A reward being offered for information that leads to the conviction of a dog killer has been boosted to $5,000 by a Tucker?s Town resident.

After reading in at the weekend that a $1,000 reward had been posted in connection with the Spanish Point incident where a young pit bull was chained to two breeze blocks and thrown into the sea from a 50-foot cliff, the anonymous donor has offered to increase the reward to make it $5,000.

The reward will be paid out for information that leads to the conviction of the individual or persons responsible for killing the dog, who was discovered on January 10.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announced the reward ? believed to be the first of its kind offered by the SPCA ? at the weekend after the organisation decided it needed to take a stand against the perpetuator of cruelty to the pit bull.

Having received a call to increase the reward, SPCA committee member Chris Wilcox said: ?The person had read the reward story on Saturday and said they wanted to increase the reward to $5,000 but didn?t want their name listed.?

Mr. Wilcox said other members of the public had come forward with offers of donations as a result of being sickened by the manner of the pit bull?s death two weeks ago.

The young, red-tan coloured pit bull drowned after it was thrown from the cliff near Admiralty House Park, Pembroke, having earlier escaped from the owner?s property in Mary Victoria Road, Devonshire.

The SPCA is currently seeking to establish a fund to enable it to offer rewards in the future in exceptional cases.

Anyone who has information about the death of the pit bull should call SPCA inspector Beaman Smith or SPCA shelter manager Teresa Ince on 737-1108 or alternatively the anonymous Crimestoppers line on 1-800-623-TIPS.

Additionally, any member of the public who wishes to donate to the reward fund can do so by contacting Teresa Ince on 236-7333.