Fla. police officers find puppy buried alive

Police believe the 2-week-old male puppy was recovered about an hour after he was buried in the ground. / Williston Police Department

WILLISTON, Fla. Police officers have discovered a puppy who was buried alive and are now looking for the culprit.

Williston Police Department officers were destroying evidence in accordance with a court order when they heard an animal whimpering, according to a press release. After realizing the sounds were coming from underground, the police began digging and found a male puppy about two weeks old. His eyes had not even opened yet.

The puppy was taken to the Levy Animal clinic, where it is being cared for. Williston Police Chief Dennis Strow told the Gainesville Sun the dog was fed with a baby bottle at the clinic and has since progressed to solid food. The puppy will be placed in a permanent home eventually.

Luckily, it seems the dog wasn't buried for that long until he was discovered by the police. Strow estimates it was less than an hour before he was found.

Calling the act cowardly, Strow said he wants to find the party responsible.

"Somebody knows who did this. I guarantee we're going to follow this one and prosecute whoever did this to the fullest extent of the law," Strow said.

[doubleecho-2009]

This is completely SICK! What kind of human being could be so deranged to do this sort of thing to a helpless "baby" animal?
If that person is capable of this, then they must be capable of threatening ANY life!

[Rabbitry]

Messed up. I meant to fix my mistake and say the eyes were closed, and I was agreeing with Brasileria2. Sorry about the mass posting :(

[Rabbitry]

It's eyes were still closed, but I agree!

[Rabbitry]

I hope this MONSTER is found! I'd happily take the puppy and give it a good home. Poor thing would have had to suffer so much more than it already did. If it's eyes were already open, it will probably suffer psychologically. That b@s**** should be charged with animal cruelty, neglect, and psychological damage. They will probably get off though, since the government is only concerned with humans, and not our best companions :( Hope the puppy gets a good home...Or I get him lol

[margroks]

Um, yeah. You don't place pets in the garbage. You treat them with respect in death as you should in life. I have a friend who found an adult cat all taped up in a trash bin where it sould have been slowly crushed to death in the morning. Eye for an eye. People who harm pets harm people when they can.

[Swift29]

Doubtful in my partof the country unfortunately :(

[leroybrownsmom]

I hope the monster who did this gets more than a wrist slap. Thank goodness the officers heard the puppy! I just read another story about a puppy that was thrown from a car.Fortunately a schoolteacher called the Dog Rescuer saved the poor little guy and he's fine now. http://www.ilovedogs.com/2012/09/winslow-the-discarded-puppy/

[fredm6900]

We should do the same with the perpetrator.

[brasileira2]

Oh how I wish we could do that...

[jechrist]

that's exactly how i feel...give them some hard time, make them feel the misery they intended for the poor animal...the b*******

[elenicoz]

I hope you are right, Margieboy. It is heartbreaking that someone would be THAT cruel. And with the lack of other puppies buried, that just may be the case

[robert1129]

This won't happen but I wish it would. When they find the jerk that buried the puppy, they should show the puppy to his cell mates and inform them of what the guy did. That guy would then wish within 24 hours that he had never been born.

[Verascity]

Inmates always know what the new guy is in for.

[brasileira2]

How I wish that wish would come true...