AR-News: (PA - US) Lab pup has legs broken, left for dead in a strip mine

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Six month old Lab mix was left for dead in Strip Mine - (Clark Summit, PA - 
US) Crime Date: 03/03/2004 
Case Status: Open 
Case Photos: <A HREF="http://www.pet-abuse.com/database/case_photos.php?case_id=2056">Available - Click Here</A>

*Suspect(s) Unknown - Need your help! 

Case Report

The six month old Labrador mix was left for dead in a strip mine near 
Carbondale. The veterinarian treating it said someone intentionally broke the puppy's 
front legs.  An officer with the Humane Society  believes they were smashed 
with a baseball bat. "You can't do this," said Officer Sandy Boysha. "It's 
difficult to see what people do to animals, even children. People who take their 
frustrations out because they can't fight back."

Dr. Joseph Pannick believes the dog had been in the pit for as long as a week 
before being found. "It looks like this dog has had these fractures for a 
period of time, maybe up to a seven day period," said Dr. Pannick. 

The puppy will eventually be put up for adoption by the Humane Society.

If you have any information about who abused the dog, you should call the 
animal cruelty hotline at (570) 585-0510.  If you'd like to make a donation, it 
can be sent to the Lackawanna County Humane Society at 967 Griffin Pond Road, 
Clarks Summit, PA  18411. 

If you have any information on this case, contact:Lackawanna County Humane 
Society
Phone: (570) 585-0510


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