- Georgia, USA -
A grand jury is moving forward with animal cruelty charges against 36-years-old MICHAEL ALEXANDER MCCALISTER (pictured), accused of shooting his neighbor’s dog and burying him in his backyard. McDuffie County Georgia Superior Court tells me that MCCALISTER’s case was presented to the grand jury on Monday, December 12, 2022, and he was indicted for the charge of aggravated cruelty to animals.
The murder of the furbaby, a 9-year-old white Great Pyrenees named Larry, took place in December 2021.
Larry was a family dog who had been rescued by the non-profit 2 Hands Saving 4 Paws Humane Society Inc.
WRDW/WAGT reports that that Maria Elena Salvaggio, director of 2 Hands Saving 4 Paws Humane Society Inc, said Larry disappeared on December 19, 2021, and they searched 54 acres looking for him. “Could not find him all day long,” she said.
After several hours, the family was notified that MCCALISTER had found Larry and said he thought the furbaby had been hit by a car.
Ms. Salvaggio said: “He believed that Larry was injured and was calling around for vets and said that he couldn’t get any help.” A police report stated that a local vet told MCCALISTER to bring Larry in, but MCCALISTER did not!
MCCALISTER told police and Larry’s family he took Larry back to where he found him but police said that was not true!
MCCALISTER’s neighbor said that at around 5:30 p.m., she had heard gunshots coming from MCCALISTER’s backyard. Police eventually found a hole in MCCALISTER’s backyard and discovered that Larry had been shot and placed inside a box before being buried.
Ms. Salvaggio said: “It’s a vision that I’ll never forget. It’s not the way I wanted to remember Larry.”
A necropsy performed on Larry showed that he did not have any broken bones or injured organs.
According to online records, the McDuffie County Sheriff’s Office arrested the filthy murderer on February 24, 2022.
McDuffie County Georgia Superior Court’s clerk further told me that MCCALISTER’s next arraignment is scheduled for June 1, 2023.
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Some of Larry’s pictures were shared from Maria Elena Salvaggio’s Facebook profile.
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This is beyond cruel, it is sadistic, & unfortunately there are a lot of people like this slob who choose to shoot dogs before ever trying to help locate their guardians or call someone to come get them. I live rurally for over 30y & every new ‘city’ person that moves out here complains there are stray dog(s) running loose. The go-to solution is by some of these sadists is ‘we live in the country, shoot ’em’ to which we always NO! My dogs are all drop-offs. Especially around Christmas. They get a puppy so the ‘old one’ has to go. Hence they drop them off & leave these poor babies to ‘find a new home’. So many end up…