‘Complete cruelty’: B.C. couple finds sick, injured poodle thrown in the trash

Terry Sparrow and his fiancée were out for a Wednesday evening stroll near Camosun Bog at Pacific Spirit Park when they made a disturbing discovery.

A little dog named Oscar has been given a new beginning after he was tossed in a garbage can and left for dead.

Terry Sparrow and his fiancée were out for a Wednesday evening stroll near Camosun Bog at Pacific Spirit Park when they made a disturbing discovery.

Sparrow went to spit out his gum when they saw a toy poodle lying on top of the garbage.

“I couldn’t believe it, just shocked, horrified, just heartbreaking,” he told Global News.

The couple had recently lost their dog of eight years and were on the trail that night to help with their grieving process.

“Given, like I said, why we’re up here missing our dog that we lost, it was just heartbreaking and we knew we had to kind of spring into action right away to help it,” Sparrow said.

They took the dog, whom they aptly named Oscar, home for a bath and some dinner.

“It couldn’t stand very long, it couldn’t walk, it kept flopping over,” Sparrow said. “You could see it was in some distress and pain.”