Puppy burned with acid
Texas City, TX (US)Incident Date: Friday, Jun 17, 2005
County: Galveston
Disposition: Open
Case Images: 1 files available
Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help!
A 3-month old dog named Brownie was picked up in Texas City by a worker from the Galveston County Animal Shelter. Brownie has a severe burn on her back and is being treated. She was picked up by the Galveston County Heath District on Friday, June 17. She reportedly had flaps of skin and fur hanging like curtains at her side.
Investigators don't have any solid leads as to who hurt the dog or why.
Right now, Brownie is recovering at Laurine Murtagh's house in Texas City, which has sheltered probably hundreds of animals during the years.
After an overnight visit at the Texas City Animal Hospital, Brownie is starting to heal. The veterinarian assistants cut away the tattered skin and fur and washed her wound.
Murtagh has bathed Brownie every day since, giving her pain medication and massaging vitamin E into the close to 12-inch burn, which stretches like a paint stain from the base of Brownie's neck to her tail.
"She's licked off most of the vitamin E, but the vet says that's good," Murtagh said, watching Brownie amble on shaky puppy legs across her tiled living room.
She calls the mixed-breed her "burn patient," and says she hopes to find her a good home.
But more urgently, Murtagh and other volunteers with the Friends of the Galveston County Animal Shelter want answers about what happened to Brownie.
"How could anyone look at that little face and do that to her?" Mattingly asked during a visit to check up on Brownie. "A person who will do something like that, we wonder who the next victim is going to be. A child? or another animal? We need to find this guy and stop him."
For more information about adopting Brownie or other animals, call Laurine Murtagh at (409) 945-9782.
Anyone with tips leading to the capture or conviction of those responsible for harming Brownie should contact the Galveston County Animal Shelter at (409) 948-2485 or mreynolds@gchd.org.
Donations to the reward fund can be sent to Friends of the Galveston County Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 84, Santa Fe, TX 77517. Make a notation on the check that it is for the Reward Fund.
The Friends of the Galveston County Animal Shelter has raised at least $300 in reward money for tips leading to the capture or conviction of anyone that harmed the dog. The southwest regional office of the Humane Society is offering $2,500 for similar information. If you have information on this case, please contact:
Galveston County Animal Shelter
mreynolds@gchd.org
(409) 948-2485
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