Reward increases to $17,000 in decapitated dog case
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – An animal rights organization says it is adding $5,000 to the reward in the Knox County case of two dogs that were found beheaded and skinned, and the total offered has reached $17,000.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said Wednesday it was offering the reward for information leading to arrest and conviction in the case. Media outlets report Ed Loy of the Fort Loudon Marina also offered $5,000 on Wednesday, the Animal Legal Defense Fund offered $5,000, and the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley and Robert Brannon of the Friends of the Animal Shelter in Newport offered $1,000 each.
The dogs’ bodies were found last week inside two garbage bags along the side of a road just north of Fort Loudoun Lake.
