DeWitt, NY – Peggy, the pit bull mix who survived a four-story plunge from a Syracuse apartment building, is recovering from surgery Wednesday to repair her damaged hind leg. The dog, whose plight tugged the heartstrings and purse strings of Central New Yorkers, is recovering at the clinic of the surgeon who performed the operation, said Stephanie Ingram, a...
Cory Smith, a veterinary assistant at DeWitt Animal Hospital, sits Monday with Peggy, a pit bull mix that survived being thrown out a fourth-floor window in Syracuse.DeWitt, NY – Peggy, the pit bull mix who survived a four-story plunge from a Syracuse apartment building, is recovering from surgery Wednesday to repair her damaged hind leg.
The dog,
whose plight tugged the heartstrings and purse strings of Central New Yorkers, is recovering at the clinic of the surgeon who performed the operation, said Stephanie Ingram, a receptionist at DeWitt Animal Hospital. Officials of the hospital, which has been caring for Peggy since Friday, are withholding the name and location of the surgeon at the surgeon’s request.
Syracuse police say Peggy was thrown from a fourth-floor window of an East Fayette Street apartment building by a man who had gotten into an argument with his girlfriend, the dog’s owner. On Monday, police announced they had charged Ricky Coleman, 20, with aggravated animal cruelty, a felony, and criminal trespass.
Officials at the animal hospital said the same day that the dog, which they dubbed Peggy, would need an operation costing $3,000 to avoid losing her damaged hind leg. Some $5,000 in donations has poured in, Ingram said this morning.