“We have had an occasional case of cruelty to animals before, but not mutilation like this...”

Skinned dogs left in creek

EATON TOWNSHIP — Three dogs were brutally killed, skinned and dumped in Marsh Creek off Jenks Road, and police are looking for answers.

“The bodies were definitely mutilated,” Humane Society of Lackawanna County Investigator Tina Walter said.

This discovery comes 14 days after Humane Society officials responded to a call about two mutilated kittens found on a porch on Valley View Road in nearby Newton Township.

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“They’ve been ‘caped’ like a deer would be by a hunter,” Dr. Pannick said. “All of them were brutally killed.”

The dogs died from abdominal trauma, had fractured ribs, as well as surgical cuts and incisions, Dr. Pannick said.

The brain of one of the dogs was also mutilated, Ms. Walter said.

“There is no way to determine when they were skinned, but all three dogs were traumatized,” Ms. Walter said. “This is definitely the worst case of animal cruelty I’ve seen.”

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“We have had an occasional case of cruelty to animals before, but not mutilation like this,” county Chief Detective David Ide said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 996-COPS or the Humane Society at 585-0510.

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