Animal Abuse: Dog found starving in dumpster - St. Louis, MO

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Case ID: 18729

Classification: Neglect / Abandonment

Animal: dog (pit-bull)

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Dog found starving in dumpster
St. Louis, MO (US)

Incident Date: Thursday, Oct 13, 2011
County: Saint Louis

Disposition: Alleged
Case Images: 3 files available

Alleged: Name Undisclosed

It is an animal cruelty case so disturbing the city of St. Louis is promising swift justice: a malnourished dog clinging to life was thrown in a dumpster to die by its presumed owner.

Sunday, Randy Grim, founder of
Grim`s Stray Rescue responds to stray animal calls for all of St. Louis. Thursday, woman in north city phoned the Citizens Service Bureau complaint hotline reporting two sick dogs in her basement. Randy found the dog he was out walking Sunday shaking and wobbling. She had hardly enough strength to stand.

The other dogs fate is horrifying, he said. "I asked where the other dog was and she said she just threw it away."

"She kind of said it all like she was talking about the weather," he said.

Randy discovered the dog in a dumpster behind the woman's home. He was alive, barely. He took
Randy named the dog that died 'Our Little Boy' and his scared, skinny sister 'Our Little Girl'. And he says the dogs weren't strays. They were that woman's pets.

"This isn't a singular incident," he said. "And I think people really need to understand that."

"There were about twenty dogs we saved that day, but not one was true a stray," he added.

"They were all abused. All of them were abused animals."

Randy published some of the graphic photos on his website along with a letter, ranting about a lack of punishment in cruelty cases. Sunday, when St. Louis`s mayor and health director were made aware of the abuse, both said it is unacceptable. They vowed to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. The mayor even blogged about it on
Grim says he hopes constituents will call their aldermen and encourage them to vote for the ordinances currently being crafted. And he also would like more training for St. Louis police. He says some officers are not well-versed in the law. He is also taking in donations on his website, www.strayrescue.org, to match a $100,000 anonymous gift, which will help him care for more animals like Our Little Boy.

Our Little Girl is expected to survive.

There are two ways you can make a very real difference right now. Join the fight to secure desperately needed emergency medical funds by taking part in The Stracks Fund $100,000 Matching Gift Challenge, which you can learn about by and telling them you want to see

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Dog found starving in dumpsterSt. Louis, MO (US)

Dog found starving in dumpster
St. Louis, MO (US)