Dog stuffed in garbage bag, dumped in ditch
Campbellsport, WI (US)Incident Date: Monday, Mar 26, 2007
County: Fond du Lac
Disposition: Open
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Case Updates: 1 update(s) available
A poodle mix named Benji is recovering after being found tied in a garbage bag and dumped in a roadside ditch.
Capt. Dean Will of the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department said that a bicyclist riding in the Lake Bernice area on March 26 night noticed the bag and saw it was moving, so he stopped, opened it up and found the little white dog.
Jean North, a receptionist at Wright Veterinary Service, said Benji was malnourished when he was brought in, and he couldn't see.
"His eyes were matted shut," she said.
But he was fed and given a haircut and has been doing well, except that he still has trouble walking, she said.
If the dog isn't adopted, it could become an office dog, North said.
The sheriff's department so far has no leads on who dumped the dog, Will said today.
"We're just glad it's alive," he said. "How an individual could do that to an animal is really hard to accept."
Case UpdatesA reward is being offered for information about the person who left a dog for dead. The Wisconsin Puppy Mill project is offering $1,000 leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible.
Sheriff's deputies say Benji has been adopted and is being nursed back to health. | Source: WBAY - April 5, 2007
Update posted on Apr 6, 2007 - 7:19AM |
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