Boca Raton animal rescue treating dog found badly abused, stuck to sidewalk

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Police in Palm Beach County are investigating a horrific case of animal abuse after a dog was found stuck to a sidewalk.

The little man has been referred to as Trooper and he’s dwelling up to his new identify.

There is now a $16,000 reward to discover the individual answerable for Trooper’s abuse.

He’s been recovering at Tri-County Humane Society in Boca Raton for greater than per week after some good Samaritans found him.

“It took them about an hour to pick him up off the sidewalk,” mentioned Dr. Julia Sheehan with Tri-County Animal Rescue. “He was stuck.”

Sheehan says Trooper had been mendacity in his personal waste for therefore lengthy that it glued him to the sidewalk.

She mentioned once they first introduced trooper in, he seemed like he was useless.

“Covered in fecal material, burrs, even maggots,” mentioned Sheehan. “He had a lot of wounds on his skin, long nails that when we cut them, basically pus came out.”

He has a coronary heart murmur, ear infections, ulcers in his eyes and a slipped disk in his again which left him unable to stroll.

Doctors give Trooper bodily remedy on daily basis, instructing him to stand and stroll on his personal.

They’re additionally treating him for all of his different illnesses and say he’s responding not simply to the meds however to all of the love and a spotlight.

“I think it’s good, I think he’s a trooper. That’s why we named him that,” mentioned Sheehan.

Trooper is predicted to stay on the facility for not less than one other month or so, but when all goes nicely, he could possibly be out there for adoption quickly after.