July 23, 2021 A severely beaten dog tries to recover from its injuries at a pet hospital in China. Baidu A dog owner in China was accused of starving the animal for three days and then beating it nearly to death with an iron bar after it ate one of his chickens. The man, a Dalian resident in northeast China, is accused of locking the animal in a cage and not feeding the dog. The dog, presumably out of severe hunger, escaped and stole the chicken, according to The Paper, a Shanghai-based news portal. The man is alleged to have then tied the dog’s feet together and severely beat it, causing two injuries, one to its back and another to its head, that may be fatal.