A man from Cobb County, Georgia has been arrested on two felony animal cruelty charges after "baking" a 10-month-old puppy in a hot oven. Unbelievably, the pit bull terrier puppy, Melody,  survived and was sent to the Cobb Emergency Veterinary Clinic to undergo treatment.

The man, Gary Steven Moore, Jr., was reportedly trying to carry out some sort of revenge on another man when he decided that baking a dog in an oven would be just punishment for the unnamed other man. From the reports, it was not clear as to if the puppy actually belonged to one of the gentlemen, but there has been speculation that they may have been roommates. You can take a look at Moore's booking details at the Cobb County Sheriff's Office <a href="http://www.cobbsheriff.org/Inmate/InmDetails.asp?soid=000908348" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">website</span></a>. Gary Moore, Jr. is lucky that most humans are not as cruel as he is, or else he may have received a dose of revenge himself for such a heinous crime.

Melody went through her first stages of treatment at CobbEVC, and has now been moved to an animal rescue and adoption agency, <a href="http://mostlymuttsanimalrescue.blogspot.com/2011/06/melody-victoria-what-fighter.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Mostly Mutts</span></a>. Cobb Emergency Veterinary Clinic is still going to Mostly Mutts to change Melody's bandages and to monitor her progress. As you can imagine, her medical costs are extremely high. If you are in a position to donate money to help fund Melody's treatment, please contact <a href="http://www.cobbevc.com/2011/05/updates-on-melody/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">CobbEVC</span></a>. Anything you can do would certainly be appreciated I am sure!

From Mostly Mutts website, "Melody was the victim of one of the worst cases of animal abuse.   She was placed in an oven where she suffered second degree burns to all four paws.  She has multiple burns to her head, tail, tummy, legs and nose.  Not only did she suffer physically and psychologically but she did not receive medical treatment for four days after her injuries occurred.  The doctors and techs at Cobb Emergency saved her life and even though she is not housed there any more, they see her every day for bandage changes.  They also picked up the tab from their stray fund."

This is just one of the most horrific cases of animal cruelty I have heard of in a long time. Unfortunately, it won't be long before we hear of another animal abuse case that will even top this. Something worse always comes along to top the last case, you can count on the psychopaths for that.