POLK COUNTY, Ga. — Police are searching for a man wanted for animal cruelty in west Georgia.
Andrew Phillip Compton is accused of choking a small dog and throwing it toward an aggressive German Shepard.
The Shepard mauled the smaller dog and left it badly injured, according to police.
Police said the attack also happened in front of a child.
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Compton faces charges of animal cruelty and cruelty to children in the first degree.
The department posted a wanted poster of Compton on its Facebook page.
Anyone who knows where Compton is or has more information is asked to call police at 770-748-3400
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