Newly released footage shows the moment a Cadillac driver dragged a massive dog and brutally threw the animal over a fence in New Jersey.
The video showed a man wearing a dark tank top and pants walking the female pit bull mix on a leash toward the fence of an Atlantic City shelter on Absecon Boulevard.
As he approached the corner of the barrier, the owner of the black Cadillac sedan hastily picked up the dog and threw it over the fence, dropping the animal onto the stones.
The Atlantic County Humane Society later said in a statement that this was the fourth time the man had thrown a pit bull over its fence in the middle of the night.
The video shows a man wearing a tank top and dark pants walking a female pit bull mix on a leash toward the fence of an Atlantic City shelter on Absecon Boulevard.
Jessie Scholder, the shelter’s assistant manager, found the pit bull wearing a tan T-shirt the next morning and confirmed the pet was uninjured.
When staff members cut off the dog’s shirt, they noticed a clear scar on his back.
“He was missing hair where there were scars. These are old scars. His hair may not grow back,” the director said. explained.
Scholder also noted that the man has violently thrown three pit bull mixes with similar scars over his fence since April.
The concerned staff member said: “It’s really dangerous. We’re located right on White Horse Pike. We want people to understand that it’s dangerous. Dogs can jump fences, they can run into traffic, they can get stuck in the swamp.
“We need people to come and try to surrender the dogs during our regular business hours when it’s safe and controlled. It’s risky to leave the dogs there, especially in the middle of the night.”
Jessie Scholder, the shelter’s assistant director, found the pit bull wearing a tan T-shirt the next morning and confirmed the pet had no injuries.
Atlantic City Police Department officers have asked anyone with information to contact them or the shelter.
The incident comes days after a Los Angeles man was seen dropping his seven-month-old puppy over the side of an apartment staircase.
Joeboury Coleman, 27, faces animal cruelty charges and is being held without bail, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Police were alerted by “concerned citizens” who saw the disturbing footage on social media showing a shirtless Coleman grabbing the dog by the neck and throwing it down the stairs.
When police went to Coleman’s apartment complex, located in the 4000 block of Oakwood Avenue in the Koreatown neighborhood, he was detained in an alley, ABC7 reported.
“Concerned citizens had provided information about videos posted on social media showing a dog being mistreated at the location, including being kicked and thrown from a multi-story stairwell by a male individual,” the LAPD said in a news release.
According to a report, the dog ran back down the stairs after the horrific abuse.
