This dog was found shot dead by the Dallas Police Department. Photo courtesy of the Dallas Police Department’s DPD Beat.
The Dallas Police Department found a dog fatally shot near Tenison Park.
The dog, a black-and-brown shepherd mix, was found in the 7100 block of E. Grand Avenue around 7 a.m. Oct. 26, according to DPD Beat.
Anyone with information about this incident or the person who committed the crime to contact Detective H. Tamez of the department’s Animal Cruelty Unit. To remain anonymous in reporting information, call Crime Stoppers at 877.373.8477.
Suspicion of animal cruelty or neglect can be reported here or by calling 311. If an animal’s life is immediately threatened, call 911.
Here’s what the Texas Penal Code considers cruelty to non-livestock animals:
- Torture or in a cruel manner killing or causing serious physical injury
- Without an owner’s consent, killing, poisoning or causing serious physical harm
- Failing to provide food, water, care or shelter for an animal in a person’s custody
- Unreasonably abandoning an animal
- Moving or confining an animal in a cruel way
- Causing an animal to fight another, if either animal is not a dog (though dog fighting is also an offense)
- Using a live animal as a lure in dog race training or dog coursing on a racetrack
- Seriously overworking an animal
