Puppy Arsonist

[bloodrayne]

Dog Burnings In Arvada, Jefferson County Investigated

One Black Lab Dies, Other Being Treated At Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital

ARVADA, Colo. -- Somebody is going around setting puppies on fire and Arvada police and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department are looking to see if it is the same person.

On Monday night, around 8:30 p.m., a worker at the Colorado Cinemas Olde Town 14 movie theater on the 5500 block of Wadsworth Boulevard in Arvada found a kennel inside a burning trash bin located behind the building. Locked inside were two dogs, yelping. The worker grabbed a fire extinguisher and was able to put the fire out but it was too late for one of the puppies.

The animal had been burned beyond recognition, police said.

One 8-week-old black lab survived and was taken to Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital, where she is being treated for burns to her face and paws and smoke inhalation. Doctors expect her to make a complete recovery.

Both dogs' mouths and paws had been bound with duct tape.

Englewood police say the puppies and the kennel were stolen from the Colorado Humane Society Shelter, at 2760 S. Platte River Drive, on Monday night. The Humane Society's director said the burglar broke a rear window to gain access inside the Englewood building and to steal four dogs.

The two puppies that were burned in Arvada were undergoing treatment for an upper respiratory condition and an orthopedic condition when they were taken from the observation area at the shelter, said Mary Warren, the executive director for the Colorado Humane Society. Shelter staff members discovered the break-in at 6 a.m. Tuesday and are now conducting a more thorough inventory to determine the exact number of animals missing.

The whereabouts of the other dogs are unknown.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department is also looking for a man who set one dog on fire and may have tried to do harm to two other dogs.

A worker at the Bally's Health Club on Bowles Avenue near Southwest Plaza said he was walking outside, around 11:30 p.m., when he smelled something burning. At the back of the gym he spotted a small dog on fire in the stairwell.

The dog had its legs bound and a fire accelerant had been poured on it, Jefferson County spokesman Jim Shires said.

The worker said that he noticed a man, standing on top of the stairs, holding two other dogs. When the man saw that he was spotted, he dropped one of the dogs and ran away with the other dog. The dog in the stairwell was left at the scene, where it died.

The man who ran from the scene is described as white, in his mid-20s, with medium-length brown hair. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and tan or khaki pants.

Evidence left at the scene indicates that the accelerant poured on the dog was purchased at an unknown Walgreens, Shire said.

The person or persons responsible could face animal cruelty charges.

[sleepaway]

Urgghh, I couldn't even read this whole thing. Animal cruelty makes me sick. Poor things. I can only just about handle watching The Fly 2!!!

[Sam The Egg]

the title of the thread gave me this weird image if a pyromaniacal puppy

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by Sam The Egg
the title of the thread gave me this weird image if a pyromaniacal puppy

LMAO...Thanks a lot, Sam...I just registered that image, too:)

[bloodygurl02]

aww poor puppies. thats so mean someone did something like that to puppies. i hope they gett he guy

and i also i got that pic in my head when seeing the title.

[Sam The Egg]

good thing THIS dog was nearby

[HappyCamper]

i hope they catch the bastard and set him on fire!

[Ultimamk]

I blame hotdogs.

But seriously, what a sick fuck!

[crazy clown]

who could hate dogs that much.

[Ultimamk]

.......... cats?