The Calgary Humane Society is asking the public for help after a dog in distress was abandoned in the southeast in early February.<\/p>\n
The seven-year-old Pomeranian named Coco was left in a backpack at the Calgary Southwest United Soccer Club on Saturday, Feb. 7, the Calgary Humane Society said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The society\u2019s head of enforcement, Brad Nichols, says on the spectrum of abandonment, it\u2019s \u201cegregious\u201d given the poor physical condition and acute medical needs of the dog.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have more information about this dog than is typical, so I am confident that someone out there knows this dog and where and to whom he belongs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are asking the public for any information that may lead us to the person responsible for this cowardly and cruel act.\u201d<\/p>\n
Abandonment and medical neglect are offences under the Animal Protection Act and the Criminal Code, punishable by up to a $20,000 fine, a lifetime prohibition from owning animals, and two years in prison.<\/p>\n