Syracuse, N.Y. - Syracuse police are asking for the public’s help to find out who stabbed a dog in the neck on Tuesday morning and left it to die.

The brindle pit bull - who has been given the name “Chance” - is in critical condition, but is expected to live, said Kieran Coffey, a spokesperson for the Syracuse police.

Police were called to the 500 block of East Willow Street early Tuesday morning after someone reported they saw blood outside a house.

Police searched the area and found Chance bleeding inside a nearby house, Coffey said.

Chance was taken to the Veterinary Medical Center of CNY, HumaneCNY said in a Facebook post . The dog needed surgery and two blood transfusions, according to the group that operates an animal shelter on West Taft Road in Clay. The group named the dog.

See Full Page