Battered pit bull found in Anne Arundel
For the second time in just over a month, Anne Arundel County officials are trying to track down owners of a pit bull found severely injured and abandoned.
A resident brought an injured female pit bull to animal control headquarters last week after she was found on Ritchie Highway near 11th Avenue — less than five miles from where a male pit bull, also injured, was discovered early last month.
Police suspect both were used by dogfighters as as bait dogs.
The female had deep scars and had sustained numerous bites, including a large open wound under her front arm, according to the Baltimore Sun.
She’s being called Princess at Waugh Chapel Animal Hospital, which is treating both her and Rocky Road, the pit bull found injured last month.
Both animals are expected to survive, officers said.
Princess will stay at the animal hospital for treatment and then be released to the SPCA of Anne Arundel County, WUSA reported. Rocky Road is expected to be released to Tara’s House rescue soon, say police.
Police are investigating both cases, and have asked the public to report any suspicious activity, such as “high numbers of dogs, particularly dominant breed dogs, being kept in one location, a high volume of people coming and going from a particular area and injured dogs, who appear to have been involved in a fight.”
The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for abandoning the Rocky Road and Princess.
Posted by jwoestendiek March 9th, 2012 under Muttsblog.
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Comments
Comment from s. banner
Time March 14, 2012 at 12:03 pm
So, Princess is going to be treated and probably recover…..and then she’s going to be released to the SPCA of Anne Arundel County. While Rocky Road is going to a rescue group. Why not release Princess to a rescue group? So, there is a likelihood that she could be adopted by the same group (or agents for the dogfighters) and then be a bait dog again….with the likelihood of dying in a dog fight or being seriously injured again, dumped and abandoned. I request that the vet’s office and the SPCA of AA find her a rescue group to go to now. Why wouldn’t they?
Comment from mary radico
Time March 14, 2012 at 8:25 am
Im here 4u..4them …!