There appear to be some markings on the foreleg in same photo.”

Actually to me those marks look like bite marks from another dog. Occasionally at the clinic we have had to hold dogs that were confiscated from pit fights. The bite marks they exhibit look very much like the marks on this dog’s leg.

Hmmm. I read the original blog posting again…seems to me like determining that it is a DOG, and pointing out facts supporting that premise IS the topic of the original blog posting.

Besides, that’s what Animal Control is for. With all the options available for the management of strays nowadays, shooting them should be a last resort.

It’s not clear how this dog met its end. It does not say whether it was shot. But what is clear is that it is some sort of brachycephalic dog with ears cropped short. That generally spells Pit Bull Dog. It clearly is not a Dobie. Even though the soft tissue and muscles may recede during decomposition, the jawbones themselves do not, and these jawbones are not proportioned like a Dobe’s. I don’t think the head was black in life; it looks like the fur has fallen out due to advanced decomposition and the black color we see is the decomposing skin itself rather than black fur. You can still see some of the reddish fur in parts of the black skin areas.

The most logical explanation is that the dog was a Pit Bull which either died in a fight and was dumped, was so badly injured in a fight that it was killed and dumped, or wouldn’t fight so it was killed and dumped. Or maybe it was shot by a hunter.

However it died, it’s a sad end for a dog. Pit Bull Dogs can be really good dogs if they are socialized properly and they can be as loving and affectionate as any other breed.

Your awareness of how much you can “learn” from merely looking at the evidence is often lost on the general public.

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