TROY - Up to a $1,500 reward is being offered to help find the person or persons responsible for the abandonment of a starving dog found last week in Frear Park.

"The individuals responsible for this despicable cruelty must be brought to justice," The New York State Humane Association said in a press release offering the reward. "This level of intentional abuse, coupled with abandonment, could bring felony as well as misdemeanor charges."