{"id":65985,"date":"2015-08-26T13:45:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T20:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=65985"},"modified":"2015-08-28T22:19:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-29T05:19:44","slug":"antonovich-to-propose-25k-reward-in-av-dog-abuse-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/08\/26\/antonovich-to-propose-25k-reward-in-av-dog-abuse-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonovich to propose $25K reward in AV dog abuse case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The crimes against dogs came to light earlier this month when a golden retriever was brought to a Lancaster animal shelter suffering from severe burns on its neck and back. (Image courtesy Southern California Golden Retriever Rescue Facebook page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES – County Supervisor Michael Antonovich has increased the reward he wants the county to offer for information leading to the person or people who have been burning dogs in the Antelope Valley.<\/p>\n

Antonovich initially said he would ask his colleagues next week to approve a $10,000 reward, but he said Wednesday he will instead ask for $25,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy increasing this reward, we hope to encourage the public to come forward with any information that will help us identify, apprehend and prosecute those responsible for these depraved acts of cruelty,\u201d Antonovich said.<\/p>\n

The crimes against dogs came to light earlier this month<\/a> when a golden retriever was brought to a Lancaster animal shelter suffering from severe burns on its neck and back.<\/p>\n

The dog, which has since been named “Fergus<\/strong>,” was brought to the shelter Aug. 11 and subsequently turned over to the Animal Medical Center of Southern California in West Los Angeles, where the canine is continuing to recover.<\/p>\n

Doctors said they believe somebody poured battery acid or some other type of corrosive material on the dog.<\/p>\n

Animal control officials said at least three other dogs had been found with similar injuries in recent weeks, and two of them had to be euthanized.<\/p>\n

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has offered a $2,500 reward for information in the case. An unidentified NBC4 viewer also posted a $2,000 reward.<\/p>\n

A Gofundme page<\/a> established by the Golden Retriever Rescue Group to raise money for Fergus’ care had raised more than $24,000 as of Aug. 26.<\/p>\n

An update on the page noted that officials in both Kern and Los Angeles counties are investigating the dog injuries, since at least two of the dogs brought to the Lancaster shelter apparently came from Kern County.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Lancaster Station Detective Bureau at 661-948-8466.<\/p>\n

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Previous related story<\/span>: Burned dog recovering, investigation launched to find abuser<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES – County Supervisor Michael Antonovich has increased the reward he wants the county to offer for information leading to the person or people who have been burning dogs in the Antelope Valley. Antonovich initially said he would ask his colleagues next week to approve a $10,000 reward, but he said Wednesday he will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":65986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}