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ANAHEIM, Calif. - A male Maltese mix is recovering after a shocking act of cruelty was caught on camera outside an Anaheim veterinary clinic early Wednesday morning.

Around 1:36 a.m., surveillance video shows a woman crossing the street with a plastic grocery bag in her hand. Inside the bag is a small dog. She walks up to the fence of the University Veterinary Center, throws the bag over the top, and calmly returns to her apartment complex across the street.

Inside the clinic, veterinarian Dr. Ash Hakhamian heard the commotion and rushed outside.

"To see the dog thrown over in a trash bag… it was just the worst thing that could happen," Dr. Ash said.

Once inside, he examined the dog and discovered injuries consistent with the fall. The pup appears to have landed on his fac

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