Dog found tortured to death, animal advocates pushing for enforcement

INDIANAPOLIS - The disturbing case of a dog found discarded on the side of the road is raising questions among Indianapolis animal advocates.




Thursday, Lucci's House Bully Rescue was notified of a deceased dog found on the side of the road.




"He was clearly burnt and tortured, I think," said Laurie Collins with the organization.




"He was dead on the side of the road, 42nd and Flamingo, so off of 42nd and Emerson."




Ropes and a red blanket were also found with the pit bull.




Due to the graphic and unsettling nature of these images, the pictures of the dog in the attached video have been blurred.




The organization is calling the dog "Valentino".




"There has to be some systemic changes within the laws of our city, but most importantly, Valentino, he deserves a voice," said Collins.




"The other dogs that have been found, they deserve a voice."




The group Friends of Indianapolis Dogs Outside, or FIDO, said they are constantly working to take care of some of the neglected strays in the neighborhood.




However, in recent weeks, they were notified of one dog found too late, right across the street at Brookside Park.




"We had a park director show up at our door and say that she was cleaning up the park for spring and found a deceased dog tethered to their baseball diamond fence," said Darcie Kurtz with FIDO.




Due to the amount of waste nearby, the organization fears the dog was left for several days, becoming more and more dehydrated and starved to death.




This is something they say they see far too often.




"We found a puppy this past winter in an alley in a crate who had died," said Kurtz.




Both FIDO and Lucci's want pet owners to know they can help point them in the right direction for help if they need it.




They also are pushing for laws to be enforced when it comes to cases like this.
Lucci's is pushing for an investigation into Valentino's death.




They're asking for others to speak up in these situations, so they know how these animals ended up the way they did.




"If somebody wouldn't have spoken up or gotten my attention, or I wouldn't have known what to do, that dog would have just disappeared, and there would be no investigation," said Collins.




"There's been a rise in these kinds of things."





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