- North Carolina, USA -
Following an investigation by PETA into the abuse of several dogs on a property on Governor’s Road, Windsor, the Bertie County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 58-years-old CHERELLE M. ASKEW.
On June 22, ASKEW was issued three criminal summons charging her with seven MISDEMEANOR counts of cruelty to animals.
In a press release PETA said that the charges stem from ASKEW’s “prolonged neglect of seven dogs she kept chained outdoors, at least one of whom, a young black pit bull named Minnie, died.”
According to PETA, on February 15, its fieldworkers found Minnie’s skeletal remains, still chained, inside her doghouse. A necropsy revealed that Minnie had died of “starvation and extreme neglect.”
The other dogs on the property, Buddy, Duchess, Duke, Nala, Sandy, and Zeus were kept chained in filthy conditions.
PETA also said that Buddy, a Chihuahua, was given to the organization in August 2021.
From PETA’s press release, it appears that ASKEW was “repeatedly educated” about how to care for these innocent and helpless lives. It is unclear, however, why it took months to remove the dogs resulting also in Minnie’s death.
The organization said: “PETA’s fieldworkers consistently found them and Minnie malnourished and neglected, even though they had repeatedly educated Askew about the dogs’ basic needs and provided her with free food, doghouses, flea and flystrike prevention, cable tie-outs and collars to replace heavy chains and painful choke collars, spay/neuter services, and more. After months of pleading and urging by PETA, the Bertie County Sheriff’s Office finally removed four surviving dogs: Zeus (whose ears are freshly injured and permanently disfigured from years of flystrike), Duke, Sandy, and Duchess. Nala’s status and whereabouts are unknown.”
So, the aftermath of pleading for months is, one dead dog, one missing dog, and one “permanently disfigured” dog!
“PETA is urging Bertie County officials to ban 24/7 tethering of dogs, which is the best way to help ensure that no other animals suffer as these dogs did,” said PETA.
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Why was this monster given so many chances which resulted in the death of Minnie & the horrific injuries to others?! Does this county even care?!