Sign near shot pit bulls: 'All stray dogs must die'

(05-21) 07:58 PDT DINSMORE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY -- Authorities in Humboldt County are trying to track down whoever shot two pit bulls in the head and hung their bodies from a tree near a sign reading, "All stray dogs must die."

A Caltrans employee made the discovery around 1:30 p.m. Monday off Highway 36 just west of Dinsmore, about 60 miles southeast of Eureka.

Someone scrawled the menacing message on a large, spray-painted wooden sign near the dead dogs.

A sheriff's deputy who responded to the scene cut the two dogs down from the tree and searched unsuccessfully for witnesses.

Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call the sheriff's office at (707) 445-7251.