Jena Malone Tells Her Story After Chasing Down Alleged Dog Abuser in L.A.

Jena Malone is opening up about what happened after it was reported that she chased down an alleged dog abuser in Los Angeles.

The 37-year-old actress, best known for The Hunger Games and Saved, says she saw a man abusing a dog while driving down Sunset Boulevard in L.A.

“This was really scary. I saw a man kicking repeatedly a small dog on the sunset, yanking him up in the air and absolutely choking the dog. I yelled at him to stop from my car but he wouldn’t. I got out of my car to try and get the dog but he started running,” Jena began a thread on Twitter.

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She continued, “So I started chasing him. I saw other people watching on the street upset, as they must have seen the same abhorrent behavior I witnessed, so I tried to signal a man in an orange vest to run with me to chase him. ‘Cause at that point I really didn’t think I was going to be able to get the dog back by myself. After another block of chasing him down I looked back and there were 5 other men behind me pursuing him. Which felt like a miracle.”

“So at this point I held back and let them take the lead as I have no business trying to restrain a full grown man. I went back to get my car (it was still running) and drove to see if they caught him,” Jena tweeted. “6 blocks down from where the chase began a big group had gathered and it look like the man no longer had the dog. So I pulled over to make sure that dog was going to be cared for. I didn’t see the brawl but I was told that the man did not give up the dog without a fight. And this is the tail end of a heated fight that ensued. The cops came and took the guy. I waited with dog til another cop came to take them to the hospital. The dog was covered in filth and looked like it had been not taken care of for months.”

Jena said, “After coming out of the hospital, the dog is ok but has a fractured rib, bone breaks in it’s hind legs and another fracture in its right paw. It was absolutely horrific seeing an animal treated this way. I’m sorry that it ended in a brawl but the dog was going to die. No question. I can’t imagine the level of torture it had suffered until this point. And now it’s safe in a hospital. Still no word on its owner.”

“Also because it important to know , I saw the man get arrested and he wasn’t bleeding and seemed coherent after this filmed altercation,” she said.

Thankfully, the owner of the dog was found and it was a dog that was missing for a week. A GoFundMe page was launched to raise money for the dog’s treatment.

Jena tweeted, “Update: the dog was chipped and back with his owner. The dog had been missing for a week. His name is champion and is happily out of hospital and with his owner. Watch out for the go fund me link soon. His multiple surgeries will be a lot for the owner to take care of alone.”