The Anaheim Police Department arrested a 30-year-old woman who allegedly threw a malnourished dog over an iron gate two weeks ago.

Officers booked Tyler Thompson, 30, on suspicion of felony animal cruelty.

Security cameras at Anaheim's University Veterinary Center caught the woman throwing a grocery bag containing the dog on Nov. 13. Veterinarian Dr. Ash Hakhamian said the maltipoo, which is about 5 years old, landed on a spike strip installed along the top of the gate.

"I can't find words to describe why anybody would do something like that and it's hard to find the right words," Hakhamian said. "I mean, thrown is an understatement ... He face planted. That's what broke his fall, his face. When you lift his lip up, it's all bruised."

Hakhamian believes the 9-pound dog has been mistrea

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