PETA Offers $10,000 For Finding Person Who Dumped German Shepherd in Rotting Condition

A national animal rights group is offering up to $10,000 to find who would have dumped a German Shepherd in "rotting" condition at an Oakland shelter, where the dog eventually died.

PETA announced the reward money this week in response to the horrifying conditions of a 6- or 7-year-old shepherd nicknamed "Marlo" dumped outside the Oakland Animal Shelter on May 30.

She was emaciated and had a chain and cord wrapped around her neck and legs so tightly that they were embedded in her skin. Her wounds were infested with maggots. Her bones had protruded through her skin, and her organs were beginning to shut down.

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Oakland Animal Services Director David Cronin showed Marlo to NBC Bay Area last week as the dog lay in obvious pain during her final hours. A retired police officer, Cronin said this is one of the worst abuse cases he has seen during his nine years serving in and out of the shelter.

Hours after she was left on the steps of the shelter, Marlo was euthanized on a veterinarian's recommendation. PETA said a necropsy revealed that she had been attempting to keep herself alive by eating sticks and dirt.

Although police have recovered surveillance video that could reveal who abandoned the dog at the shelter, no arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.

 "Judging by the deteriorated state of this dog's injuries and internal condition, she must have been suffering from neglect for months," PETA Director Martin Mersereau said in a statement. "We join Oakland Animal Services in calling on neighbors and passersby who surely saw Marlo at some point recently to come forward with any information that might help the police nab the criminal responsible."
 
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Oakland Police Department at 510-777-3333.
 

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