News Release

Dog Found Skinned in St. Roch Area

Louisiana SPCA Offers Reward for Information

New Orleans, LA (11/24/08) – Friday afternoon a homeowner in the St. Roch area arrived home to find a deceased dog in her yard. She immediately called the Louisiana SPCA. An LA/SPCA humane officer arrived on the scene and was horrified to find that the medium sized dog had been partially skinned prior to its death.

Kathryn Destreza, LA/SPCA’s Director of Humane Law Enforcement was on the scene and believes the dog was skinned then walked to the address where it died later that day. “From the condition of the wounds we believe the skinning happened late Thursday or early Friday. We don’t really know why this dog had so much of its skin removed. It may have been a case of the dog being used as bait and the perpetrator was attempting to expose more flesh to arouse other dogs, but we really don't know what happened,” said Destreza.

The LA/SPCA is offering a $500 reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator(s) of this act of cruelty. The perpetrator(s) face a felony cruelty charge which could involve up to a $25,000 fine and up to a 10 year prison sentence. Individuals with information about this crime are asked to call 504-368-5191 ext. 100, or offer information online.



UPDATE 11/26/08 - Reward increased to $8000
UPDATE 11/25/08 - Reward increased to $1750
 

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