PETA offers reward to help find person responsible for emaciated pit bull
PETA is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for abusing a severely emaciated pit bull that walked into a Watertown Home Depot Saturday.
The animals rights organization said police haven’t yet found the 1-year-old dog’s owners.
Watertown police said the dog, being called “Sully Doe” by police, had numerous lesions thought to be cigarette burns and small notches cut into his ears. He weighs only 26 pounds, less than half the normal healthy weight for a pit bull, according to police.
“This sweet dog was apparently deliberately burned, over and over, as he wasted away from starvation,” PETA Vice President Colleen O’Brien said in a statement. “PETA is urging anyone with information about this case to come forward immediately so that this dog’s abuser can be held accountable and stopped from hurting anyone else.”
Sully Doe is expected to make a full recovery and will be available for adoption, PETA said.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Watertown Animal Control at 617-972-6446.
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