Isn’t it interesting how when two terrible crimes happen at once, one can completely overshadow the other?
Akron, Ohio resident Paulette Hixenbaugh doesn’t mind so much that burglers ransacked her home and stole her computer and truck. What matters most is that the lowlifes who did it purposefully hurt her 5-pound dog in the process.
Upon returning home this Monday to find her home had been burglarized, her first thought was of her dog, Suzi, whom she called out to. She found Suzi by the couch, blood dripping from her mouth. She had been beaten, kicked, and thrown against the wall. The wall above her was damaged, and paint from that wall was stuck in her fur.
Suzi is in the hospital at this time, and things don’t look good. Hixenbaugh is offering a $5,000 reward to anyone who can tell her who did this. She is asking that if anyone wants to help, please donate to the humane society or to the hospital that is treating Suzi, Sigler Animal Hospital in Akron.
Ironically, one can understand the thought process behind stealing. Lowlife is poor. Lowlife needs cash to support drug addiction. Lowlife steals to get cash. But who can understand the thought process behind hurting a tiny, defenseless creature? A Shih Tzu is hardly anything to be frightened of. My guess is that karma will get these particular lowlifes much harder for the beating than for the burglery.
Sigler Animal Hospital: 295 E Waterloo Rd, Akron, OH 44319 – (330) 724-9019
Tips: Akron Police – (330) 375-2490 or http://ci.akron.oh.us/ASP/tip.html
Update: Suzi was euthanized so that she could rest after she continued to suffer from her beating. The reward has been raised to $10,000 thanks to an unrelated Ohio resident.