PETA offers $5k reward in Parsons dog decapitation case
The reward total now up to $8,000
PETA is offering a reward of up to $5,000, bringing the total potential reward up to $8,000, for information leading to the arrest and conviction on cruelty charges of the person(s) who beheaded a Parsons Police Department officer’s puppy.
On the morning of Friday, December 3, the approximately 3-month-old pure bred black German Shepard puppy, named Ranger, was let outside the officer’s fenced backyard in the 1400 block of S. 14th Street—and that afternoon, the officer found Ranger’s body in the yard, with his head severed.
The police department determined that the puppy had been taken, decapitated at another location, and then returned to the officer’s yard.
“If someone deliberately decapitated this puppy in an act of spite or for any other reason, they are a danger to the community, and we want them locked up,” says PETA Senior Vice President Colleen O’Brien. “PETA urges anyone with information to come forward so that whoever is responsible for such a despicable act of violence can be held accountable—and stopped before they hurt someone else.”
Tipsters should contact the Parsons Police Department at 620-421-7060, call the tip line at 620-421-7057, or send a message to tips@parsonspd.com.
Parsons Police Chief Robert Spinks said, “I cannot even describe my feelings of disdain for the person(s) responsible. I am an avid dog lover as I have made it clear to the community over the years that I have been here, I have 2 rescue dogs, one that I adopted from our local shelter. The level of cowardice that would lead someone to kill a little puppy named ‘Ranger’ is astonishing. I pray that we get a chance for the judicial system to prosecute this coward and bring them to justice.”
Chief Robert Spinks joined Fox and Friends Wednesday to talk about the situation
PETA’s reward is in addition to a $1,000 reward being offered by the Parsons Police Department and a $2,000 reward being offered by members of the community.