Hunters find dog wrapped in duct tape

PROVIDENCE - Some Saratoga County hunters mad a disturbing discovery in a remote section of woods - a four-year-old beagle bound with duct tape and wrapped up in a garbage bag.

The dog, named Daisy, was found off of Drager Road in Providence.

Daisy survived and is doing okay. She now wears a cone-shaped collar to prevent her from biting at her injured ears.

The man who found him, Ed Dandaraw, wants to why or how someone could do this to a defenseless dog.

Just a couple days ago, Dandaraw was hunting with friends when he saw a garbage bag move.

"At that time, I saw a dog's leg coming out of a hole in the bag," he recalled.

Dandaraw says whoever did this left just enough space around daisy's nose for her to breathe. Her front paws were bound together.

Dandaraw describes himself as an animal lover and says his discovery made him sick to his stomach. He and his hunting buddies called police and carried Daisy to the nearest road.

"About halfway out to the main road, we're on a four-wheeler, I felt the dog go totally limp and I thought he had just died," Dandaraw said.

But Daisy came to, police brought her to the vet and other than infected ears and matted fur and being 20 pounds lighter, she's okay.

Not the case for whoever did it, in Dandaraw's opinion.

"This person was a very sick, deranged person because they left the dog taped up entirely, but they left the nostrils open so he could breathe in the bag," he said.

Dandaraw says the owners should consider changing the dog's name to "Lucky."

Police are looking for the person responsible.