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An injured dog found buried alive on Montreal’s South Shore died on Wednesday afternoon.

The dog, a boxer named Sugar Ray by the staff of the Montérégie SPCA, appeared to be in stable condition on Wednesday morning.

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The SPCA said the dog was extremely dehydrated when it was first brought in for care Tuesday and couldn’t even lift its head.

The dog was spotted by a man who was walking in a field in St-Paul-D’Abbotsford, said Linda Robertson, the organization’s director. He heard a whimper and saw a dog’s paw sticking out of fresh topsoil.

The man dug the animal out of the ground, she said, adding the dog had been wrapped in a sheet. It’s unclear how long the dog had been underground.

Robertson said it appears the dog was strangled and hit on the head with a blunt object.

The SPCA is investigating and is asking for the public’s help in finding out what happened.