Dog found hung in Danville, Virginia
Police in Danville, Virginia, have filed charges against the resident of a home where a dog was found dead, hanging from a cable.
Hope Angela Flowers, 39, who lived at the house on Elizabeth Street, and Maurice Lashawn Holloway, 24, of Pittsylvania County are charged with animal neglect, animal cruelty and tethering an animal, according to Godanriver.com.
The Danville Area Humane Society was called after police discovered the dead animal, according to Paulette Dean, executive director. “It was a gruesome scene … just gruesome,” Dean said of finding female pit bull mix. The body of the animal was to be taken to Lynchburg today for a necropsy.
The Humane Society seized at the same location a male pit bull, which it said had been tethered and left out in the heat for an extended period. Dean described the animal as dehydrated and weak, but said he “will be OK.”
Danville’s anti-tethering law prohibits leaving a dog chained up for more than four hours out of a 24-hour period.
Posted by jwoestendiek August 1st, 2011 under Muttsblog.
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Comment from smoketoomuch
Time August 2, 2011 at 11:08 am
Can someone please explain to me why people like these get dogs (plural, no less!) in the first place??
Lock their asses up!