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CRUELTY THAT INVOLVES A PITBULL PUPPY THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY BURNED. AND WE
WARN YOU THE PICTURES WE ARE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU -- ARE GRAPHIC. ON SUNDAY, VOLUNTEERS
WHO WERE WORKING AT THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOUND THIS 3 TO 4 MONTH OLD
PITBULL IN THE BUSHES AT THE SHELTER. A VETERINARIAN HAS RULED THE DOG WAS EITHER INTENTIONALLY
SET ON FIRE OR THAT ITS OWNER TRIED TO GIVE HER A HOMEMADE FLEA BATH THAT BURNED IT. 12
NEWS H-D REPORTER VANESSA HOLMES JOINS US LIVE FROM THE HUMANE SOCIETY WITH WHERE SHELTER
WORKERS ARE WITH THIS CASE. VANESSA? ### THE HUMANE SOCIETY HAS SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS SET
UP AROUND THE BUILDING. AND IT'S THESE CAMERAS THAT MAY SHOW WORKERS WHO DUMPED OFF THE BURNED
DOG THAT HAS NOW BEEN NAMED CINDERELLA. 00 23-28 NATS OF SURVEILLANCE WATCHING EVERY
PERSON'S EVERY MOVE. THE HUMANE SOCIETY SIFTS THROUGH SURVEILLANCE VIDEO-- HOPING TO FIND
WHO ABUSED A 4 MONTH OLD PITBULL PUPPY. IT WAS HERE-- ON SUNDAY MORNING-- WHEN CHURCH
VOLUNTEERS FOUND THE ABUSED DOG HIDING IN THE BUSHES. THESE PICTURES SHOW HER HORRIFYING
3RD DEGREE BURNS. SOT: "WE BELIEVE IT'S INTENTIONAL BUT WE'RE NOT 100 PERCENT SURE" A VETERINARIAN
BELIEVES THE DOG-- NOW NAMED CINDERELLA-- WAS EITHER INTENTIONALLY SET ON FIRE OR BURNED
BY A HOME- MADE FLEA BATH. HER INJURIES HAVE SPREAD INTERNALLY-- SHE HAS SORES IN HER MOUTH
FROM LICKING HER SPINAL INJURIES... AS WELL AS... SOT: "SHE MAY HAVE NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE
FROM HERE ON OUT." CINDERELLA HAS TROUBLE WALKING BUT ISN'T FINDING TROUBLE FINDING
LOVE. THE HUMANE SOCIETY TURNED TO FACEBOOK TO SHOW OFF THE EXTREMELY UNPLEASANT PICTURES...
THE PUBLIC IS OFFERING TO HELP WITH FOSTERING AND TO GIVE HER A NAME. NATS WITH CROWN TUESDAY
A CROWN WAS PLACED ON HER HEAD TO MATCH HER NEW NAME. SOT: "A LITTLE 5 YEAR OLD GIRL IS
THE ONE THAT CAME UP WITH THAT NAME." CINDERELLA TAKES HYDRO-THERAPY BATHS, ANTI-BIOTICS AND
PAIN MEDICATIONS.. THE HEALING HAS BEGUN... SOT: "YOU CAN TELL THIS PART HAS HEALED, THIS
PART'S STARTED HEALING AND THIS IS AMAZING COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS SUNDAY." BUT THIS
TINY PUPPY WILL ALWAYS REMAIN SCARRED. IF THE SHELTER FINDS WHO DUMPED CINDERELLA ON
IT'S SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, IT WILL TURN THE CASE OVER TO THE POLICE SO CHARGES CAN BE
FILED. LIVE IN BEAUMONT VANESSA HOLMES 12 NEWS H-D. THANK YOU VANESSA. THE HUMANE SOCIETY
IS ASKING FOR DONATIONS TO PAY FOR CINDERELLA'S MEDICAL EXPENSES. ### THE SHELTER TELLS 12
NEWS THIS IS ONE OF MANY ANIMAL CRUELTY