Oh dear, that sounds awful! Call animal control if you suspect neglect. Otherwise, cops aren't usually helpful for barking complaints unless you've got noise ordinances they're breaking. Check local laws maybe? Document everything too, just in case.
That totally sucks! I did something similar once. Try this: Clear CMOS, remove all GPUs except the bricked one, and see if it can be recognized at BIOS level. Some motherboards support a backup BIOS too, so check that out. Heard some peeps fixed their cards by doing this. Good …