~ Dog Doused With Gas, Burned & Left To Die ,Former Owners Or Perpetrators Still Not Found. A man has been charged with cruelty after his dog was tied to a tree and set on fire. ~
The dog, a pit bull called Maximus by his rescuers, died last week after three surgeries. Authorities said he smelled of gasoline when he was found, severely injured, on July 12.
"He was a good dog up until the very end ... giving licks and kisses," Reed Zaroff, one of the Long Island veterinarians who tried to save him, told Newsday.
Derick Phanord, 22, of Brentwood, was arrested Monday night on a charge of aggravated animal cruelty, Suffolk County police said. Phanord also was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon for possessing a bludgeon, police said.
He was awaiting arraignment on Tuesday at First District Court in Central Islip. Donations are still being collected to defray the costs of Maximus' treatment.
~ Maximus suffered second- and third-degree burns on more than 60 percent of his body.~
3 comments:
I doubt that Maximus was agressive, since he was liking hands and wagging his tail till the very end...
It's the tiny excuse the owner (and killer) gave to the ones who arrested him. " Always the dead is to blame".
Even if, instead of talking to someone who knows animal behaviour, or instead of giving him to someone that could handle him, he poured bleach on Maximus, after that tied him to a tree, poured gasoline and set him on fire???
life is cruel. eventhough i'm not an animal lover, i still have my sympathy towards animal. and the guy who did it, oh let him burn in hell for such cruelty. may maximus rest in peace
Tears in my eyes. Why!?
Let the owner be burned to death too.
Then he will realise the pain his dog must have suffered.
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