Some people are So Mean

How can people be so cruel?

Today, we got out and drive around to see how bad the roads really were. As we were driving home on an off backroad from ours, Tim noticed a pet carrier in the grass of a field. He said, "look, I think I saw something we could use for Paws". He turned the car around and we pulled into the driveway of the field usually used for hunting. I got out and walked to the carrier and what I saw, I will never forget. At first I thought some hunters had lost it off the trailor or the back of their fourwheeler.
I found a Large sized pet carrier that was upside down, as I got closer, I saw something brown in it. At first I thought it was a wild animal, but then knew it was a dog. My next thought was, "is it going to bite me? or is it dead?" I called Tim over to look and we found a dead dog in this pet carrier. His body was in the carrier and his head was out laying halfway on the ground/carrier and his entire head was covered in snow. The carrier had water in it. (not sure if it was urine or melted snow) And his leather dog collar was laying beside him on the ground. I literally got sick at my stomach when I saw this. Tim seems to think he was starved and just died, but I think different. I think he was deserted and left to die and was trying to get out when he passed. My question is, why was his collar off? It had to have happened yesterday, b/c he was covered in snow. I just can't believe someone would treat animals this way.
Yall, I am an animal lover and this just upsets me terribly. I pray these people experience the same abuse they put this poor dog through.
Please take a few minutes to pray for all the stray and abandoned animals this winter trying to survive.