Justice for Evie: Sick prison inmates brutally murder volunteer dog given to them in rehabilitation program
The four-year-old German Shepherd and Norwegian Elkhound cross, Evie, died of blunt force trauma to her abdomen causing her liver, kidneys to hemorrhage
A volunteer dog was reprotedly beaten to death by prison inmates in Ohio, an animal rescue group said. The dog was working in a rehabilitation program which pairs rescue dogs with inmates. The rescue group said that the incident has left them "absolutely heartbroken".
The rescue group, called Joseph's Legacy, said that its "worst nightmare happened" after the four-year-old German Shepherd and Norwegian Elkhound cross, Evie, was found dead in a cell at Warren Correctional Institution in Lebanon, Ohio.
The institution is a high security prison, which has adult male prisoners, including murderers, aged over 18. The 45-acre prison site reprotedly houses a total of 1,365 inmates.
