Puppies burned with acid
Hutchinton, KS (US)Incident Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2006
County: Reno
Disposition: Open
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A litter of puppies with chemical burns was found abandoned and are in need of good homes.
The chemical had been poured down the puppies' backs. The litter of seven was found in Hutchinton, Kan. A shelter there had planned to put the puppies down until a shelter outside of Windsor, Colo., stepped in to help.
K-9 Bed & Biscuit, a no-kill dog shelter, is nursing the puppies back to health. Someone poured a toxic substance on the puppies, burning them on their backs. Some of the puppies have burn scars worse than others.
"I can't even comprehend someone thinking about doing something like this and then dumping them without any medical care," said the owner of K-9 Bed & Biscuit Rachel Kruidenier.
"It upset me quite a bit," said volunteer Josie Furney. "It was a sad thing to see. I'm just thankful Rachel took them in and brought them here because I know they will be taken care of."
The shelter is trying to find the puppies good homes. One puppy has already been adopted out.
"They're very outgoing and very friendly. It doesn't seem to have damaged their temperament or personality at all," Kruidenier said. "It's amazing that animals can bounce back from something like this."
The puppies are Labrador-chow mix and are believed to be around nine weeks old. The six remaining pups are ready for adoption for a fee of $95. The fee includes spaying or neutering, a distemper shot and protection from worms.
The shelter operates on donations and has many other healthy dogs for adoption.
Case Updates Six Labrador retriever-Chow mix puppies are looking for new homes in Colorado after being tortured and saved from death in Kansas. The puppies, now about 9 weeks old, were found abandoned and burned with acid outside a shelter in Hutchinson. When Rachel Kruidenier, owner of the K-9 Bed & Biscuit east of Windsor, learned from a contact in central Kansas the pups were going to be euthanized, she brought them to her no-kill shelter on a rural stretch of Colorado Highway 392.
Each of the six little black dogs, four males and two females, have puckered scars running down their backs that are mostly healed, although a few still have some open wounds. There originally were seven puppies, Kruidenier said, but one was adopted while still in Kansas. "It amazes me what people can do to animals," Kruidenier said. "But it doesn't surprise me how cruel people can be."
Kruidenier doesn't know when the puppies were burned, but it appears it happened while they were still very small because the wounds are mostly healed. And although they will bear permanent scars, the burns haven't changed the puppies' demeanors; they swarm around and nuzzle anyone who opens their cage. "They're really outgoing and friendly," Kruidenier said. The harm done to the puppies was horrendous, Kruidenier said, but it doesn't make her any angrier than any other cases she's seen. "I think anytime someone abuses an animal it is horrible," she said.
Teresa Beckle, an employee at the shelter, called the abuse totally unacceptable and said if the abusers are ever caught, they should be "nailed to a wall." Beckle said she is disturbed by how many people see their pets as just animals and not part of the family.
"They can't speak and tell you what they want," she said. "You have to be in tune (with the animal). It always amazes me how many people think it's just an animal. I was never raised that way."
The puppies are now available for adoption through a lottery, Kruidenier said; dogs can be adopted for $95, which includes shots and spaying or neutering. The public has already shown a rush of interest in the puppies, Kruidenier said. "We've been getting phone calls nonstop," she said. The puppies' plight has drawn media attention from across the region, but Kruidenier said there are more than 120 animals in the shelter also looking for homes. Many of the animals are surrendered by families who are moving or no longer want them, Kruidenier said. | Source: The Coloradoan - June 17, 2006
Update posted on Jun 30, 2006 - 12:43AM |
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