PETA has doubled its reward to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for burying a dog while it was still alive in Georgia last month.
The brown Chow Chow mix was discovered buried up to its nose along an ATV trail in DeKalb County on June 6, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday.
DeKalb County resident Eric Purdue, who found the dog, said it took him 30 minutes to dig her out of the tightly packed earth.
“Her head was sticking out of a hole about the size of a grapefruit,” he told a local ABC affiliate, pointing to the area where the dog was buried. “This dirt, I mean, it was packed in. It was ridiculous. I mean, somebody took a lot of time to do a terrible thing.”
The dog died the next day while receiving veterinary treatment. Police have not named a suspect.
PETA doubled its previous award of $5,000 in hopes of finding the perpetrator.
“Someone must know where this dog came from and who buried her alive, leaving her to suffer in terror for days,” PETA Vice President Colleen O’Brien said in a statement. “PETA is urging anyone with information about this dog or her tormentor to come forward immediately before anyone else gets hurt.”
• Jessica Chasmar can be reached at jchasmar@washingtontimes.com.
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