{"id":72318,"date":"2016-04-05T14:16:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T18:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=72318"},"modified":"2016-04-05T14:16:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T18:16:57","slug":"dog-found-abandoned-with-duct-tape-over-mouth-head-in-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/dog-found-abandoned-with-duct-tape-over-mouth-head-in-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Found Abandoned With Duct Tape Over Mouth, Head in South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"
Authorities in South Carolina are searching for a dog’s owner after the abandoned animal was found with duct tape wrapped around her mouth and head.<\/p>\n
The Darlington County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to an anonymous call Monday morning and found the female dog bound with tape, with her mouth sealed shut.<\/p>\n
Deputies caught the dog, safely removed the tape and took her to Darlington County Animal Shelter for treatment.<\/p>\n
The sheriff’s office asked the public for any information relating to the abused animal, which was found near a residential road in Darlington, about 80 miles from Columbia.<\/p>\n
Sheriff’s Capt. Chad McInville said soon after he responded to the scene, he found the dog wandering in a field.<\/p>\n
“I finally got the dog to come to me,” he told The Washington Post, “and I was able to get the duct tape off of her head and her mouth. She was definitely scared. When we were heading back, the latch on the dog catcher’s truck came loose and the poor dog got out again.<\/p>\n
“She wouldn’t come back to anyone else but me.”<\/p>\n
McInville said the tape was wrapped around the dog’s head and mouth five or six times. “She would have died because she couldn’t eat,” he said Tuesday.<\/p>\n