$10K Reward to ID Angel's Abuser-Please Cross Post

April 13, 2007

Operation Kindness seeks leads on dog cruelty near Greenville Ave./Belmont St.

$10,000 REWARD OFFERED BY OPERATION KINDNESSIN ANIMAL CRUELTY CASEFound Dog Had Evidence of Wire Wrapped Around Her Muzzle for 6 WeeksA $10,000 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 her 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 her 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 $10,000 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.

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