Derry N Ireland: Lurcher Bitch Found Straying

[Macha]

I work at a school and today there's a young lurcher bitch hanging around the schoolgrounds. The caretaker says he saw her there on Sunday as well. She mostly lies in a corner by the fence, so the caretaker thinks maybe somebody dumped the bitch from a car and that she's waiting for that person to come back for her. I have seen lurchers around the school before, probably because it isn't far from a travellers' site.

She's black medium size, maybe 23 inches, black, smooth coated, a greyhound-like tuck up but her face is not so fine-muzzled as a greyhound and she has larger ears. She is not underfed but there is something wrong with one of her legs, which looks very mangy. I expect the lurcher may have been dumped for that reason. She is very shy. I am reluctant to ring the dog warden as they kill dogs after only 5 days. Of course, somebody else might ring the warden, but if this girl is around much longer I am tempted to take her home (to stay in the yard - can't let her near my house dogs with possibly infectious mange), take her to the veteranarian and try and get her into a no-kill rescue or a better prepared foster home. That is, supposing I can get her to come to me and get her on a lead without getting bitten in the process.

any advice?

 

[Macha]

Update: someone else already rung the dog warden and he's just arrived. The women who phoned the warden told me she saw the dog being flung out of a car but she thought at first it was a black rubbish bag. She did try ringing Rainbow rehoming but no one answered the phone so she rung the dog warden.

is there anybody who can take this bitch from Derry pound? (I'm not honestly very well equipped to take her on) She's young, maybe about 7 months very rough guess. Maybe no mange at all but abrasions from the rough treatment she sustained???