It was a blazing-hot day when PETA's fieldworker found her. Star--a pit bull PETA's fieldworkers had been visiting and helping for years, providing her with food, water, a doghouse and much-needed affection--was dead on a chain. It had become tightly wrapped around a pole, preventing her from reaching shade or shelter. Star broiled to death on the patch of dirt where she'd been forced to eat, sleep and relieve herself for years.