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Dog thrown from overpass near A.C. Expressway

Animal activists are counting on a $1,550 reward to help smoke out the killer of "Angel," a Boston terrier puppy thrown to its death from an overpass near the Atlantic City Expressway.

Animal activists are counting on a $1,550 reward to help smoke out the killer of "Angel," a Boston terrier puppy thrown to its death from an overpass near the Atlantic City Expressway.

The puppy, with distinctive black-and-white markings, was discovered just before midnight on Thursday by a motorist who heard a thump on the roof of his Jeep Cherokee as he emerged from a tunnel, said officials from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

The driver stopped to investigate. He found the dog's battered and bloody carcass on the connector road to the Expressway near mile marker 0.8 in Atlantic City.

"There's no way that dog fell off," Nancy Beall, president of the Atlantic County SPCA, said in an interview yesterday. "There are two fences - one of which arches over the roadway.

"Somebody had to fling her over those fences," Beall said. "It looks like she was thrown over head first."

The 6-month-old puppy died on impact of massive head injuries, Beall said.

Angel - named by Beall - was not wearing a collar, marked with an identifying tattoo or implanted with a microchip.

Still, the SPCA is certain someone can help lead them to the person who deliberately threw Angel onto the highway.

"This is not a cheap dog," Beall said. "A purebred Boston Terrier like Angel sells for about $1,200 from a pet store, $500 from a breeder."

SPCA agents scoured nearby neighborhoods yesterday looking for information and asking if anyone is missing their dog.

"Nobody is coming forward," Beall said. "But somebody had to buy this dog."

Several animal-rights organizations have banded together to pool their reward money. A private citizen put up $1,000 with additional funds coming in from New Jersey Aid for Animals, the Animal Law Coalition and Pawtographs of Cherry Hill.

Anyone with information is asked to call 609-926-9325 or 609-927-9059.