This happened to a dog when I lived in Florida. Except they pulled out his little hind claws too. It was awful. I knew who did it but they were never arrested. No one could prove it. I seriously considered going "Audition" on their asses and doing some hard core torture. Fucking bastards. It makes me so angry.
There was another petition on the Dogs group, which I also signed, though I'm not sure it'll have an effect. I did kick a punk kid in the ass because he was throwing rocks at a puppy once. Even his mom agreed he was an idiot.