Oliver$1,000 Reward Offered for Information About Puppy

SPCA for Monterey County Offers $1,000 Reward




The SPCA for Monterey County is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who cut the ears off a puppy.




A three month old brown and white pit bull mix puppy was left at the drop box at the Hollister Animal Shelter on Wednesday, April 8th. The puppys ears had been cut off in what appears to be a crude attempt at ear cropping. Ear cropping should always be done by a licensed Veterinarian with proper procedures, pain medications, and follow-up care.

SPCA staff named the puppy Oliver. Dr. Iida, SPCA Veterinarian, examined Oliver, cleaned and sutured his wounds under general anesthesia, and prescribed pain medication and antibiotics.

Oliver is a very sweet puppy who has won the heart of everyone around him, says Beth Brookhouser, SPCA Director of Community Outreach. Although he is obviously in considerable pain, his tail hasnt stopped wagging and he hasnt stopped trying to lick people since he arrived at The SPCA.

If you have any information about this case, please contact The SPCA at 831-373-2631 or 422-4721 x213 or call anonymously to WeTip at 1(800) 78-CRIME or 1(800) 782-7463. All calls are completely confidential.




The SPCA for Monterey County is a nonprofit, independent, donor-supported humane society that has been serving the animals and people of Monterey County since 1905. They shelter homeless, neglected and abused pets and livestock, and provide humane education and countless other services to the community. They are the local agency you call to investigate animal cruelty, rescue and rehabilitate injured wildlife, and aid domestic animals in distress.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Animal Cruelty
• reward
• Oliver
• SPCA for Monterey County
• Hollister Shelter
• Humane Investigations

[crackerman46]

How could any normal, sane person, be so brutal to such a sweet, defenseless animal? Michael Vick was 10x crueler to the dogs he mutilated. Now that piece of shit is out of jail, playing in the NFL, and now has a NIKE endorsement. This world is fucked up. Ban the NFL and ban NIKE products.

[ChuckZ310]

thas fucked up..cut the f**kers ears off who did this..

[MrMisanthrope1]

@crackerman46 man your dumb

[LunaTemari]

@jigsawsviapprentice thats why you should clean their ears on a regular basis, if people did what they were supposed to do as an owner the rates of dogs getting ear infections would drop, its just that allot of people are too lazy to keep the ears clean.. some people also dont feel like keeping an eye on the dogs nails but we dont cut their toe's off becouse of that now do we?

[LunaTemari]

ear crpping should be banned..

[MAYDAY4398]

@ross83941 Now you can get his tail too

[MAYDAY4398]

Ive seen this in cats and dogs and the person doing the cutting is usaully a little kid goin wild with a pair of sissors. This is great for peta and Human groups people get all upset over this sdtuff and donate lots of mon ey. Cut off a dogs ears and donations go up, should do a study and document the phenominom

[ross83941]

God damit they found my dog

[londongoth7]

@jemmzee Tail docking began as a method of preventing injury to herding dogs who risked having long tails stamped on and broken. The same goes for ear cropping and declawing (I assume you mean removal of the dewclaw, the thumb-like nub on theforelegs; only cats are declawed) for hunting dogs so they woudn't get caught and torn while scenting prey.

I agree that doing these things for fashionable purposes is ridiculous, but the procedures themselves were not meant to be.

[jigsawsviapprentice]

@jemmzee True it is for fashion but it's healthier for the dogs to have cropped or naturally pricked ears. I've was raised with chows and their ears are natrurally pricked and they NEVER had an ear infection. Then I started getting different breeds of dogs: Labs, miniture schnauzer (ears arent cropped), pitbull (ears arent cropped) and they all have gotten ear infections expecally my schnauzer. It may seem cruel but in the long run its much healtier. PPL NEED TO USE A VET THOUGH!

[oticgrl]

i so hope they find the person who did this and anyone thats keeping their mouth shut about it...they are just as guilty. jeez...some fucking ppl man

[dashizzle1985]

I think the person who did this needs to have their ears cut off them.

I don't see anything wrong with getting your dog's ears PROFESSIONALLY CROPPED BY A VETERINARIAN /PROFESSIONAL AND CERTIFIED PERSON.

But to do such a HORRIBLE thing by yourself without any professionalism, or to have someone random do it is ANIMAL CRUELTY

I HATE ANY ONE WHO HARMS ANIMALS IN ANY WAY THIS POOR BABY DOG DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE TREATED LIKE GARBAGE