Guest Anonymous Posted June 30, 2002 Posted June 30, 2002 Killeen Woman Charged In Dogs Death Michigan authorities say a Texas woman has been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty. Her dog died after being left in her Jeep in a Traverse City, Michigan, restaurant parking lot. A prosecutor says 22-year-old Katherine Bondy of Killeen is accused of leaving her collie-retriever mix in her vehicle for about one hour on June 22nd. The dog later died. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports Bondy, who was on vacation, told police she left the vinyl windows in the Jeep partially unzipped while she was in the restaurant. Others say the vehicle was completely sealed. The high temperature in Traverse City that afternoon was 81 degrees. No arraignment date has been set. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted June 30, 2002 Posted June 30, 2002 Posted on Sat, Jun. 29, 2002 Dog set on fire is in critical condition By PAUL BOURGEOIS Star-Telegram Staff Writer FORT WORTH - A dog doused with gasoline and set on fire late Thursday was in critical condition Friday at a Fort Worth animal hospital. The dog was set ablaze in the 1900 block of Homan Avenue, across from Northside Park. "She seems to be holding her own right now, but it's still pretty early in the game," said Dr. Heidi Shawver, a veterinarian at Fort Worth Animal Medical Center. Shawver put chances for survival at 50 percent if the dog doesn't develop a blood infection or experience kidney failure. The most severe burns are on the dog's belly, legs and eyelids. Shawver said they appear to be second- to third-degree burns. The mixed-breed Labrador is believed to be 6 to 8 months old. An off-duty police officer spotted the dog, in flames, running through the northwest Fort Worth neighborhood Thursday night. Police and neighbors searched the neighborhood for about two hours before finding the dog in the back yard at the home of Juan Aguirre in the 1800 block of Belmont Avenue. Aguirre said he and his family took in the neighborhood stray three or four months ago. He said the dog was friendly. "She licked a lot," said Alexandra, Aguirre's 8-year-old daughter, who said she named the dog Daisy. Aguirre said the dog would come and go, and he hadn't seen it for about two weeks until about 12:30 a.m. Friday, when neighbors woke him to tell him what happened and that the dog was in his back yard. Brandi Coleman, a neighbor, said that earlier that evening, just before dark, she was returning home from the Northside Community Center when she saw the dog with a man in the back yard of a house on Homan Avenue. Coleman said the cream-colored dog was a familiar sight in the neighborhood. Coleman was among the neighbors who found the dog in Aguirre's yard. "She was burned pretty bad," Coleman said. "She didn't look like the dog I knew." Lt. Duane Paul, a Police Department spokesman, said the case is being investigated by detectives. No citations had been issued by late Friday afternoon, he said. Paul said conviction on a charge of cruelty to an animal is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail, a fine up to $4,000 or both. Paul Bourgeois, (817) 390-7796 bourgeois@star-telegram.com Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted June 30, 2002 Posted June 30, 2002 :cry: who would do something like that? :cry: Quote
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