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BERTHOUD, Colo. (CBS4) – Investigators in Larimer County want to find the person responsible for a disturbing case of animal cruelty.

Two dogs were found mutilated outside of Berthoud last week.

The dogs were discovered just a few miles apart. They were so badly abused that veterinarians can’t even tell what breed they were.

The first discovery came after an anonymous call on Wednesday. Police found the dog on the side of County Road 4. Police said the dog was skinned and beheaded, and the tail also removed.

Then on Saturday, a second gruesome discovery made along County Road 16 – an almost identical case.

Right now investigators said they have no leads and they said they are not sure if the cases are linked to the dozens of reported missing pets that have come in over the past few days.

“We just get so many animals that come into Larimer Humane Society that are stray every year and at this point we don’t even know the specific breed of the animals,” said Humane Society spokeswoman Marcie Willms.

Authorities say the perpetrators could face felony charges.

Investigators said they are performing necropsies on the two dogs to determine if they were killed by human hands.

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  • Ted

    Maybe the same woman who gave the guy who stabbed Diamond a free pass can give him one too

  • ask

    sisck sick SOB’s out there!

  • jltules

    Anyone see Vick lately?

  • Goonall

    Their just animals, leave the poor guy be!

  • lindak

    Put this POS away before he works his way to humans..

  • Zerkon

    Probably somebody who needs a fur coat. He should have sold the meat to a Chinese restaurant too. Two more dogs I won’t have to get ride of!

  • I have fleas

    The dogs had fleas and I’m sure the poor guy needs a fur coat!

  • Criiterhater

    Oh come on, their just worthless critters!

  • betonme

    Just animals? They are living creatures, Goonall. Those poor dogs could feel pain and fear. You need to leave the 3rd world country you came from behind and try to develop yourself into a human being.

  • Cb1 Receptor

    Coyote hunters…

  • bob

    well maybe who ever it is will pay you a visit and be the first human :O)

  • bob

    hope your the second one then :O)

  • Maud St James

    When they find that abysmal sicko, I hope they do to him exactly what he did to those poor animals. He can’t suffer enough for what he did.

  • Alex

    Maybe the dogs were humanely euthanized before the mutilation.

  • george

    Funny, most of you people don’t know a TROLL when you see one!!!

    But better catch this creep, people will likely be next.

  • Gibbs Bentley

    George Carlin knew how to deal with people like this …

    “OK something a little more sophisticated, you dip a guy in brown gravy and lock him in a small room with a wolverine who’s high on angel dust.”

    http://911essentials.com

  • Ruthie

    You need to realize this kind of heinous behavior usually indicates a budding psychopath. Lets hope they catch the guy before he starts torturing and skinning humans.

  • Nomad

    It’s common knowledge that pigs are as smart or smarter than dogs, yet I see plenty of pork at the supermarket. I never see people horrified at the meat counter. Why does this even make the news? Without knowing how the dogs were killed, or even the breed, how is this animal cruelty? Most likely, they were coyotes and the trapper caped them out. Slow news day in Denver…

  • Yup

    Colorado. Figures.

  • Yikes

    Got to love Denver CBS quality reporting that an investigation will be done to determine if these animals were done in by humans or not.

    I’m sure PETA will require a few roadside memorials for the poor animals.

    IN all seriousness however, this kind of behavior usually is a prelude to escalating acts of sickness. It’s going to be hard to find the perp or perps, though.

  • Bewbs

    agreed. probably just coyotes

  • bewbs

    i think his name is bob. creepy.

  • james

    Only a sick psychopath is capable of that s@@@. And they normally have no problem hurting humans also. Anyone thinking this is okay needs a mental health evaluation and put away from other for awhile.

  • James

    Who cares, just some stupid dogs!

  • rex dart eskimo spy

    Clearly this was the result of global warming. These poor dogs were so hot they tore their own skin off to stay cool. Only very high taxes can save the animals from extinction.

  • Bob

    Dog the other white meat!

  • Bob

    Dog hide makes a good coat!

  • Alex

    Oh those poor fleas!

  • glashole

    In most of the world dogs are food. This is sad, if it were someones pet who truly cared, but loose dogs, and mean dogs get whaat they get. If you love your dog then keep it in your home, on a run or in a fenced yard, if it is loose, coyote bait or Aisian chow. See Darwin

  • Hawkdriver1961

    My thoughts exactly! “People” who do this to animals are usually only warming up for the big kills…Humans. Find this sicko and put him/her away for a long, long time…

  • Paul

    Maybe this person already has done this to humans. Serial killers often start this way.

