Friday February 3, 2012, 7:31 am
DOES ANYONE RECOGNISE THIS DOG????

Chief executive Christine Kalin said a dog was dumped in a cardboard box at the end of a driveway in Alfriston Road, Manurewa, last Friday afternoon.

Ms Kalin said the box the dog was found in has been sent away for forensic testing, but as the box was wet it is not known whether any evidence can be gained as to who was responsible.

"We haven't been able to secure any information from the public. We urge if anyone knows anything to come forward.

"This person must be stopped. They must be held accountable."

If you have information on this case, or any other incidents of animal abuse, contact the SPCA on 09 256 7300.

THIS DOGS COLOURING IS VERY DISTINCTIVE...SOMEBODY MUST KNOW WHO IT BELONGED TO...IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION PLEASE CALL THE SPCA. 09 256 7300 THE MONSTER WHO ALLOWED THIS DOG TO SUFFER NEEDS TO PAY FOR THEIR NEGLECT!!!!

Friday February 3, 2012, 7:37 am
How disgusting. Sad.

Friday February 3, 2012, 8:26 am
how sad!!!!!!!! what a shame!!!!!!!!!!! poor angel.

Friday February 3, 2012, 9:53 am
This is intolerable! How can people do this? They aren't people, they're human filth.

Friday February 3, 2012, 9:55 am
we are praying this angel. we hope she survive. and who did this need to be punish but big time!!!!!!!!!! in fact who ever did should die also in big pain.

Friday February 3, 2012, 9:56 am
horrible.

Friday February 3, 2012, 11:36 am
sadly noted.

Friday February 3, 2012, 1:36 pm
Noted, thank you!

Saturday February 4, 2012, 1:22 am
sad

Saturday February 4, 2012, 7:42 am
Noted! So sad! I do hope they get this person! Poor little dog! Thanks for posting!

Saturday February 4, 2012, 11:42 am
thnx for posting about this baby dog. please keepus infornmed about her progress. thnx

Saturday February 4, 2012, 11:55 am
They should run the photo on TV. I am wondering if the dog is recovering/alive? OMG.

Saturday February 4, 2012, 12:32 pm
"anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives."dr albert schweitzer
life has value beyond measure
Peace and Love

Saturday February 4, 2012, 12:49 pm
Poor baby, may God bless Bright eyes and give Him the strength to survive! It just amazes me that someone could be this cruel and since I believe in karma, someday he/she will be sorry that they did this to an innocent animal!

Saturday February 4, 2012, 1:46 pm
Noted. I do hope someone will come forward with information. This level of neglect would have taken place over time, so someone must have noticed. All of us who suspect cruelty or neglect MUST report it and keep following up until action is taken. That poor little dog.

Saturday February 4, 2012, 1:53 pm
Terrible..just terrible.

Saturday February 4, 2012, 1:56 pm
anybody know anything about that little dog???????????that one that was dumped at the garbage dunster????????????????

Saturday February 4, 2012, 1:59 pm
What the f##k is happening to people? Ignorance and cruelty are growing exponentially. The gaps between the kind and the cruel, the selfless and the selfish, the stupid and the wise, the rich and the poor are widening at an incredible rate.

Saturday February 4, 2012, 2:06 pm
this could have been prevented if someone spoke up and notified the authorities. no animal becomes this abused overnight. we must find the monster who has no value for a poor animal's life. it is as precious as yours and mine.

Saturday February 4, 2012, 2:12 pm
So it's suggested that the person responsible must be held accountable. What a joke! If the moral freak who did this is found, he/she will probably get the usual slap on the wrist and go on with life not even bothered by the abuse. Until we get serious about cruelty to animals and enact major punishment, things won't get better.

Saturday February 4, 2012, 3:05 pm
Horrendous. Just hurts, I wish I could have been there to save this beautiful one. Heartbreaking to the max. I hope whoever did this crime could pay for a long time or karma get her hands onto him.

