An anti-animal cruelty charity has offered a £1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who set alight and killed a Staffordshire bull terrier.

The charred remains of the dog were found last Wednesday at the edge of Handsworth Golf Club. It had been tightly tied to a tree and set alight using carpet glue spray.

PETA, which campaigns for the ethical treatment of animals, has offered the reward for information which will bring the dog's attacker - thought by RSPCA inspectors to be its owner - to justice.

A spokesman for PETA said he believed other animals in the area were at risk as long as the person who committed the crime was at large. The spokesman said: "Animal abusers are cowards."

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