Dog severely burned with bacon grease - Pikeville, KY

Friday, Jan 1, 2010

County: Pike

Disposition: Open
Case Images: 2 files available

Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help!

Case Updates: 1 update(s) available

The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for severely burning a dog with bacon grease in Pikeville, Ky.

The agency says that on December 1, a small mixed-breed male dog writhing in pain was found by a Pikeville resident who heard him howling in discomfort.

The rescuer discovered the dog had been burned by what appeared to be hot bacon grease that had been poured on him, and found his collar melted into his skin.

A local veterinarian was able to stabilize the dog and his ownership was transferred to a Lexington-based animal rescue organization.

The dog, now named Miracle, is receiving 24-hour care and is recuperating in a foster home in the Louisville area.

The Pike County Sheriff’s Office is investigating. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call 606-432-6260.

Visit the United Rescues of Kentucky website for

Case Updates

A Pike County family says they are the owners of the dog who was badly burned by bacon grease and other injuries. Jeremy and Amanda Gibson say the dog was missing for almost a month. The Gibsons were startled when they saw their dog *Tiger* with such horrible injuries all over his body. The family says the dog got loose under a fence last month and hadn't seen it since. Jeremy Gibson says the pictures of the dog named *Miracle*, who was scalded with bacon grease and other injuries, was his and does not know how this could happen. "I was in shock," Jeremy Gibson says. "I couldn't believe something like that would go on in this neighborhood. We've had him for a little more than a year and we've been looking for him for quite some time." The Gibson's say they had not seen the dog they call tiger since the middle of November. They think that's when he crawled under this fence behind me and got away. "We'd let him out in the yard where it was fenced in to play," Amanda Gibson. "I don't know if anybody had got him. We didn't know if anyone picked him up or taken him off or somebody had let him out or what." The Pike County Humane Society helped the dog with its wounds. "Miracle is doing better," David Stratton says. "The coat is growing back and the dog is happier and content he getting the attention that he needs he's through the worst of it. He's got a long way to go." Jeremy Gibson says no animal deserves to be hurt in any way. "He was a very good dog was not harmful to anyone or anything," Jeremy Gibson says. The dog in a foster home in Louisville recovering. Stratton says he will be put up for adoption when he fully recovers. Pike County Humane laws state that any dog that is brought to the animal shelter for more than five days becomes the property of the county. It is unlikely that miracle will be back in Eastern Kentucky. Now police are still looking for the person responsible and they ask if you have any information to come forward.

Source: WKYT - Dec 31, 2009 Update posted on Jan 2, 2010 - 5:40PM

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