# Strange things afoot in Ford County, Illionis, animal abuse case. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-afoot-in-ford-county-illionis-animal-abuse-case/753903 "2016-05-04T16:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-afoot-in-ford-county-illionis-animal-abuse-case/753903/1 "2016-05-04T16:27:36Z")
April 20: [a chocolate lab called “Bear” was found tied to a bridge and “barely alive”. He had a choke chain around his neck, eyes swollen shut and jaw broken from being beaten, mouth closed shut with electrical tape, and was the target of a shotgun blast.](http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-04-25/details-emerge-case-dog-hanging-bridge.html) April 27: [he’s healing but his jaw is so bad that he’ll be on canned food for the rest of his life.](http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-04-27/update-badly-injured-dog-showing-resilience-wvideo.html) May 4: [Bear’s owners have filed a protection order against their neighbors, one of whom found the dog on the bridge.](http://foxillinois.com/news/local/warning-graphic-content-dogs-owners-file-order-of-protection-against-man-who-saved-him) The owners, who no longer want anything to do with Bear, contend that the neighbor killed one of their cats as part of a long-standing feud. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-afoot-in-ford-county-illionis-animal-abuse-case/753903/2 "2016-05-04T18:20:51Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > April 27: [he’s healing but his jaw is so bad that he’ll be on canned food for the rest of his life.](http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-04-27/update-badly-injured-dog-showing-resilience-wvideo.html) The rest of the story not withstanding, I’m thinking the dog isn’t going to be to upset with this bit. ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-afoot-in-ford-county-illionis-animal-abuse-case/753903/3 "2016-05-04T19:41:21Z")
I’m confused. So is the proper timeline this: [ol] [li]neighbor killed my cat[/li][li]so I beat up my own dog and left it tied to a bridge[/li][li]neighbor found dog[/li][li]I file protection order against neighbor[/li][/ol] Who beats up their own dog as a protest against a neighbor? Something doesn’t add up. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-afoot-in-ford-county-illionis-animal-abuse-case/753903/4 "2016-05-05T03:13:02Z")
Neighbor might have beaten up the dog then claimed to find it. Investigation is still going. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-afoot-in-ford-county-illionis-animal-abuse-case/753903/5 "2016-05-10T19:49:27Z")
[Bear has a new family.](http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-05-10/bear-headed-new-home.html) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-afoot-in-ford-county-illionis-animal-abuse-case/753903/6 "2017-02-01T15:40:02Z")
Update: investigation has been closed due to lack of evidence needed to identify suspects. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-afoot-in-ford-county-illionis-animal-abuse-case/753903/7 "2017-02-01T15:57:47Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Bear has a new family.](http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-05-10/bear-headed-new-home.html) Outstanding! He still looks rather hacked off. :dubious: