Dog Buried Alive In Georgia; Reward Offered For Info

TUCKER, GA — A $5,000 reward is being offered for information about who buried a dog alive in DeKalb County.

On Tuesday evening, a resident in Tucker discovered a brown chow mix that had been buried up to her nose in dirt along an ATV trail near Rock Mountain Boulevard and Lewis Road.

Animal rights group PETA, which is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who buried the dog, says she may have been there for up to three days.

The man who found the dog — whom he has named Lulu — dug her out of tightly packed dirt and rushed her to an emergency veterinarian. Despite efforts to save her, the dog died.

"This dirt, I mean, it was packed in," Eric Purdue told WSB-TV. "It was ridiculous. Somebody took a lot of time to do a terrible thing."

PETA, which shared the story on its website on Thursday, agrees.

"Someone tortured this dog by packing her in dirt, where she couldn’t move, drink, or escape the terror of being buried alive," said PETA Vice President Colleen O’Brien. "PETA urges anyone with information about this case to come forward immediately so that whoever buried this dog can be held responsible and stopped from hurting anyone else."

Lulu was covered in ants and probably only alive when Purdue found her because of rain and relatively cool temperatures in the area over the past few days, he told WSB.

DeKalb County Animal Services is investigating the incident. Anyone with information in the case is asked to call animal control at 404-294-2939.

PETA encourages dog owners to keep dogs safely indoors and never leave them unattended in outdoor areas where they could be taken or harmed by someone. Dogs should always be accompanied outdoors and escorted on walks on a comfortable, secure harness and leash, the group says.

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