If this doesn't make you sick and want to hunt down the !@#$!#@$ low-life that would do something like this, I don't know what would. Poor thing. Thank God for those sanitation workers. I hope they find those responsible and put THEM in a vinyl bag and throw it away.
Aug 26, 2004 6:22 pm US/Eastern
PHILADELPHIA (KYW) It is a disturbing case of animal cruelty that only has a happy ending because of some alert sanitation workers.
As CBS 3’s Cydney Long reports, his name is little Oscar. The one-year-old mixed Terrier got his name after he was rescued from a trash can. Someone apparently put the dog in a vinyl like sac, bound it tightly with wire, and deliberately threw it away.
“It's horrific anyone would do such an evil act. When I saw the bag I couldn't believe it, I thought what else do people throw away that the trash guys don’t see, if he wasn't alert, Oscar wouldn't be here today,” said SPCA Veterinary Manager Lisa Rodgers.
Long reports that Philadelphia sanitation crews, who asked to remain anonymous, saved Oscar’s life.
It was along B Street, underneath the bridge near St. Christopher Hospital that garbage collectors realized a trash bag was moving.
Despite the fact Oscar was not physically bruised or harmed otherwise, Rodgers says he in fact had a full tummy when he arrived at SPCA: “He had eaten and had a stomach full of food on x-ray, so someone fed him then threw him away. Who would do that?”
“It's more than just a case of abandonment, this was cruel intent. If we catch them, we can get more than abandonment,” said Charlene Peters of the North Philadelphia SPCA.
Although Oscar still needs about a month of therapy and rehabilitation before becoming available for adoption, Long says the hope at the SPCA is that someone recognizes the dog, knows who did this to him, and turns that person in.
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