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Case of pit bull who was dragged, tied to pole, set on fire called “alleged animal cruelty”
A pit bull in Missouri was dragged behind a car, tied to a pole and set on fire.
And if that weren’t horrendous enough, KFVS News called it, “a case of alleged animal cruelty.”
Alleged?
Bollinger County Sheriff Leo McElrath said the charred animal carcass found on County Road 318 near Marble Hill was in such bad shape, investigators almost couldn’t determine it was a dog.
Deputies buried the dog (and with it, I’d guess, the evidence its body might have provided) where they found it.
McElrath said a man came into the department Saturday morning to report seeing a dead animal tied to a post.
“It made my deputies sick to even find this kind of thing,” said McElrath. “It really upset all of us to think someone would treat a dog like that.”
“I was shocked to hear that something of this magnitude happened in Bollinger County,” said Marilyn Neville with the Bollinger County Stray Project. “I just still can’t believe it, I can’t believe it happened in this county.”
Neville urged residents to take extra cautions with their pets on Halloween.
A Facebook page has been set up in the unknown dog’s memory.
Posted by jwoestendiek October 27th, 2011 under Muttsblog.
Tags: abuse, animal cruelty, animals, bollinger county, burned, car, dogs, dragged, fire, leo mcelrath, missouri, pets, pit bull, pole, set on fire, sheriff, tied, torture
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