Patrick the Pitbull

So I came across a current sensation on Yahoo today: Patrick!

First thought and still is: This is wonderful! Well, the support and outrage over such a horrible act is wonderful. The abuse and story of this poor dog makes me want to vomit.

Patrick is a brown pitbull that was found in a trash bin and had been neglected and starved. Some articles say he was found in a trash chute or was noticed moving in a garbage bag by the trash collector. Regardless of whether true or not, he was found abandoned and thrown away and starved. You can't fib starvation and abuse with an animal.

He was taken to an animal hospital where he was cared for and not only survived, but is recovering and is just the sweetest thing on four legs. Tons of people are donating toys, food, money and so on for this cute puppy, along with adoption requests pouring in.

Everything has mentioned beware of SCAMS. And in trying to find a good Facebook fan page for Patrick, I've only come across more information saying some of these pages (including Patrick's Law) are scams or are there for self-centered reasons and only about the animals in so far as they can promote themselves and sell products. So: BE CAREFUL! If you want to donate, go with charities that you know and can verify are legitimate. Giving your money away to a scammer will not help any of these animals.

Here's more stories on Patrick:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/abused_newark_pitbull_patrick.html
http://www.gsvs.org/news/patrick.asp (*photo from here)