Pit bull stolen, abused, abandoned — now has to be euthanized

[KamaAina]

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Pit-bull-stolen-abused-abandoned-now-has-to-6271307.php

A pit bull who had been stolen from his owner and then beaten and burned with cigarettes before being abandoned under a freeway in San Francisco last week had to be euthanized over the weekend when his organs began failing, officials said.

Maximilian, as shelter staffers called him, was found around 6 a.m. Thursday near the corner of Division Street and South Van Ness, said Deb Campbell, a spokeswoman for San Francisco Animal Care and Control. In a coincidence, workers at the shelter, after getting in contact with the dog’s owner, learned that his real name was Maxx.

The dog, who was less than a year old, was found suffering from cigarette and other types of burns, broken and missing teeth, trauma to the head and body, and injuries to his legs and paws, including missing pads and nails. Still, Campbell said, he was in relatively good spirits when he got to the shelter, wagging his tail and even rolling over for a belly rub.

“He’s a friendly guy, which makes this kind of abuse all the more heartbreaking,” said Virginia Donohue, executive director of Animal Care and Control.

[In_The_Wind]

1. I would love to find the sicko who abused poor Maxx.

[B2G]

2. Good thing I'm a firm believer in karma.

[AuntPatsy]

3. .

[whathehell]

4. To the POS who did it: Be prepared for Serious Time. California has handed down 17 yr. sentences

for animal torture.

I hope the scum serves EVERY day of that.

[etherealtruth]

5. Makes one wish there was hell ...

... anyone that could do this to a living being would deserve it

[magical thyme]

6. Max had been stolen from his person

They found his person, who was able to be with him at the end :cry;

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. Poor puppers.

In 12 years I barely ever let my pup out of my sight. Even in the yard, I keep her on the porch.

A chicago cop warned me once when I had her tied up outside a coffee shop. I had my eyes on her - but the cop came in and told me "they" are stealing dogs. Another patron piped up and said someone tried to walk off with his dog the week prior.

[lpbk2713]

7. Nauseating

Other people must have seen or heard what was happening to this poor dog.
I hope the memories of it stays with them for a long time.

[AtomicKitten]

9. I cannot process the level of cruelty it takes to do something like this.

And the pup wags his tail when taken into custody.

I wish this cruelty revisited tenfold upon the perpetrators.

[IVoteDFL]

10. How do you do something like this to any living creature?

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. poor doggy