  • TheCapitolKing

    What’s the deal glashole, you’ve never known of someone whose dog got loose and ran away? Also, define a “Mean” dog? I’ve known aggressive dogs before, most of them naturally territorial, defensive, and sometimes offensively protective, but most who define a canine as “Mean” simply don’t know jack about canine behavior. No dog deserves this treatment, and hell, I don’t know a single wild animal that I would leave in that manner even if I hunted it down myself.

  • Hugh S

    Are they sure that they are not coyotes that were being skinned for the pelt? Maybe not a better situation, but not exactly the same situation.

  • Dave

    Punishment identical to the crime for the perps.

  • pete

    Wow. police tape off the crime scene, bring in csi to gather evidence (prints, hair, dna, etc.). Start massive investigation. Somebody slaughtered 2 dogs! OMG! Call the National freaking Guard! (What an “effed” up culture. can’t be long now. couple of freaking dogs. who gives a mouse’s behind?)

  • Dawn

    Muslims hate dogs check with the local mosque

  • Not yours

    Clever guy, you should run for president~!

  • Occam’s Razor

    These are coyotes. Someone just got lazy about getting rid of the waste after they skinned them.

  • Rufusthedog

    Why do I have a feeling you wouldn’t be missed?

  • Summer McDowell

    a society should be judged by how well they treat their animals. shame.

  • gus

    Yup, really dumb reporting and police work.

  • Carl David Black

    It sounds like Satanic ritual abuse or something similar.

  • JC

    Perhaps someone is desperate for meat and these just went bad….

  • Herman Vogel

    sounds like sock value and not mutilation. I’ed check with the local kids this sounds like a sick stunt to get media. I saw something like this in Texas and the kids just laughed about it when caught because the dogs were strays and were killed before the were skinned.

  • scotty

    Most likely coyotes that were trapped by a trapper and skinned. Then he just didn’t dispose of the carcases properly. People jump to conclusions. A skinned coyote looks just like a dog because a live coyote looks like a dog. DUH !

  • Annamaria McCoy

    Well, actually not: their paws are totally different than those of a dog!
    It’s a very sick thing to do, and against the law, no matter which way one looks at it!

  • Annamaria McCoy

    No, I’ve worked satanic cases before, they are only interested in the blood and the organs.

  • David A

    The only shocking thing to me (since this happened in an obama voting state) is that the dogs weren’t raped first.

  • bs detector

    So where was Newt Gingrich?

  • Mike

    Well, since this a rural area, I hardly doubt there is much trapping going on there.

  • Mike

    I guarantee Colorado is a better state than where you are from. Please do tell where it is that you reside. Maybe broke, and over rated California, or is it some red neck/hillbilly state in the south.

    Where ever it is, I would put my money on Colorado any day.

  • Gilbert R Albright Jr

    Probably left there by Koreans after dinner.

  • Annamaria McCoy

    It is sad to read some of the totally uncaring, and disgusting comments made in here, probably by trolls with nothing better to do, trying to get attention. Well, you did get mine, and it’s a very bad attention: crime cases like these are nothing more than new serial killers in the making, I’ll bet you would feel different if one of them comes after your loved ones!
    The Saying “One doesn’t know what love is until he/she has loved a dog” Is a fact, and obviously you’re a bunch of people that know nothing about love, probably just wives/kids beaters and abusers!
    No one is obligated to love companion animals, and have any for the matter, so if you don’t care, just stay off the comment’s page, and go on with whatever is that interests you!
    If anyone in here think they will never suffer by a serial killers, think again, non of us is exempted from such possibility!

  • philinnyc

    Yes, it sounds like a sicko; however, consider this: Colorado has had repeated animal mutilation cases for decades with no one arrested. Horses, cattle, and domestic pets (cats cut in half!) have all been victims. Ranchers have reported strange lights in the sky upon finding their livestock dead, and the sheer weirdness of it all boggles the human mind (but not the alien mind?) You don’t want to jump to conclusions, but hey, this did happen in Colorado.

  • Joe Dutra

    Arrest them ornery coyotes. Slap ‘em in pawcuffs.

  • Robbie

    Colorado is becoming the new White Trash State, they are taking the title away from Florida

  • Ron Staiger

    I hope they find the SOB responsible before he starts on people.

  • Baldy Kirby from Atlanta

    Maybe we’ll find you skinned on the side of the road one day, and we can say, “Who cares, just some stupid James!”.

