A black teen nearly decapitated his dog by wrapping an electrical cord around the helpless animal's neck and leaving it to die in the woods

"It is without a doubt the worst case of animal cruelty I've ever seen, and I've been sheriff for 29 years," Monroe County Sheriff John Cary Bittick said. Monterion Dionte Davis, 19, has been arrested after authorities - incensed by a graphic photo of the wounded dog - launched an investigation. The mixed-breed dog was nearly dead when the animal rescue group Save-A-Pet found the wounded animal and rushed it to a veterinary hospital. The dog survived after emergency surgery to repair a severed trachea and other injuries suffered when it was tied to a tree. Two weeks later, authorities arrested Davis on a charge of aggravated animal cruelty. Davis faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.