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Some people should never be allowed near animals \u2014 even from a distance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hayden Howard from Seymour, Indiana noticed something strange about her dog.<\/p>\n

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The 100-pound English Mastiff named Jackson had spent some time playing in the backyard and looked like he was covered in bug bites.<\/p>\n

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But when Hayden looked closer at her beloved pooch\u2019s skin, she realized the situation was much worse.<\/p>\n

Instead of being covered in raised bumps, Jackson\u2019s skin was riddled with holes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was in shock, I didn\u2019t even know what to think,\u201d Hayden told\u00a0FOX59.<\/p>\n

Realizing that Jackson had been shot, Hayden took him straight to an animal clinic. And when vets there inspected the holes, they found BBs and pellets everywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was one under his eyelid, there was one in his ear, one in his knee, they were all over, underneath of him.\u201d Hayden told\u00a0FOX59.\u00a0\u201cThey came out there and he handed me this little cup and showed me all these little BBs and I just didn\u2019t know what to say or what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The veterinarians ended up shaving most of Jackson\u2019s fur to remove all of the pellets and BBs. They pulled 27 from the dog\u2019s body but had to leave another 20 where they were. And in addition, they also found 20 more holes where BBs or pellets had hit Jackson and bounced off. All told, some cruel person had fired almost 70 BBs at the poor, innocent dog!<\/p>\n

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I can\u2019t imagine why anyone would shoot a dog, let alone that many times. But police wasted no time trying to finding the culprit.<\/p>\n

Pellets lodged in a tree in Hayden\u2019s yard indicated that the shots had come from a neighbor\u2019s yard. Police\u00a0searched that house and found a BB gun and pellets and arrested the owner of the gun. The man in question,\u00a0Tom Woodward, had previously been arrested on drug charges, though never before on animal cruelty charges.<\/p>\n

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According to the\u00a0FOX59, police are waiting to hear from the laboratory to determine if there is a positive match to the BBs that were used to attack Jackson. Still, they are reasonably sure he is responsible for the cruel act.<\/p>\n

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I hope that this man spends a long time in jail and when he\u2019s let out, he\u2019s never allowed near animals again and never allowed to own a gun, either.<\/p>\n

As for Jackson, Hayden says that her\u00a0lovable dog\u00a0appears to be recovering.<\/p>\n

I hope Jackson\u00a0makes a full recovery and is able to play in his backyard without fear for many years to come!\u00a0Get well, sweet dog!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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