Elderly dog used as bait

Some things just make my blood boil.
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An elderly dog is recovering at Wellington SPCA after it was deliberately set on by two pit bulls in Porirua.

At midday yesterday, Lincoln, a 14-year-old ridgeback cross, was attacked by the pit bulls in Whitirea Park at Shelly Bay. Lincoln was stolen from his Titahi Bay home early Monday morning and it appeared he was taken to be used as a bait dog, SPCA animal welfare inspector Ben Lakomy says.

As if that was not enough:

After the elderly dog tried to defend himself against one of the dogs, one of the owners tried to break Lincoln's legs by pulling them apart.

As more people started arriving at the park, the pit bull owners took their dogs and left.

There were about five people involved in the attack, the witness said. W hen police and animal control staff arrived, Lincoln had to be coaxed out of a toilet block where he was hiding and was taken to the vet to have his wounds stapled shut.

I can only hope they find them and give them the jail time they have earned! At least Lincoln is safe, stitched and will be able to go home shortly....