It's never easy to read about the horrible crimes committed against animals, but it's wonderful when we hear of the folks working to combat animal cruelty. Two kind, quick-thinking young people may have saved the life of one very lucky pup by taking action when they witnessed something horrible.
Nineteen-year-old Ernesto Perez was walking with his girlfriend in Perris, CA on Thursday of last week when he spotted an 18-month-old German shepherd puppy named Sadie with a shoelace tightly wrapped around her neck. "Honestly, I thought her head was going to come off. That's how deep [the wound] looked," Perez tells ABC News. "It's crazy. I have never seen anything like that. I don't know how anyone could let a dog get like that." Sadie was immediately rushed to Jurupa Valley shelter for the wound.
“This is clearly a major neglect cruelty case,” Riverside County Department of Animal Services Director Rob Miller told ABC News. “We are stunned, like so many others will be, when they see how this dog was left to suffer. We can only hope that this case will also remind pet owners never to tie cords or twines around a dog’s neck. Dog collars also have adjustable lengths for a reason.”
According to the Humane Society website, "Although there is no national reporting system for animal abuse, media reports suggest that it is common in rural and urban areas. Most cases are never reported, and most animal suffering goes unrecognized and unabated." Of those reported by the media in 2007, they say, 64 percent of animal cruelty incidents were committed against dogs (and pit bull breeds in particular).
Sadie is expected to make a full recovery, and we commend the great team who's working to ensure her rehabilitation. ABC reports the nonprofit Animal Solutions Konnection Foundation has offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for Sadie's trauma. Please SHARE this post to commend their great work.
