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Dog shot through chest with .22 - (Hanover, OH - US)

Crime Date: 01/18/2005
Case Status: Open
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Case Report

A dog found shot and bleeding in Hanover Township on Jan 18 is doing well after a hour-long surgery at the Animal Friends Humane Society. Leland Gordon, executive director of the shelter, said the dog � a Labrador-collie mix � seemed to have been well-kept, but did not have any type of identification attached to her when she was brought to the Humane Society.

The dog � dubbed �Kim� after the Butler County Dog Warden who first cared for the animal � was suffering from a gunshot wound from a .22-caliber bullet that entered her left leg and exited across her chest.

Around 7 p.m. Tuesday, the Butler County Sheriff�s Office contacted the dog warden to pick up the wounded animal on Gardner Road in Hanover Township, police officials said.

Kimberly Stearling, a deputy dog warden, was called to assist Deputy Dog Warden Tanya Henson, who was first to respond to the call, officials said.

�It was apparent that the dog lost a lot of blood,� Stearling said. �So I decided to take her home.�

Stearling said that she gave Kim fluids, and put a pressure bandage on her wounds when she took the dog to her Middletown home.

However, the dog was crying and whining in pain all night, Stearling said.

On Wednesday morning, Stearling took Kim to the AFHS, where doctors attended to the wounded dog and completed an intense hour-long surgery.

�We sewed her up and stabilized her wounds,� Gordon said.

If Stearling did not have four other dogs at home, she said she would gladly make a home for Kim.

Gordon said that the AFHS will hold Kim for three days and if the owner�s do not come forward she would be available for adoption.

�The majority of dogs that we get do not have any type of identification attached to them,� Gordon said. �Not a collar, not a microchip, not anything.�

For information about Kim or any of the other 150 animals at AFHS, call (513) 867-8727.

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