  • Rocky

    Denver is a big sanctuary city like Los Angeles and is known as TJ of the Rocky’s.
    Hollywood Liberals + Racist LaRaza + Sanctuary City = crime.
    This combo has turned the Telluride area into a cesspool.
    I’ve decided to get rid of my Colorado property. I’ve had enough of Socialist/Communist Los Angeles. Why do I need it in the Rocky’s also.
    By the way, sanctuary city’s are illegal and racist and are a violation of the Constitution. They also put Law Enforcement and politicians of aiding and abetting and criminaly negligient. All parties are liable for the criminal actions of those they are protecting.
    Colorado has sent one of the biggest Racists to the Hill in Salazar !

  • bob

    Catch them and send them to jail. These antidog comments are from liberals that hate all things good so disregard them. Liberals want no religion,pets and cars.
    They want us all in Chairman Mao clothing singing songs to obama.

  • Lisa Liberal

    Bush & Cheney for sure.

  • JW

    These were probably coyotes, humanely killed, but improperly disposed of.

    Lot’s of poor reporting and knee jerk reactions here.

    How many of the hypocrites posting comments look the other way as millions of unborn children are slaughtered?

  • MorganGray

    Notice the line which says “a vet could not even determine the breed”?
    1: These *might* be coyotes – as has been observed elsewhere.
    2: That said, if they *are* domestic dogs, then the psychopath who did this should be brought to justice.
    3: I find it ironic how people are all up in arms over a couple of dogs, when we just yawn, or roll our eyes at reports of how every year thousands of babies are ripped to pieces in their mother’s womb.

  • Chas Stevenson

    “Animal Cruelty” ? No evidence was in the news report.
    We have efficient factories to do similar things to who knows how many chickens, pigs, & cattle every hour of every day. If killed quickly first, it’s not “cluelty” to afterward cut them into little pieces, or turn strips of their flesh into pretties to be slung from a shoulder. (The feedlots they lived in might be cruel, but that’s presumably not at issue with these dogs.)
    I’m not endorsing killing other people’s dogs, or skinning dead ones.
    Let’s just define the terms for Truth’s sake, for more productive reasoning.

  • Maggie Silverworth

    People who abuse animals, psychopaths and hunters, not much difference in my opinion.

  • obozosux

    Judging from your moniker and your comment, perhaps you are the monster who did this. If you’re not, your attitude depicts a troubled individual. Seek help before you act on your impulses.

  • obozosux

    My sentiments exactly!

  • Ling Ling

    Any Asian restaurants open nearby?

  • Publius2010

    Whoever finds this person, skinem an bleed em slowly!

  • Bingo

    Bingo

  • Joe

    I’m honestly confused. What exactly is the problem here? Animal Cruelty? Killing a dog is not cruelty. Killing a coyote is not cruelty. (I’m speaking legally here — I’m not interested in your sentimentality). There are lots of legitimate reasons to end the life of an animal. Dumping a dead carcus is not cruelty. Skinning a dead animal is not cruelty. Seems like a reporter and several commenters need to do some homework.

  • Annamaria McCoy

    I tell you what the problem is: there are Laws that protect companion animals, dogs are among them! The way these dogs were mutilated, skinned and killed, perhaps not the exact order, it’s call Cruelty to Animals, in this case, it’s Aggravated Cruelty to Animals which it’s a felony charge, and not sentimentalism!.
    It’s a proven fact that cruelty cases such as these two, are the results of serial killers in the making. You and I, and any other people, are not exempt in encountering a serial killer. A killer is just that a killer who will kill whomever is a living, breathing being.
    Perhaps you might want to look up the laws, as in what constitutes cruelty to animals, mutilating, skinning a companion animals, and dispose of its carcass, and when a person is allowed to kill a companion animal.
    This is America Mr. Joe, and not an Asian country, we who live here must uphold and abide by its Laws!

  • Diego Roswell

    Could be that we have a aspiring new serial killer here. Most madmen start off their homicidal careers with animal cruelty. Lets hope the police can find the criminal(s) before they evolve to human killers.

  • Bubba

    could be suicide

  • Jamie

    oh come on, it ain’t no worse than what they would do to us

  • Uncommon Tater

    There you go again, blaming everything on humans. Colorado is known for it’s extraterrestrial and paranormal activity, which explains why the govt.’s main base is there. This could be blamed on a something besides a human, like a skin walker.

  • aLgORE

    Seriously?? authorities are trying to figure out if they were killed by human hands???? as opposed to what? aliens?