Saturday February 4, 2012, 3:10 pm
Too bad Charles Dickens is dead, he'd make a good jailer for idiots like this animal abuser. Best wishes and hope for the dog's recovery and adoption!

Saturday February 4, 2012, 4:21 pm
So infinitely heartbreaking! I can't express my disgust. What the hell are some people for devil monsters. Such terrible animal abuse must for sure have been seen by others! Why are these cowards silent even now???
Please make a call to the authorities that these terrible monsters will get the hardest punishment!
I do hope that this poorest dog will get a second chance to become a happy dog.

Saturday February 4, 2012, 5:02 pm
Throw whom ever is responsible for that horrible abuse in a jail cell and don't feed them until they look like that dog.

Saturday February 4, 2012, 5:14 pm
Noted and praying for that poor baby. Brings tears to your eyes to see something like this. Hope whoever did this gets caught and receives a harsh sentence along with a whipping. Bless all poor animals that have to be subject to this treatment.

Saturday February 4, 2012, 5:47 pm
Hoping this bastard dies a horrible painful death and this pup is saved, gets well and pisses on the person as they lay dying!

Saturday February 4, 2012, 6:05 pm
Oh my, poor baby, so sad, I hope she recovers and lives happily ever after. The fact that she's not recovering as quickly as expected brings to mind 2 possibilities; she's too far gone to respond to treatment, or; there's an underlying condition (maybe a metabolic problem) that has caused the wasting of tissue seen in the photograph. THIS DOES NOT EXCUSE LACK OF TREATMENT OR CARE BY THE OWNER!

Saturday February 4, 2012, 6:08 pm
noted

Saturday February 4, 2012, 6:41 pm
very sad, thanks Julie for sharing this

Saturday February 4, 2012, 7:11 pm
Catch and then kill this piece of animal abusing crap

Saturday February 4, 2012, 8:33 pm
How can anyone treat a dog like that. It's heartbreaking.

Saturday February 4, 2012, 9:20 pm
I would agree that this is one of the MOST disgusting cases of animal abuse and cruelty I've ever seen. I wish I COULD help, but how can anyone here do that? Is there a petition or something we can do, IF they manage to catch whoever is responsible for this?

Saturday February 4, 2012, 10:59 pm
So So Sorry

Saturday February 4, 2012, 11:39 pm
How can anyone treat a dog so cruelly!

Sunday February 5, 2012, 3:19 am
Deeply regrettable. People who mistreat animals are mentally ill.

Sunday February 5, 2012, 6:39 am
I've had more than enough of these articles...animal cruelty is so beyond me

Sunday February 5, 2012, 7:09 am
My God!! how can anyone call themselves human and be so inhumane to another creature!!

I can't look at the picture because its breaking my heart!

Sunday February 5, 2012, 7:29 am
SORRY GUYS....THIS IS THE ONLY UPDATE I CAN FIND...IT DOES SHOW A DIFFERENT PICTURE OF "BRIGHT EYES" ON THE WEB SITE SO I AM VERY HOPEFUL THAT SHE IS PULLING THROUGH X

http://www.spca.org.nz/news/media_releases.aspx#witness

Sunday February 5, 2012, 9:48 am
Poor dog!

Sunday February 5, 2012, 11:23 am
Sadly noted!!

Sunday February 5, 2012, 11:36 am
JUDGMENT DAY IS AROUND THE CORNER AND SOMEONE WILL GO DOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN FOR THIS. JUSTICE IS COMING AND NO ONE WILL OR CAN ESCAPE IT. ITS GOOD TO KNOW OTHERWISE I WOULD GET SO UPSET AND MAYBE EVEN DO THINGS I REGRET. PPL WHO ARE CAPABLE OF NEGLECT OF THIS KIND DESERVE NOTHING BUT DEATH IN A VERY SIMILAR WAY. BE LEFT ALONE WITH NOTHING TO COME FOR YOU. NO HELP, NO VOICE, NO GOD NO ONE. THE MAN WHO CAN DO THIS DESERVE TO DIE IN A CELL..ROTTEN IN HIS BONES AND SKIN....

