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A Staffordshire Bull Terrier has died in one of the worst forms of animal cruelty we’ve ever heard of.
It is believed that the dog, which was found yesterday ‘half dead’, was hogtied and placed over a slow burning fire beside The Curragh Racecourse, the Kildare West Wicklow SPCA report.
In a detailed Facebook post by the KWWSPCA, it explained that the young dog’s organs had slowly cooked and over time failed.
“He was suffering from facial ticks/spasms which was the result of neurological damage to his brain from the heat of the fire”.
“Tony, the vet who little Tony was named for, told us that they had cleaned his body in a special fluid and what was originally though to be dirt on him was in fact soot from a fire.
“The marks on his paws which also looked like dirt were actually the charred remains of whatever was used to hog tie him and hang him over a low burning fire”.
KWWSPCA have informed Gardaí who will launch an investigation into the horrific incident.
