THESE are the horrifying pictures that show the shocking damage caused to a dog shot twice in the head with crossbow arrows by callous thugs.
Amazingly, the friendly brindle mongrel, named Beau by nurses at a vet’s surgery in Dewsbury, survived the vicious attack, which left two arrows embedded in her skull.
It is thought that Beau, who has only just been taken out of intensive care after a major two-hour operation, was fired at by two yobs at pointblank range.
Loveable Beau was handed in to vets by police on Wednesday night.
She was found by a member of the public at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in West Bretton with the devastating injuries.
She was given urgent pain relief when she was handed to shocked staff at the animal hospital.
And she had the drastic surgery to remove the distinctive arrows on Thursday morning.
Staff believe she was shot by two yobs at the same time because the arrows went in at different angles.
Angry vet Steve Dixon, of Calder Veterinary Group, said: “We think there were two people firing two crossbows at the same time at pointblank range.
“There is no way she would have just sat there after being hit by the first one.”
He added: “In all my years as a vet I have never seen anything like this.
“It’s disgusting. It’s one of the most extreme cases of cruelty I have ever encountered.”
Beau, who will be kept at the hospital for four or five days, is thought to be about four years old and has some skin conditions, suggesting she may have been homeless for a while.
But staff are appealing for a possible owner to come forward.
The arrows are maroon coloured aluminium with silver tips and red and yellow fletchings.
Mr Dixon added: “These are quite distinctive arrows. There can’t be many people wandering around with a pair of these crossbows.”
A police spokeswoman said: “We would appeal to anyone who was in the area at the time, or anyone who has any information about this, to contact us on 0845 6060606.”
