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More Mutilated Dogs Discovered

Friday, November 16, UDPATED: 3:52 p.m.
By Josh Brogadir

There is another disturbing discovery being investigated by local authorities.

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A state trooper and two humane society officers examine the body of a mutilated dog found Friday near Carbondale.

Police in Lackawanna County said two more dogs were found Friday, killed, skinned and left on the side of a road.

Just days after three dogs, including two puppies, were found dead and mutilated in Wyoming County, humane society officers are investigating a similar situation in Lackawanna County.

Authorities think the dogs were likely thrown off the side of a road near Carbondale just hours before they were found Friday morning.

The vet who did the necropsy said the animals were dogs, not coyotes, which he could tell by their teeth and muscular skeleton. He said they are one-year old dogs of a long-nose breed.

Authorities said the two dogs were killed, skinned, their carcasses dumped on the side of a rural stretch of Dundaff Street in Fell Township, near Carbondale.

State troopers said they got the call about 11 a.m. PennDOT crews checking the drains for the winter made the grisly discovery.

Lackawanna County Humane Society officers examined the carcasses while troopers took photos for evidence.

"I'm seeing wounds that look like bullet holes but I'm not sure, until we have the necropsy done. I don't see an exit wound, but if it is a bullet hole, we're going to find a bullet in there," said humane office Tina Walter.

A few days ago, the same humane society officers were called to a report of the carcasses of three beaten and skinned dogs in Wyoming County near Tunkhannock.

The veterinarian who examined those dogs said they were so badly mutilated he couldn't even determine their breed.

Humane society officers think the male and female found Friday look like the same type of dog as the ones killed in Wyoming County but they can't be sure.

They think there is a troubled person out there and can't imagine who would do this.

"Normal complaints you just try to help the animals. In this case, we'd like to try to find the person who did this to these dogs. Two different areas, the same situation, i just hope we can find the people who did it," siad humane officer Jamie Marciano.

Humane society officers said the dogs' nails look trimmed and it appears that they were owned.

If you have any information about any missing dogs or about who might be responsible, call the Humane Society of Lackawanna County at 570-585-0510.

Veterinarian Joseph Pannick, who performed the necropsy on both sets of animals, said these dogs appear to be the same breed as the ones found Monday in Eaton Township.

Investigators believe all are Shetland sheepdogs, a small dog resembling a collie, though it is difficult to tell because of the severity of mutilation.

The dogs also were all skinned in the same manner, said Tina Walter, an investigator with the Humane Society of Lackawanna County.

“It was done by someone who knew what they were doing,” she said.

The causes of death — hemorrhaging and blood loss — also were the same, but the second set of dogs had puncture wounds while the first did not, said Pannick, of the Veterinary Medical Center in Blakely.

All the dogs were well-cared for, with good diets and healthy muscles.

Officials declined to disclose further details about Friday’s discovery.

The dogs found in Wyoming County had their noses cut off and one animal’s brain was mutilated.

Walter said no dog owners have reported missing pets.

very scary!!!! My dry cleaner swears that a family in her neighborhood used to keep dogs for meat...YUK!!!

Leah

I think her name was Curella or something, those disney movies give the weirdo's some strange ideas...

They arent finding the skins, just the skinned bodies.

Yup, I thinks she was wanta make a coat or sumthun outa them hides. It was so bad i could't watch...

That was Cruella Deville.... My kids tell me I drive like her.

I thought that was just a woman thing...

I'm stationed in Korea right now where dogs are fairly common table fair. Rather expensive, and known for its stamina producing nutrition. On the contrary they think its wrong to eat squirrels, viewing them the same as rats.
They raise large breed dogs for this, and feed them specific diet. Strays or the pocket breeds so popular as pets are not considered as edible.

Sounds like a trapper to me.... Are they 100% sure its not a fox, yote, or coydog??????

They can't determine the breed but all are alike? and in different counties... I'd say they really need to check to see if its something wild that a trapper is skinning in the field and dumping....

Jack

I can understand the countries that eat dogs. But in that case, this was meat wasted.

SR... My Mama was a race car driver. I inherited her defective right foot.

I think xdawg is right. We have had the same thing happen here in the past and after investigation it was found to be someone who dumped carcasses from foxes.

I bet they are finding carcasses from fox and coyote. It is trapping/hunting season. They both look a little bit like a collie. The nails are always short on a healthy wild dog.