  • Kyle

    Denver is just a part of Mexico now. I wish we could nuke them.

  • Bazooka

    Blame George Bush

  • Tom Henderson

    Disgusting pukes. Anyone who would torture an innocent animal deserves the same fate reserved for child molesters. Karma’s a “B”.

  • Candace Gosselin

    makes me sick – cannot even read it – had seen it on facebook

  • scottinva

    And by your inane comment, you’re lower than a “critter.”

  • RockyMtnGal

    Sounds similar Jeffrey Dahmer, who put a dead dog’s head on a stick, and being obsessed with dead animals. Said he liked to hear the clicking of the bones in a bucket This is how it starts, then they progress to humans.

  • Yup

    Colorado is Kali East. Failure. You morons don’t have a clue as to your identity! You dunces in Denver are the most immoral roaches East of Kali and west of the Mississippi!

    Mental illness abounds in you wanna-be Kalis! So stick it….

  • tom aman

    Check Sturgis later this year for people wearing doggy hats..

  • jmeek

    George Bush did it.

  • FOE

    It’s probably some taxidermist stuffing Fido for some grieving owner and leaving the rest of him out for the coyotes. Coyotes have to eat, too.

  • Dave

    this kind of cruelty to a helpless animal brings out my dark side.. I’d like to have an hour alone with this sick SOB…

  • Dave

    Hey nit-wit.. the dogs were tortured…. you say… “lots of legitimate reasons fo end the life of an animal”….. go pound salt up your …..

  • glenp

    oh great another mass murderer on the loose

    but no better place than LIBERALVILLE out there

  • SockRayBlue

    I’ll have to agree with the posters that mentioned that the “canids” were coyotes. For a taxidermy mount one needs the hide and head of the coyote. A necropsy is interesting, but rather a DNA test would be a good idea to find out if the said “victim” is truly a pet or a game animal.
    As an aside I have never read so much ado about something like this and the comments on this article….beyond belief.

  • JohnPaul

    Look for packing plant employees or ex-employees morons, then can kill and skin an animal in seconds.

  • F. User

    Except this happened in Larimer County, near Ft. Collins. No where near Denver.

  • Mariax

    Annamaria you said it all!!!i wish to those monsters who did that ,,to suffer in the same way those poor dogs did and another thing,,i hope all these people here who leave these stupid comments,,to start using their brain before speaking!!you must have a good soul in order to love an animal and i’m sure those people here don’t have it.and of course they are not obliged to love a dog but they should at least respect it!!!

  • MEC

    Skinned, head and tail missing=coyotes.

  • Pappadave

    Were they Dalmatians???

  • Candace Lee

    My one hope (and I am going to work on it) is that whoever does horrid things like this to defenseless animals ends up suffering even more than the suffering that they caused. I will not comment here again as I see there are MANY trolls at work trying to aggravate those of us who care about animals. I have said how I feel and that I am going to work my hardest to achieve what I hope for. BUT I will not “feed the trolls”.

  • Michael Giuliani

    This is sick! If I see someone abusing an animal, in my presence that person is gonna get plenty of Plomo! (Lead) Animal abuser you have been warned!

  • Annamaria McCoy

    There is no respect in this country for anything or anybody!

  • changomango

    Those darn Korean restauranteurs are at it again!

  • thebone

    Millions of innocent men, women, and children are bombed and machine gunned to bits all over the world, and people hyperventilate over an animal, thats whats disturbing, maybe if we did’nt lose our humanity things like this would’nt happen.

  • walter12

    This maniac is training on dogs and he will be doing people next. You can be sure of that.

  • Annamaria McCoy

    It is not about people hyperventilating over an animal, I’ll tell you what is disturbing: the Laws are not enforced, people’s laws, animal’s laws, all Laws; there is no respect for living beings, whomever they are; and there no compassion left! As St. Francis of Assisi once said:” IF YOU HAVE MEN WHO WILL EXCLUDE ANY OF GOD’S CREATURES FROM THE SHELTER OF COMPASSION AND PITY, YOU WILL HAVE MEN WHO DEAL LIKEWISE WITH THEIR FELLOW MEN”!

  • Sa Bry Cabj

    Who doesn’t want a well behaved dog? This can be achieved by no other than dog training training. However, having your pet trained the right way may not be that easy for you. You may have a very busy schedule or you simply don’t have the patience to pull things over. Thus, your ordeal is solved because there are numerous schools that can handle your pet very well.

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