COWANSVILLE, Que. — A dog who was shot in the head and left for dead will have a new home at an animal shelter and will become a tail-wagging warrior against animal cruelty.
Orville the dog was found immobile in a ditch on Feb. 24 in Brome Lake, a community in Quebec’s Eastern Townships region.
After a few difficult days, Orville stunned his shelter handlers by recovering most of his functions. They have called his progress a miracle.
The shelter’s management has announced in a brief post online today that it wants Orville to tour schools and homes for the elderly.
The shelter in Cowansville, Que., says Orville will become a symbol of the fight against animal cruelty.
Orville is “living proof that cruelty exists and that it must stop” the centre said on its Facebook page. It also said that several people had stepped forward and provided depositions to the Sureté du Québec Thursday afternoon.
The shelter’s director filed a complaint with police after an X-ray showed that the dog had been shot behind the ear with a .22-calibre weapon.
The shattered bullet can’t be removed and will always remain lodged in the head of the two-year-old Australian shepherd.
Quebec provincial police say an investigation into alleged animal cruelty is ongoing.
Animal shelter director Carl Girard comforts Orville the Australian shepherd in Cowansville, Que. in a handout photo from the SPA des Cantons Facebook page. Police are investigating the case of a dog that has somehow survived after being shot in the head and left in a ditch in Quebec.
