Man Seen Tossing Dog Over Gate in Ramona: Video

A man was seen in surveillance video in Ramona tossing a black pit bull puppy over a gate and then abandoning the dog in extreme heat.

The act was captured by some of the 14 active office surveillance cameras operated by Karen Tavares, the vice president of Investigative Science and Engineering, Inc. on D Street in Ramona where the incident happened.

“He was seen in the back alley looking around, looking at the surroundings, looking at the yard. The dog was following him everywhere he went,” Tavares said. “He was contemplating all the vantage points where somebody could see him but never once noticing those or that little eye ball.”

The video shows the man dressed in a red Adidas shirt walking on her property Aug. 28, with the puppy following him. The man is seen stopping by the right side of the building in front of a gate. He then looks around again and then quickly picks up the puppy, tosses her over the gate and leaves, according to surveillance video. The puppy appears unable to get up after the fall.

By chance, Tavares came back to her office a day later to finish paperwork, although she wasn’t supposed to be at work until five days later.

Tavares said the puppy is lucky to be alive. There was no food or water in that yard.

“It was very, very hot. We had temperatures in the high 90s, and it had been like that during the week and through the Labor Day weekend,” she said.

Tavares found the puppy and called San Diego County Animal Services. She gave officers the surveillance video in hopes of catching the man and finding the puppy a loving family.

Dan DeSousa of Animal Services said puppy doesn't appear to be injured. The dog is currently at their Carlsbad animal shelter ready to be adopted.

If identified, the man could face animal cruelty or abandonment charges.

Anyone who recognizes the man in the video is asked to call 760-966-3224.

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