LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Upon lifting the dumpster lid, a Las Vegas neighbor was shocked to see a 12-pound Chihuahua howling for consideration—fortunately the rubbish truck hadn’t but turned the nook.
A Las Vegas neighborhood safety digital camera captured a person exiting a darkish SUV Monday morning, carrying a chihuahua to a dumpster earlier than throwing it in. The person driving again to shut the dumpster lid.
“We had an individual reach out to us that went to throw trash away in a dumpster, and happened to find a dog inside the dumpster,” Lindsey Pinapfel, a Vegas Pet Rescue Undertaking volunteer, mentioned. “From there, they were able to backtrack to their cameras and see what time that dog arrived in that dumpster.”
Atreyu the Chihuahua (Vegas Pet Rescue Undertaking) 
Atreyu the Chihuahua (Vegas Pet Rescue Undertaking)
Pinapfel mentioned it appeared the person carried the canine by the scruff of the neck earlier than throwing the Chihuahua within the dumpster.
“I don’t care what this dog did, there is no excuse for the abuse that this dog just had to endure but there are resources,” she mentioned.
The incident follows the revival of “Reba’s Law” within the Nevada Legislature which goals to implement harsher penalties on animal cruelty convictions.
“This is the exact reason that we need harsher punishment and stricter rules and laws in regard to animal abuse,” Pinapfel mentioned.
Pinapfel mentioned the Chihuahua, named Atreyu after the 1984 film The NeverEnding Story, is now recovering at a Las Vegas animal hospital.
“We need to hold people accountable, and something needs to change,” she mentioned.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division’s Animal Cruelty Division is investigating the incident.
