This Poor Dog Was Chained Up On A Beach And Left To Die But A Trooper Stepped In To Save His Life Before The Tide Rose Further
Revere, Massachusetts. A poor dog was purposely left by his owner to be swept out by a high tide on a Massachusetts beach.
The dog was tied up and abandoned in a secluded portion of the beach, but thankfully, a trooper with the Massachusetts State Police was able to get to the dog in time and save his life before the water rose up too high.
The Massachusetts State Police updated the situation on Facebook as a post, revealing the details of the shocking incident and rightfully calling it animal cruelty.
Trooper Carlo Mastromattei arrived on the Revere beach shortly post noon, on Sunday, August 29th, after receiving a report of an abandoned dog chained to a pole near the beachfront.
He discovered a 50-pound dog with a strong metal chain around his neck there. The male pit bull mix, named Killer, was shackled to a section of steel rebar rod at the beach’s edge, which protruded from the bottom of the Winthrop Parkway to the Short Beach ramp.
Facebook; pictured above is a photo shared by the Massachusetts State Police of where the dog was chained
According to authorities, the dog was also restrained by a big rock tied to the chain to keep the dog from fleeing.
“During certain parts of the day this portion of the beach is completely submerged, with the tide rising as high as street level, past the point where the dog was chained,” Massachusetts State Police explained.
“The dog was at risk of drowning in a couple of hours if he hadn’t been found.”
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The dog was rescued by the Massachusetts State Police and the owner of a kennel. Since then, he has been looked after at Ocean View Kennels in Revere.
After saving the dog, Trooper Mastromattei and a second trooper scoured the area around the beach for any houses that might have security camera footage after learning the suspect lived in an apartment not too far from the beach.
Facebook; pictured above is Trooper Mastromattei with the dog he saved
They found and identified Elias Pacheco-Osario as a suspect thanks to nearby video surveillance.
When confronted on Friday, 27-year-old Pacheco-Osario admitted that he was the owner and that he had chained the dog to the pole and walked away because wasn’t able to keep the dog.
The Massachusetts man is now facing animal cruelty charges, while Revere dog owners are left in disbelief that this could happen.
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