By WGAL staff

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COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A Lancaster County man has been accused of torturing and abusing a dog.

According to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office, Stephen L. Stoltzfus, 45, of Colerain Township, cut off one of the dog’s legs with a pair of scissors after it had been injured by a hay machine blade in the 800 block of Pumping Station Road.

Stoltzfus then failed to bring the dog to a veterinarian for days, despite a clinic’s repeated pleas.

Police found a 4-year-old female labradoodle-type with blood-soaked fur and missing part of her hind leg, with bone visible and exposed.

The dog was suffering from acute blood loss, infection of the wound, severe anemia, fleas, ticks and blood matting.

Stoltzfus told poli

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