Dog found shot eight times near White River Trail

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A dead dog – shot eight times and wrapped in a blanket – was found Sunday in the White River Trail parking lot of Highway NN in the Town of Geneva.

 

Pictured is a Bullmastiff, the breed of dog that was found dead along the White River Trail on Sunday. Photos of the dog that was found are posted on the Walworth County Humane Officer’s Facebook page with a warning of their graphic nature. The dog suffered eight bullet wounds.
Pictured is a Bullmastiff, the breed of dog that was found dead along the White River Trail on Sunday. Photos of the dog that was found are posted on the Walworth County Humane Officer’s Facebook page with a warning of their graphic nature. The dog suffered eight bullet wounds.

The Walworth County Sheriff’s Department responded to the lot at about 12:45 p.m. where two people had discovered a dead dog wrapped in a blanket just off the main trail.

The dog appears to be a yellow female Bullmastiff with a black face weighing about 90 pounds, according to the Sheriff’s Department. The dog appears to have suffered from eight gunshot wounds and was wrapped in a gray blanket that had white striping on the inside, according to a press release from the department.

The dog was taken to Lakeland Animal Shelter where she was scanned for a microchip, but none was found. The dog had all of her teeth, was groomed, her nails were trimmed, and the fur was matted down around the neck, which gave the impression that at one time the dog wore a collar, according to the release.

This is the blanket a 90-pound female Bullmastiff was found wrapped in after being shot eight times. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact Walworth County Crime Stoppers.
This is the blanket a 90-pound female Bullmastiff was found wrapped in after being shot eight times. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact Walworth County Crime Stoppers.

Anyone with information about the case who would like to remain anonymous may contact the Walworth County Crime Stoppers by one of the following methods:

• Text-A-Tip to “CRIMES” (274637) then start the message with tip4wc followed by the tip;

• Web tip or email tip – Go to www.tipsoft.com and under “For Citizens,” “Submit a Web Tip” follow the instructions on how to submit a tip to the Walworth County Crime Stoppers.

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