Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and erase all doubt.
“The first rule of getting out of a hole is to stop digging.”
I am getting the idea that this critter will be kind of a celebrity for the admittedly worthy cause of putting the kibosh on dogfighting.
If so, then it may well be worth the investment to heal it and show it (obviously doing the loving things that dogs do) to prick people’s hearts and consciences.
Not every circumstance is alike.
And you got to realize PETA is not based on extreme ideas of being humane to animals. PETA is based on a take on “animal rights” that is not just nonsense but macabre. They would rather kill than rehome a pet. Meat and fur and leather are blasphemy to them. It is “anti exploitation” and has nothing to do with sympathy for the comfort of living animals while still alive. I hope you get the idea.