Sunday February 5, 2012, 11:44 am
This is so heartbreaking, I feel so badly for "bright eyes" and wish I had a magic wand to make this dog better. I am sure I am not alone in that. Whoever left this dog to deteriorate to this sorry state doesn't deserve to live.

Sunday February 5, 2012, 4:17 pm
Sadly Noted.

Sunday February 5, 2012, 4:39 pm
i can't get over the shame of being human. our species continues to do the most atrocious, heinous acts to every creature and to each other and it's because our will as a collective to stop this kind of horror does not exist.

Monday February 6, 2012, 6:15 am
Poor dog! The SOB that did this to this dog needs to suffer too!

Monday February 6, 2012, 8:21 am
People are just EVIL. They don't have a heart or any compassion for human life OR animals. Someone knows who did this and they NEED to speak up, because, the person that did this NEEDS to be PUNISHED SEVERELY. GOD BLESS YOU BRIGHT EYES....I pray that you pull through, you have SUFFERED ENOUGH.

Monday February 6, 2012, 2:39 pm
OMG PLEASE FIND THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE worl all day and nite its what we pay taxes for right.....lets get this a@#$%%##%^&U52@#%&***(*)

Tuesday February 7, 2012, 8:40 am
This really hurts me bad, as any single act of cruelty against defenceless animals!

Tuesday February 7, 2012, 7:53 pm
SO SAD. The 'thing' responsible for this cruelty is PURE EVIL.

Friday February 10, 2012, 4:34 am
NEW UPDATE ON BRIGHT EYES (sorry it's not much)

"The vets have said there is a small improvement in her condition.... She managed to stand on her own for a small amount of time and she is eating. The SPCA vets are taking the very best care of her and she will continue to be assessed day by day. It is still very much touch and go".

I will post any updates on here about this poor girl; unless you have specifically asked for a personal update. Please keep her in your prayers!

Friday February 17, 2012, 8:37 pm
I hope they find the scum that did this to this poor baby, I will never understand how someone can do to this. How can you just let your animal just die a slow and horrible death, thank goodness someone found her and she has a lot of prayers being said for her. Please find the person that did this, they need to be held responsible for what they did.

Sunday February 19, 2012, 6:05 am

UPDATE ON BRIGHT EYE'S FROM THE SPCA - just sorry its not the news I/we wanted.........

The Auckland SPCA is no closer to finding the person responsible for one of the worst cases of animal negligence staff have seen.

Bright Eyes, a Staffordshire-cross, was found abandoned in a cardboard box at the end of a driveway in Alfriston Road, Manurewa, on January 27. The dog was so emaciated it could not stand, its bones were shown and its claws were seriously overgrown. Despite media reports appealing for information on who was responsible, no one has been held accountable.

"There were a few phone calls from the public but nothing that lead us in the direction of finding the person responsible," SPCA Auckland chief executive Christine Kalin said.

"In terms of the forensics, unfortunately we weren't able to get any forensics off the box. So it looks like in this case we will be unable to find the offender."

Ms Kalin said the dog was in a frail condition and it was "very much touch and go". "There has been a little bit of an improvement, but it is still by no way out of the woods. "Ultimately what will guide our decision is what is in the best interests of the puppy. That's a vet decision, that won't be SPCA organisational decision."

Anyone with information on who may have been responsible should contact Auckland SPCA on 09 256 7300.

"We would really love to be able to identify who was responsible for this heinous act."

Ms Kalin has described the abuse as "absolutely shocking".

"There has been a period of neglect. This is not neglect that occurs over a week, there has been weeks of neglect.

"How someone can look at that dog in the face and not do anything is our greatest concern. The degree of cruelty in this case is one of the worst cases we've seen. And the degree of cruelty cannot go unpunished."

Information on how to make donations to the SPCA to help animals like Bright Eyes can be found here.

Friday March 2, 2012, 3:27 pm
Karma - Punishment to the offender - What goes around, comes around...