Reward offered re: dog-fighting ring

The Humane Society of the United States and private citizens are offering a total $4,250 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people involved in a suspected dog-fighting ring in Spokane Valley.

Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service employees were called earlier this month to Trentwood Elementary School, 14701 E. Wellesley Ave., where a brown pit bull was found injured and tied to a garbage bin. The dog was covered in blood and eventually had to be euthanized because its injuries were so severe. Read more.

This makes me sick. What should be done to those who treat animals this way?