DeWitt, NY – Less than 24 hours after an appeal went out to help her, an abused pit bull mix dubbed “Peggy” has the money she needs for surgery to repair her broken rear leg. Officials of DeWitt Animal Hospital, which received Peggy on Friday after she was thrown from the fourth floor of a Syracuse apartment building, called...
Cory Smith, a veterinary assistant at DeWitt Animal Hospital, sits Monday with Peggy, a pit bull mix, who survived being thrown out a fourth-floor window in Syracuse.DeWitt, NY – Less than 24 hours after an appeal went out to help her, an abused pit bull mix dubbed “Peggy” has the money she needs for surgery to repair her broken rear leg.
Officials of DeWitt Animal Hospital, which received Peggy on Friday after she was thrown from the fourth floor of a Syracuse apartment building, called The Post-Standard at 8:30 a.m. to say they had reached their goal of raising $3,000 for the surgery and are no longer taking donations on Peggy’s behalf.
Anyone who still wishes to donate can contribute toward the upkeep of strays in the hospital’s care, officials said.
Syracuse police announced about noon Monday that they had charged Ricky Coleman, 20, with aggravated animal cruelty, a felony, and criminal trespass after he allegedly argued with his girlfriend and dropped her dog from a window at an apartment building at 1809 E. Fayette St.
At the same time, DeWitt Animal Hospital officials disclosed that Peggy needed surgery by a veterinary orthopedic specialist and could lose the leg if she did not get it. The disclosure unleashed donations from “many, many people,” a hospital official said.
The operation is scheduled for Wednesday.