“Horrendous”: People’s Experience of Their Dog’s Death From 1080 Baiting

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Table 1. Semi-structured interview schedule.

Questions	Associated prompts
Exploratory questions
Could you tell me about your dog/s?	Tell me more about your dogs? What role did/does the dog(s) have in your life?
What happened with the 1080 baiting?	What sorts of thoughts did you have at the time? What sorts of feelings did you have at the time? How do you think and feel about it now? What was your dog’s experience?
How has your experience with 1080 baiting affected you?	How has your experience with 1080 baiting affected your relationship with animals? Your own animals, animals in general? Were you affected financially?
Context and demographic questions
Where did the baiting happen? Where were you living (urban, regional, rural area)? Do you still live there? How did you know that your dog ate a 1080 bait? Is there anything else you would like to add?

Table 2. Summary of themes and subthemes.

Themes	Subthemes
Responsibility	Investment in companion dog/s wellbeing
	Awareness of 1080 baiting
	A breach of process
	Lack of accountability
Horror	Running away from pain
	Watching someone you love suffering
	No animal deserves to die like that
Traumatic Grief	Guilt
	Hypervigilance
	Accepting the unacceptable

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available on request to journal editors and researchers from the corresponding author, AC, following appropriate vetting by the appropriate Deakin University Ethics Committee. The data are not publicly available owing to in-depth interviews containing information that could compromise the privacy of research participants.