Police rescue mutilated puppy in N.E. Baltimore

Police were investigating an animal cruelty complaint Wednesday, three days after a puppy whose ears had been cut off was found with several other dogs in a parking lot in Northeast Baltimore. According to public information officer Jeremy Silbert, police were called Sunday evening to the lot at Belair Road and Anntana Avenue in the Waltherson neighborhood. They found two dogs tied to a tree, along with several puppies for sale. One 10-week-old puppy, whom the BARCS (Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter) staff has named Claude, was found with both of his ears cut off, apparently with blunt instruments that left the dog bleeding from his head, in pain, and suffering from an infection. The puppy immediately went through surgery at BARCS to remove the infected tissue, the rescue organization wrote on Facebook. In the process, more of his ears were removed.