Crawford County Sheriff investigates report of severely neglected dog thrown from vehicle

(From the Crawford County Sheriff's Office)

On 07-16-2020 Investigators with the Crawford County Sheriff's Office responded to the SEK Humane Society in reference to a dog at that location that had been severely neglected and possibly thrown from a moving vehicle. 

Humane Society staff reported to the responding Investigators that a red healer breed dog appeared to have been thrown from a vehicle as the vehicle drove by the facility on 07-13-2020. 

They reported that the dog survived, but that it had several indicators of severe neglect. Humane Society staff reported that a possible vehicle of interest in the matter was a red-in-color Chrysler PT Cruiser.

After investigation into incident, Investigators found that the red-in-color vehicle was not a Chrysler PT Cruiser, but that it was a similar vehicle in body style to a PT Cruiser. 

Investigators located and interviewed the owners of the vehicle in question, and a similar vehicle that was in the area at the time the red healer was found. It was determined that the driver of the red-in-color vehicle that Humane Society staff saw drive by their facility was a passerby that had stopped to check on the red healer.

After speaking to several Humane Society staff members, Investigators determined that no one actually saw the dog being thrown from a vehicle. 

It was established, however, that the dog had indeed been severely neglected, and dumped in the area of the humane society. The red healer that has come to be known as "Sunshine" is currently be nursed back health thanks to the invaluable work of the staff at the Southeast Kansas Humane Society.

Cruelty to Animals is defined in Kansas State Statute 21-6412 as knowingly abandoning any animal in any place without making provisions for its proper care, or as having physical custody of any animal and knowingly failing to provide care as is needed for the health and wellbeing of such kind of animal. 

This incident remains under investigation as a suspect in the matter has not been identified. Anyone having information related to this crime, or other crimes, is urged to contact the Crawford County Sheriff's Office at 620-724-8274.