(Note: This story just makes me sick. They showed graphic pictures on the news and this poor dog didn't have a chance. Let's hope they find those guilty of this abuse.)
Reward Offered In Animal Cruelty Case
Volunteers at the Nebraska Humane Society are offering a reward of up to $500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for cutting a pit bull. The dog's injuries were so severe it had to be euthanized.
The female pit bull was found Saturday severely injured, apparently the result of dogfighting and abuse. "The wounds you see on this dog frighten me," said the Nebraska Humane Society’s Jay Scott. "Disgusting crime against a living animal, this animal suffered a great deal." Scott believes this pit bull, less than two years old, lost a dogfight. "They take it as a personal insult when their dog doesn't do what they think it should. It looks like somebody took a sharp object, either a machete, steak knife, something like that." The animal suffered deep cuts, one on the back of its neck and a slice between the dog's eyes, along with numerous others, which required the humane society to put her down.
Marvin Swillie returned from out of town Saturday afternoon to find the injured dog in his backyard at 40th and Ohio. "I felt sorry for that dog. It was cruelty." Even though the dog was combative, Marvin went inside to bring her food. While he was gone, the dog moved to the front and settled on his porch. “It wouldn't let me on the porch, but I gave the dog the food and then it still wouldn't let me on the porch." The humane society was called and captured the dog. "I blame the people who done that to the dog," said Swillie.
In the state of Nebraska, dogfighting and gross animal cruelty is a misdemeanor for a first offense. There are many who believe it should be a felony. "She's had a collar on, apparently, looking at the neck," said Scott. Two years ago, the humane society responded to 140 dogfight calls and still, every week, they pick up dogs with fight scars. "We're begging the state of Nebraska to take this seriously. Dogfighting's connected not only to the abuse of animals, but weapons, narcotics, gang activity. The people who do this sort of thing move on to other violence," said Scott.
Currently, there is a bill in the Unicameral that would make first offense dogfighting a felony. LB-300 made it out of committee and is going to the first round of debate.
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