DAVIE, Fla. – Right now, vets are dealing with a dog after she was shot and abandoned in a dumpster.
Lily is now recuperating after being shot through the neck and discovered in the garbage behind a business in Davie.
“Dog was alive, it was injured, but it was alive, and it was able to be handled and brought here. It was immediately handled by our veterinarian, and it was provided care, and the dog did make it through,” said Philip Goen, Broward County Animal Care.
The female dog was being taken care of by vets with Broward County Animal Care, after a field officer discovered her included a garbage included behind a Tires Plus.
Lilly was later on moved to non-profit group, Humans and Animals United. Veterinarians said she was lucky the bullet did not strike any essential arteries. You can still see the bullet injury in her neck.
“It’s very close to everything important, the trachea, the colored artery, “said Paula Ferreira, Ferreira Animal Hospital.
The Davie Police Department is now investigating into whether the dog’s owner or someone else fired the shot. Whoever did could face animal cruelty charges.
“We don’t know all the information, we do we know the end result.,” said Goen.
Veterinarians think Lily will recuperate physically and hope she will gradually have the ability to trust human beings, regardless of the injury of being shot and included the garbage.
“This just devastating, there’s so many people wanting dogs, so many good homes for dogs. You don’t have to throw them in the garbage, you can find somebody to take care of them,” said Ferreira.
The dog stays in the custody of Humans and Animals United and will be up for adoption when she is totally recuperated.
For more details about how you can adopt Lily, click on this link.
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