Authorities are looking for information from anyone who has information on a dog that was found dead with a bullet wound to his chest near a trail east of Lake Cowichan.

Gary Shade, co-founder of FLED (Find Lost & Escape Dogs Vancouver Island), said that on May 8, FLED received a phone call about a dead dog, which appears to be a male boxer/pitbull cross about five years old, that was found by hikers on Hill 60, which is part of the areasa国际传媒檚 trail systems.

He said itsa国际传媒檚 likely that the animal was brought there by its owner(s) and purposely shot in the chest because the dog still had its collar and leash on when it was found.

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Shade said if an animal is sick or there is another legitimate reason to put it down, there are far more humane ways to have it euthanized than to shoot it in the woods.

The BCSPCA has taken over the investigation and anyone with information on the dog should call the BCSPCAsa国际传媒檚 Cruelty Hotline at 1-855-622-7722, or call the Lake Cowichan RCMP at 250-749-6668.