“He had no name. What he did have was 100 scars on his face, head and body, along with 30 scabs and open wounds on his face,” Turner recited. “Sick and suffering, I took him out for fresh air. He walked on grass cautiously, as if it were a foreign surface. It was; as all he had known in his few years of existence were illegal dog-fighting rings and filthy cages where he bled and suffered alone.”
Turner named him Wonder. “Because it’s a wonder he had any affection left,” Turner said in an interview Friday.
Before he slipped away, Wonder grew close to Turner as the two spent hours together during daily visits at the Muncie Animal Shelter. Phil Peckinpaugh, superintendent of the shelter and former director of the Animal Rescue Fund, said it was remarkable to witness the bond that was formed between them in such a short time.
“That dog in particular at first was very terrified of people and didn’t trust anyone, and Jim was able to break through to the dog and they developed a real connection,” Peckinpaugh said. “Jim was actually able to lay with the dog in the kennel and pet the dog and really give him some real comfort. It was pretty amazing to witness.”
There is a special place in hell for people who abuse animals and kids.
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