Dog shot with crossbow dies
CBC News
Posted: Feb 15, 2013 6:22 AM ET
Last Updated: Feb 15, 2013 6:20 AM ET
The pitbull died hours after it was hit 'point blank' with a crossbow bolt. (Alistair Steele/CBC)
A one-and-a-half-year old dog has died in a veterinary hospital after he was shot with a crossbow in west Quebec Thursday.
Police in the Outaouais said just before 10 a.m. Thursday, the dog was shot "point blank" behind a home on Périnault Street in Val-des-Monts, Que., north of Gatineau.
This X-ray shows the bolt lodged in the pitbull. It was later removed by an Ottawa veterinarian. (Courtesy of Alta Vista Animal Hospital)The male dog named Jessie James, though wounded, was able to return home and its owners saw the bolt in its chest.
The dog's owners first brought him to the Gatineau SPCA but he was then sent to an Ottawa veterinarian.
The dog died shortly after midnight.
Police arrested a 30-year-old man. The suspect will likely face several charges, police said.
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