A Riverside, California animal-rights group is offering a $500 reward in the fatal wounding of a German Shepherd puppy with a crossbow.
The ASK Foundation, a nonprofit group that works with the city/county animal shelter, is hoping someone will come forward with information leading to an arrest.
A security guard found the 6-month-old dog with an arrow lodged in its side around noon Wednesday at La Sierra University. Officials took the dog to the Western Riverside County/City Animal Shelter.
Veterinary staff tried to stabilize the dog, giving it pain medication and antibiotics, but were unable to save the animal.
“He was bleeding from his nose, and he was having difficulty breathing,” Eileen Sanders, a veterinary technician, said. “His right-side lung was either filled with blood or had collapsed.”
The dog, which had no identification, was then euthanized. Authorities do not know if the animal had gone onto the campus after being injured or whether it had been injured at the university.
“We’re a big organization. We come across some heinous things,” Riverside County Animal Services spokesman John Welsh said on Thursday. “But this is one of the ones that really make you shake your head. It’s malicious and disgusting … and does make you ask the question, ‘Why?'”
Anyone with information is asked to call the shelter at (951) 358-7387.
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Obviously you have no heart….posting SPAM on a very sad story about a dog. Get a life…!!
Your rude.
OMG what the hell is wrong with people? I think i will take all the cute animals and move to my own island. People suck!
That is so sad. I can’t believe how people can be so mean. Dogs really are mans best friend. How can they be treated so badly 🙁
Excuse what i’m about to say, but whoever it is should be SHOT with a crossbow see how they freakin’ like it!
How can someone do that!!! Outrageous and very stupid!!! So sorry for that beautiful puppy!!
I hope he person that did such an awful thing to this poor innocent puppy, have sleepless & nightmares about what they did, for the rest of their lives….SICK PEOPLE OUT THERE!!