Somewhere in a lonely back yard, a young dog lived chained to a tree without food, water or attention.
He waited for that food, and when it didn’t come, he ate dirt. Eventually the dog laid down and he didn’t get up.
But still, he didn’t die.
An anonymous Good Samaritan stepped in April 7 and rescued the German shepherd from sure death. The animal, not much more than skin and bone, wailed in agony on the way to get help.
The dog was taken to an emergency animal hospital in Orange County where a horrified veterinary technician called friends at German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County.
Everyone held their breath … would the dog make it through the night?
He made it, and GSROC went to work.
The nonprofit named the dog Courage and transferred him to Community Veterinary Hospital in Garden Grove where Dr. Bill Grant got to work.
“This is as bad as it gets,” Grant said Tuesday...
Read the rest of this heart-wrenching tale of animal cruelty at the Orange County Register Pet Tales.
UPDATE: An Irvine vet tech has been arrested as a suspect.
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