A puppy violently tossed into a dumpster in Georgia and then housed at a kill shelter for seven months is finding a new home on Long Island.
The 1-year-old Pitbull, who has been named Justice, arrived at the North Fork Animal Welfare League two weeks ago.In August, Jason Keith Kelley, of Rome, Georgia, was arrested for flinging Justice into the air by his leash and throwing him into a dumpster. The force crushed Justice's larynx.
Police also arrested Tonya Trapp for the incident although she is not seen in the surveillance video. Her relationship to Kelley is not clear.Justice then spent seven months at a kill shelter in Georgia. The shelter transported him to North Fork Animal Welfare League in Peconic two weeks ago.
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