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Animal cruelty is intolerableOn Sept. 18, a dog was found in the woods in Twiggs County, according to 13WMAZ. A woman discovered a bloody trail more than a mile long, and she followed it until she came upon the dog.
Sgt. Joshua Hasty said the dog, which was nicknamed “Trooper,” appeared to have been dragged behind a vehicle. Serious scrapes and road rash covered the dog’s legs and paws, and they say he may need skin grafts.
Trooper is currently staying at Old Capital Pet Care in Milledgeville to recover.
We at The Colonnade are completely disturbed by the fact that any human being could be capable of such an act. Trooper, or any other pooch for that matter, does not deserve to be put through that kind of torture.
We often see dog owners “play fighting” with their pups, but never is it their intent to cause physical harm. If you care about something, you don’t tie it to the back of a truck and see how far it’ll last. You give it attention and love, and you do anything you can to make sure it stays safe and unharmed.
The person or people who injured Trooper have not been found, so it is unsure whether anyone involved was the dog’s owner or whether he was a stray.
We at The Colonnade feel that hopeful pet owners should be inspected in some way to make sure that animals are not put into the hands of someone who could harm them or someone who would not have enough time to care for a pet. It is a living, breathing thing that, in the words of many parents, “requires a lot of responsibility.”
We are very fortunate in Milledgeville to have a place dedicated to taking in animals and finding nice homes for them. Animal Rescue Foundation, located just a short distance from our campus, has the same beliefs that The Colonnade has. On ARF’s Facebook page, two of the listed main purposes are “finding responsible permanent homes” for the abandoned or abused animals that they receive and “educating the public on the proper care and treatment of animals.”
On ARF’s official website, there is a section titled “Successes” where messages are posted written by owners who adopted pets from ARF. The page is filled with messages of love for their pets and gratitude towards ARF for providing the pets.
One pet owner wrote, “He’s also a sweetheart who loves to curl up next to me at bedtime. Yep, he’s come a long way since the little 13 wk kitten was saved from the mouth of a dog.”
The Colonnade believes that there should be more places like ARF that save animals and find safe, responsible and loving homes for them. Maybe then we wouldn’t be reading and hearing about horror stories of animals being abused and tortured like Trooper was.
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