LAKE MARY, Fla. - The Humane Society of Vero Beach & Indian River County is offering a $4,500 reward for any information leading to an arrest and conviction into an animal abuse investigation.A week ago, 26 dogs and puppies were rescued after they were found piled into a small wire crate and abandoned on a dirt road, without food, water, or shelter."What this person chose to do was a crime.
These dogs were left there to die," said the chief operating officer for the Humane Society of Vero Beach & Indian River County Michelle Quigley.The Indian River County Sheriff's Office is investigating after 26 dogs and puppies were abandoned.