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Donations Pour in for Injured Manassas Dog Tied With Duct Tape
About half of the funds needed for Ozzy's surgery have been donated since Sunday and a Manassas veterinary practice has agreed to do the operation for half the cost.
Volunteers have raised about h who was found seriously injured after escaping from his abductor last month in Manassas.
Original estimates for the surgery on the dog's leg were as high as $6,000, but then that amount was reduced to $3,000, said Melissa Korzuch, president of the Prince William Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or (PWSPCA).
Thankfully, the Veterinary Surgical Referral Practice in Manassas agreed to operate on the dog for about half the cost, Korzuch said.
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Ozzy's owner is responsible for about $1,600 and about half of that has been donated since Sunday morning, when the PWSPCA used Facebook to send the word out about fundraiser.
Ozzy isn't up for adoption—he is very much loved and wanted by his owner, she added.
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The owner's other westie died last month after
Police said 44-year-old Khanh Hoang Hong broke into the Quail Run Lane home following a dispute with the dogs' owner, with whom he had a romantic relationship.
The body of Ozzy's companion was found ducted taped and in a trash bag near Copeland Drive in Manassas.
Ozzy was able to escape and was taken to an animal hospital by a passerby.
Hong is charged with burglary, two counts of felony animal cruelty and two counts of grand larceny (animal) in connection with the April 17 incident.
Donations can still be made through PayPal via this special PWSPCA link.
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