$2,500 Reward Offered by Operation Kindness - Cross Post Widely, Pls

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Jonnie England <jengland

Apr 9, 2007 7:44 PM

Friends of Animals <jengland

 

Below is a news release that went out today regarding a new-and

horrific-animal cruelty case: a small dog who apparently had wire wrapped

around her muzzle for up to 6 weeks. Please help spread the word out and

forward this message to others, especially to those in the Greenville

Ave./Belmont area.

 

Thank you.

 

Jonnie England

Executive Director

Operation Kindness

www.operationkindness.org

 

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$2,500 REWARD OFFERED BY OPERATION KINDNESS IN ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE

 

Found Dog Had Evidence of Wire Wrapped Around Its Muzzle for 6 Weeks

 

A $2,500 reward is being offered by Operation Kindness in the apparent animal

cruelty case involving a small dog that appears to have had wire wrapped around

its muzzle for more than a month.

 

The 9-pound dog, which has been named Angel, was found Friday, March 23, in the

intersection of Belmont and McMillan in East Dallas. She was wearing a plastic

" E-collar, " which is normally put on an animal's head to keep it from pawing an

incision or wound.

 

The dog was rescued by Diane and David Leslie of Garland, who saw her attempting

to cross the street. They took her to Operation Kindness, where the deep wounds

around her muzzle were noticed.

 

Operation Kindness immediately took the 3-year-old spaniel-terrier mix to a

veterinarian for treatment. According to Dr. Paul Keating of Trinity Pet

Hospital in Carrollton, it appeared that wire had been wrapped around the dog's

muzzle for about 6 weeks and had been removed 3 weeks before she was found and

taken to Operation Kindness.

 

" The wounds left by the wire completely encircled Angel's muzzle and were so

deep that her teeth were exposed on the side, " said Jonnie England, executive

director of Operation Kindness. " The wire must have allowed her to eat, but

each time she moved her jaw, it cut even deeper into her skin. "

 

Dr. Keating did reconstructive mouth surgery on March 29. " Angel has had some

minor complications following the surgery, but is now recovering at Operation

Kindness, " said England.

 

The $2,500 reward being offered by Operation Kindness is for information leading

to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for wrapping

the wire around the dog's muzzle. The case has been reported to Dallas Animal

Services and the Dallas County District Attorney's Office, and is being

investigated as animal cruelty.

 

Anyone with information should contact Dallas Animal Services at

214-671-0105 or Operation Kindness at 972-418-PAWS (7297), ext. 226.

 

Angel when she was found:

 

Angel after reconstructive mouth surgery.

 

 

" Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. "

~Albert Schweitzer