RSPCA appeal after woman finds her dog partially beheaded with leg hanging off
The RSPCA and West Midlands Police have launched an investigation after a dog owner returned home from work to find her pet had been beheaded and severed.
Distraught Andrea Jarvis from Bilston, Wolverhampton, discovered her Staffordshire Bull Terrier's body on the patio in the garden after she didn't respond to calls.
Hollie, who was 13-years-old, was partially beheaded and her front leg was hanging off.
Andrea, a carer who lives with her son Jack, said: “I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing - Hollie was dead and her body had been left cut up in such a terrible way."
“We have had Hollie for 13 years and she was such a loving dog I can’t believe this has happened"
“When I couldn’t find her I expected she was curled up on my bed - nothing could prepare me for what I found - it was horrific and so upsetting."
“I am struggling to sleep at night now it has been terrible and my other dog Maise is missing Hollie too. I just hope someone will come forward to the RSPCA so we can find the person responsible.”
The RSPCA and West Midlands Police have launched a joint investigation but no suspects have yet been identified.
Adam Bailey, who is the RSPCA investigator on the case, is now appealing for information to find out who is responsible for the Hollie's death.
He said: “We do not know why or how Hollie was killed but we believe she was taken from the garden - where she was left as Andrea went to work - and killed elsewhere."
“There was no blood in the garden which suggests the attack happened elsewhere."
“Her head was almost decapitated and her front leg had been severed and was hanging on by a piece of skin. It seems she was then brought back and dumped on the patio."
“The injuries sustained are horrendous and this has come as a huge shock to her owners."
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