Puppy shot twice in the head
Keizer, OR (US)Incident Date: Friday, Dec 14, 2007
County: Marion
Disposition: Open
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A beagle puppy shot twice in the head late last week is recuperating at home in Keizer, but the dog faces another surgery to remove bullets still lodged inside his esophagus and soft palate.
The Cammack family is scraping together money to cover the cost of 6-month-old Bishop's surgery, which could add up to more than $300.
"We're already past the $500 mark and I've got three kids, so it's tight as it is," Dan Cammack said. "But I want to save my dog. We'll just have to figure some way."
The puppy was shot Friday after getting out of the family's backyard through a gate that had been left open.
Cammack was putting up a basketball hoop for his son when he heard the dog yelp.
"I figured he'd gotten into it with a cat, because I didn't hear any other noise," he said.
He sent his son out looking for Bishop, but the beagle couldn't be found in the neighborhood.
"Then I turn around in the driveway and look and there he is, yelping pretty bad and bloody," Cammack said.
The investigation into the shooting continues, Keizer police Capt. Jeff Kuhns said Monday.
Bishop's veterinarian told the Cammacks that the dog's wounds did not appear to be caused by a pellet gun.
"She's thinking it's a .22 or .223 caliber bullet," said Cammack, who works as a manager at Lowe's in Salem.
Police have asked that the bullets be turned over for evidence once they've been extracted from Bishop, he said.
The shooting has unnerved the Cammacks' neighbors. There are four home day cares in the 1400 block of Shady Lane NE, where they live, and until now the street has seemed a safe place for children.
"I'm worried for the kids, someone shooting in the neighborhood," said Silvia Jiminez, who watches seven children in her home next door to the Cammacks. "That happened very near here. It's very bad."
One of Bishop's vets, Jay Welch, said the dog is stable and recuperating, but under observation. "We're letting his body begin to heal itself," he said.
Bishop was sluggish from pain medicine Monday, lurching around the Cammacks' home with rheumy eyes. He yelped whenever a family member tried to pick him up or move him.
The dog suffered from a seizure early Monday morning, his body jerking and his mouth drooling, and the family is worried about leaving the bullets in for much longer.
"They want to make sure he's recovered from this before doing anything more," Jenny Cammack, the mother, said of Bishop's veterinarians. "And with the seizure this morning, he's still not in the clear." References« OR State Animal Cruelty Map
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