Father charged with setting family dog on fire in front of children

Police said a man allegedly set his dog on fire in front of his children in a stunning case of animal cruelty.

SPCA officers raided a Sanger Street home in Oxford Circle on Friday afternoon. They said the dog was still alive when they got there.

The SPCA said the man used an accelerant to light the dog and a couch on fire because it bit one of his kids.



A spokesman for the SPCA said the dog is in bad shape.

"The dog is not in good condition at all. It's got a lot of burn marks all over the face. We had information also about some cigarette burns on the dog," the SPCA's George Bengal said.

The man's children told teachers at school what happened and they called police. He's facing charges, and the kids are staying with their mother.

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