. . Photo: Mike Gerrard/Gofundme
Some of the quills in Mahalo's body migrated to her heart and lungs, while Solijah was left with a quill goatee. . Photo: Mike Gerrard/Gofundme

Three dogs are lucky to have survived an encounter with a porcupine, with one of the dogs left with life-threatening injuries to her heart and lungs.

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