Guest Anonymous Posted November 7, 2003 Posted November 7, 2003 Driver rescues abused dog By: Cliff Davis , Staff Writer 10/29/2003 COLONIAL HEIGHTS - His ruined eyes tell the story. They will never watch a spinning Frisbee for the right moment to clamp down and catch it. They will never gaze upon a loving master again. Somewhere in the Bells Road neighborhood yesterday, near the Philip Morris tobacco plant, a dog was tortured and then left in the road to die, according to Dr. Margaret Metry of the Colonial Heights Veterinary Hospital. A driver - who asked not to be identified - saw the heap of fur and stopped. They just intended to push the carcass out of traffic. Then the creature wiggled its ears. The dog, a German shepherd, was alive. It wore no collar. It was malnourished, with its skin stretched tight over its ribs. But the worst of the inhuman cruelty it had suffered would show in the wreckage of the animal's face. Someone sprayed or wiped a caustic chemical onto the dog's eyes, burning up the fur and skin, destroying the animal's eyelids and permanently blinding it, Metry said. It lies on a blanket upstairs in the Colonial Heights Veterinary Hospital, facing a wall it can no longer see. It does not bark. It does not snarl. It does not wag its tail. And somewhere, going about their daily business, unpunished, is the person or persons who committed this crime. It was a close-up and deliberate act, Metry believes, not a random throwing of a chemical nor anything the dog could have done to itself by accident - for the dog's nose was not burned, just his eyes. She has one word for whatever twisted soul found pleasure in such a crime. "Sicko," Metry said. "We cried all morning." The anonymous rescuer brought the dog to the Colonial Heights Veterinary Hospital, where at first, the specialists considered euthanizing him. But the dog ate all the food they gave it, and showed a gentle nature and an unflinching will to live. It now faces surgery to remove its damaged and useless eyes before infection sets in, but its chances for survival are good. There is only one happy note to this story: the veterinarians have found someone in the area who may give the dog a home. The animal doesn't have a collar yet but the vets have given it a name: Elton. "He has a good temperament. He allowed me to clean his wounds, without budging. I think he knew I was trying to help," Metry said. * Cliff Davis may be reached at 732-3456, ext. 254. Quote
kendalyn Posted November 7, 2003 Posted November 7, 2003 :evil: This story made my stomach turn :evil: What a terrible person :x Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted November 8, 2003 Posted November 8, 2003 SICK BASTARDS!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: Courtnek Quote
bk_blue Posted November 8, 2003 Posted November 8, 2003 :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: #$@@******@^^#(^^$%@#!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
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