Officials in Ohio are investigating after a dog was found with its throat cut and its nose and mouth duct-taped.
A man spotted the dog about 25 miles southwest of Dayton and took the animal to the veterinarian, said the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.
“A gentleman was coming home from work in Middletown and she darted out into the road and he pulled over and was able to get to her,“ Shari Wyenandt, with HART Rescue in Cincinnati, added to WXIX. ”She had her muzzle taped and she was bleeding from the neck.”
The dog was taken to the veterinarian’s office, and a microchip was found inside the animal. The dog had been rescued in 2011, said official.
Jones also wrote on Twitter that “if this canine looks familiar please contact the Butler County Sheriffs Office so we can solve this Animal Cruelty Case..thank you.”
The Butler County Sheriff’s dog warden is investigating it as an animal cruelty case, and officials are asking for help identifying the dog.
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