- Louisiana, USA -
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of 27-years-old CHRISTOPHER DEVONOLLIE JACKSON after he left his dog outside in the heat resulting in the senseless and preventable death of the furbaby.
In a press release the sheriff’s office said on Saturday, June 18, at approximately 3:00 p.m., deputies were dispatched to a residence in the 1500 block of Jasmine Street in Mandeville after a neighbor called about a dog being left out in the heat.
Upon arrival, STPSO deputies found the dog deceased.
According to the press release, the dog was “tethered in the yard without water, shade, food or a shelter of any kind”, and the heat index at the time was 114 degrees.
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office told me in an email that the furbaby was a female Pitbull and she had been recently adopted from a shelter.
JACKSON was taken into custody and booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center on one felony count of animal cruelty.
St. Tammany Parish Animal Services staff took custody of the VOICELESS VICTIM.
Despite numerous campaigns aimed to educate furparents on how to help their furbabies cope with the different kinds of weather, there are still selfish, heartless, soulless, irresponsible, and careless people who think that the death of an animal is not a big deal!
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith sent out his own appeal and said: “It is extremely hot outside. I plead to all pet owners to please make sure your pets have adequate water, food and some place to go to stay cool. Our pets cannot tell us when they are hot or when they are thirsty. They rely on us to care for them, and in this case this man failed to provide the bare minimum and his dog died as a result.”
I have emailed the sheriff’s office and requested additional information about the furbaby.
If they respond I will post an update.
Online arrest records show this lowlife is still in custody where I am sure he’s been given water, food, and shade!
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I wager the author is 100% correct that this lowlife is not being abused the same way he did this precious soul! Too bad, maybe a taste of their own medicine would change these schmucks into decent humans. RIP PRECIOUS SOUL