Eight dogs discovered alongside the facet of a highway Sunday in a rural a part of Cottage Grove are believed to have been introduced into town for disposal after having died from an sickness elsewhere, police mentioned Wednesday.
The dogs, all of a smaller selection, probably all died across the similar time, mentioned Dan Schoen, community-engagement officer for the Cottage Grove Police Department.
The our bodies of the dogs had been discovered Sunday afternoon within the tree line alongside Grey Cloud Island Drive close to Grey Cloud Island Trail. The dogs included a Schnauzer and different similar-sized white dogs, which might be a terrier breed, Schoen mentioned.
Police acquired a tip from somebody with data of the dogs’ deaths that led to officers executing a search warrant Tuesday on the home of an 38-year-old man in Cottage Grove. The man admitted to dumping the dogs, however he had not been arrested or charged with any crime as of Wednesday afternoon, Schoen mentioned.
“We don’t believe that he had anything to do with harming or killing the dogs,” Schoen mentioned. “He disposed of the dogs after they had been dropped at Cottage Grove deceased. He actually form of panicked and didn’t know what to do with them. They got here from one other place by a bunch that another person who lives within the family helps with.
“The investigation is ongoing as to who was in charge of taking care of the dogs at the time of their deaths and exactly where they were.”
Schoen mentioned the case generated a lot group and media consideration this week that the division felt compelled to launch details about the case earlier than the investigation is full.
“We don’t normally do this, but it’s important to note that we have discovered the person who did it,” Schoen mentioned. “We are confident that he did not partake in harming the dogs and that they were dead before they got to Cottage Grove.”
