While animal control officers around the world get used to seeing horrific acts of cruelty, even they can be shocked by what people will do to innocent pets they no longer want. On the island of Malta, near the Għar Ħasan cave, officers had been tipped off about a lost dog. Then they heard the whimpering of an animal. Where could it be coming from?
As they looked around, it was clear that the sound was coming from under the earth. When they began to dig, what they found was so horrific that the Daily Mail described it as possibly “the worst case of animal cruelty ever.”
