Pryor and Perry offer reward for dog-drowning arrest

Comedian Richard Pryor and actor Matthew Perry are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the drowning of a dog.

The golden retriever, which police said had been tied up, muzzled and stuffed inside a burlap bag, was found on September 21 by a person walking on the beach in Nahant, Massachusetts.

Pryor heard about the incident through a network of fellow animal lovers, says Linda Horsley, a pet sitter from Nahant, who is helping to organise the reward efforts with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA).

She says: "The thinking is just so sick. It's important to raise the awareness that cruelty to animals is just not tolerable."

Pryor and his wife Jennifer have donated $1,000 (€806.40) to the reward fund.

They have also paid for a banner to appear at a fundraising walk for the MSPCA on October 17.

The MSPCA has so far raised a total of $12,000 (€9,700).