Last week, Guam animal advocacy group GAIN, or Guam Animals In Need, announced a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest or grand jury indictment of the killer of a pet dog named Pugua. Funds for the reward came from an anonymous donor.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday we\u2019re announcing an additional $2,000 reward for the conviction of the person responsible for the heinous killing of Pugua,\u201d said Cyrus Luhr, president of the GAIN board. \u201cMore donors have stepped forward, allowing us to increase the reward amount,\u201d he explained. Donors include a number of members of the Rotary Club of Guam and Dr. Thomas Poole, the territorial veterinarian.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe public is outraged,\u201d said Luhr. \u201cWe hope this total of $3,000 in reward money will lead to swift justice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Local businesses are providing support in additional ways. Harper Valley Kennels is donating cremation services for Pugua, including an urn for his remains. \u201cWe\u2019re deeply troubled by this violence in Yigo, and want to do our part so Pugua can finally rest in peace,\u201d said Seve Susuico, owner of Harper Valley Kennels.<\/p>\n
Isla Veterinary Clinic is donating x-ray and storage services, in an effort to recover bullet fragments from Pugua\u2019s body. \u201cThe brutality shown toward Pugua is shocking, and we\u2019re donating our services in an effort to help stop this killer,\u201d said Dr. Lisa Silk, owner of Isla Veterinary Clinic.<\/p>\n
A pet dog named Pugua was violently killed near his Yigo home on Sept. 27. Based on distressed howls heard by neighbors, the attack is believed to have occurred around 11 am Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
A gentle and playful 2-year old Jack Russell and boonie mix, Pugua\u2019s body was found shot and possibly beaten in the carport of a family friend who was taking care of him during the day. A bloody shovel was found near his body.<\/p>\n
Poole said an autopsy shows that Pugua likely died from \u201ca large caliber bullet probably from a handgun 9mm or larger.\u201d Due to the nature of the bullet wound, Poole states that Pugua died instantly in the carport, and was not traveling about the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Pugua\u2019s death is one of four recent attacks on pets in the same neighborhood, near the Yigo Mayor\u2019s Office. Across the street from Pugua\u2019s home, a neighbor reports their golden retriever was recently shot in the leg and testicles with a BB gun. Further up the same road, a couple reports their rottweiler was shot in the chest and killed a few weeks ago. And the day after Pugua was killed, a small stray dog was found dead from gunshot wounds in the same neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Information is being sought on a person of interest who made threats against Pugua and other neighborhood dogs a day prior to the attack. He is described as a larger (6\u2019, 200-230 lbs) Chamorro man with tattoos and short black hair, last seen Wednesday between 4pm and 5pm in Yigo (near the Mayor\u2019s Office) pushing a stroller alongside a pregnant Chamorro woman (5\u20195\u201d, 150 lbs) with long black hair, and two children under the age of 3.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information about these violent crimes is urged to contact the Guam Police Department; GAIN at <\/p>\n
info@guamanimals.org or 653-4246; or Guam Crime Stoppers by calling 477-HELP (4357), texting 486-HELP (4357), or visiting guam.crimestoppersweb.com. (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last week, Guam animal advocacy group GAIN, or Guam Animals In Need, announced a $1,000…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[331,20929,22838,22952],"class_list":["post-286420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pacific","tag-attack","tag-gain","tag-guam-crime-stoppers","tag-harper-valley-kennels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}