SQ investigates after 2 dogs found tortured, strangled in Montrgie

Quebec's provincial police force hopes to make arrests after finding two dogs lying dead in a ditch in the province's Montrgie region.

Police say it appearsthe dogs were tortured and strangled.

"The way we found them, I don't want to explain exactly because it's too cruel," said Sret du Qubec spokesman Sgt. Ronald McInnis.

The dogs were found on 6e Rang, in the municipality of Saint-Valrien-de-Milton, which is about 90 kilometres east of Montreal.

McInnis said the dogs belonged to two neighbours who live in Sainte-Ccile-de-Milton, about 10 kilometres away from where the animals were found dead by the side of the road.

The neighbours reported their dogs missing on Wednesday, after the two animals had been playing outside.

"The dogs were not from the same family, but they were friends. They always played together," McInnis said.

When one of the owners went out to look for them, they were gone.

It is unknown if they ran away or were taken.

Police are asking anyone with information to call the local police station at 450-539-3252.