A small dog who authorities say suffered significant abuse before it was thrown over a fence in Anaheim remained in critical condition Friday.<\/p>\n
Surveillance video from the University Veterinary Center on Glenoaks Avenue shows the dog inside a plastic bag being tossed over a fence by a woman around 1:36 a.m. Wednesday, landing into the backyard area of the clinic, as shown by the clinic\u2019s security and surveillance video.<\/p>\n
The injured canine was found by Dr. Ash Hakhamian, a veterinarian at the clinic.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t find words to describe why anybody would do something like that, and it\u2019s hard to find the right words,\u201d Hakhamian told numerous broadcast television news organizations. \u201cI mean, thrown is an understatement. He sustained mental trauma, even far beyond his physical trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hakhamian said the dog sustained several injuries, including to the face.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe face-planted,\u201d the vet added. in an interview with ABC 7. \u201cThat\u2019s what broke his fall, was his face.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the clinic, the Anaheim Police Department and Orange County Animal Care are now involved and that the dog is \u201creceiving around-the-clock care to ensure he is recovering from both his injuries and ongoing medical needs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fox 11 reported the injured dog is a male Maltese mix.<\/p>\n
In addition to the trauma and severe bruising, Hakhamian says the dog is severely anemic, malnourished and was covered in fleas.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis nails are so long, they have curled and gone back into his paw,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s a type of neglect that proceeds this trauma, it proceeds this abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officer Breana Castro with Anaheim Police Department said the woman has been interviewed by detectives. \u201cHer statement was taken, and it is going to be presented to the district attorney\u2019s office for charges,\u201d Castro said.<\/p>\n
While he believes the dog will recover from his injuries, Hakhamian feels there was no excuse for discarding an animal in this fashion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are so many rescue groups in Southern California,\u201d he told Fox 11. \u201cThere\u2019s no excuse to throw a dog in a grocery bag and toss it over a fence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A small dog who authorities say suffered significant abuse before it was thrown over a fence in Anaheim…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[33682,163,165,164,1528,21224,358,9923,18025,11592,33683,33685,8580,33684,33686,1388,1557],"class_list":["post-53473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-abused-dog","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-anaheim-police-department","tag-clinic","tag-critical-condition","tag-face","tag-fence","tag-fox","tag-hakhamian","tag-mental-trauma","tag-security","tag-several-injury","tag-significant-abuse","tag-surveillance-video","tag-woman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}