{"id":66304,"date":"2015-09-08T15:51:09","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T22:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=66304"},"modified":"2015-09-10T13:52:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T20:52:47","slug":"reward-increased-to-50k-in-av-dog-abuse-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/09\/08\/reward-increased-to-50k-in-av-dog-abuse-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Reward increased to $50K in AV dog abuse case"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Photos<\/a>
Photos of Fergus the golden retriever courtesy of the Southern California Golden Retriever Rescue. Photos of Crissie the Pit bull courtesy of Doggy Smiles Rescue Inc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES – A reward being offered for information leading to whoever has been burning dogs with caustic chemicals in the Antelope Valley jumped to $50,000 Tuesday, thanks to a $25,000 private donation announced by Los Angeles County officials.<\/p>\n

Supervisor Michael Antonovich had initially proposed a $10,000 reward, but contributions from private sources led to that total being increased to $25,000 before it was approved by the Board of Supervisors last week.<\/p>\n

La Pietra Foundation then offered to put up $25,000 more, and its donation was accepted by the board Tuesday.<\/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

The crimes against dogs — which Antonovich called \u201cdepraved acts of cruelty\u201d — came to light last month 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 he is continuing to recover.<\/p>\n

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

Three pit bulls were also found with similar injuries in recent weeks, and two of them had to be euthanized, animal control officials said.<\/p>\n

The pit bull that survived has been named Crissie<\/strong>, and she is being treated at the Pets R Us Veterinary Hospital in Palmdale, according to the rescue that pulled her from the Lancaster animal shelter. [Read more about Crissie here<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n

The Sheriff’s Department said at least seven dogs \u2013 Fergus, Crissie and five pit bulls or pit mixes — had been found or brought to shelters with chemical burns on their backs since July 20, 2014.<\/p>\n

Sheriff’s investigators said there may be additional cases and encouraged the public to immediately report any animals with similar burns.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information should call Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station Detective Daniel Gore at (661) 940-3851 or (661) 948-8466, or the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control at (661) 974-8096.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Injured pit bull on road to recovery<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

$25K reward approved in suspected animal cruelty case <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Antonovich to propose $25K reward in AV dog abuse case<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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

LOS ANGELES – A reward being offered for information leading to whoever has been burning dogs with caustic chemicals in the Antelope Valley jumped to $50,000 Tuesday, thanks to a $25,000 private donation announced by Los Angeles County officials. Supervisor Michael Antonovich had initially proposed a $10,000 reward, but contributions from private sources led to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":66112,"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":[719,10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66304"}],"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=66304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}