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Investigation underway after a dog was found lifeless hanging from a tree in Blue Valley Park

- Missouri, USA -


The Kansas City-based nonprofit KC Pet Project announced in a Facebook post that its Animal Services Division is investigating the death of a dog who was found hanging from a tree in Blue Valley Park near 23rd Street and Topping Avenue.


The nonprofit said that on Friday, June 10, its animal cruelty investigation team received a call reporting the gruesome discovery.


On the scene, officers found “a small black and tan dog laying partially inside a Goodwill shopping bag”, said KC Pet Project.

The furbaby had a rope tied around his snout and his head. Inside the bag was a small rag.


The shelter explained that officers recognized the dog from a picture of a missing dog posted on the Facebook Group “Lost and Found Pets of KC” on June 9.


The VOICELESS VICTIM was identified as Buddy, a 2-year-old terrier mix, and his guardian was Ms. Nancy Morgan.


Ms. Morgan, a great grandmother who lives in an apartment near the park, spoke with FOX 4.

She said the furbaby was named Buddy because he was her best friend. She got him as a puppy about three years ago and he’s always been there for her.

Ms. Morgan explained that she is diabetic and Buddy would alert the family to dips in insulin from diabetes and her falls.

“Any kind of problem I had, he was there with me, he barked, he raised the devil”, said Ms. Morgan.


FOX 4 reports that through a mix-up with family, Buddy was left tied up out back while Ms. Morgan was out to dinner. When she returned, she found out that Buddy was gone.


“I have no idea why someone would be that mean and do what they did with Buddy”, said a tearful and extremely emotional Ms. Morgan.


If you have any information about Buddy’s death, please do the right thing and speak up for the VOICELESS VICTIM.

Please call KC Pet Project’s Animal Services Division TIPS Hotline at 816-701-0101.

Alternatively, click here to file a report and reference animal cruelty case C06975838. You can remain anonymous. Thank you!


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JAMES DAYTON RUSSELL arrested after his young dog was left in a hot car resulting in his death

- Florida, USA -


On June 8, 2022, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno held a press conference to announce the arrest of 53-years-old JAMES DAYTON RUSSELL (pictured).



On Sunday, June 5, the sheriff’s office Animal Cruelty Task Force Central District Detectives and members of the Lee County Domestic Animal Services responded to a home on Morse Plaza in Fort Myers.


On the scene, they found a lifeless 1-year-old Doberman Pincher named Sinister.


Detectives learned that Sinister was left in an unattended car for over an hour and a half. The windows were up, the engine was off.


RUSSELL had gone to run errands leaving Sinister with no water, food, or ventilation.


If you have looked at the pictures before reading the story, you are probably wondering why Sinister was found out of the vehicle, laying in a pile of trash.


That’s because when RUSSELL finally decided to check on his dog, he found him dead, so he cruelly and heartlessly removed him from the car and just dumped him in a near trash pile in the front yard!

As Sheriff Marceno said: “Not once attempting to render it.”


It’s estimated that the vehicle Sinister was left in reached temperature of 130 degrees.


Sheriff Marceno said at the time of his team’s arrival, Sinister’s core temperature was over 106 degrees.


“It doesn’t take a genius to understand that this is an inhumane and disgusting thing to do to an animal”, said Sheriff Marceno.


RUSSELL was arrested on one count of aggravated animal cruelty and booked at the Lee County Jail.


Those of you who know Sheriff Marceno know that he refers to the county jail as the Marceno Motel and he rightfully said that RUSSELL has food, water, and air conditioning there, all things he deprived Sinister of!


Online arrest records show RUSSELL is no longer in custody.

His arraignment has been scheduled for July 11, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. in Lee County Circuit Court before Judge Margaret O. Steinbeck.


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NATIVIDAD PIZZARO charged for the death of her dog who suffered from starvation and frostbite

- Massachusetts, USA -


The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office announced that animal cruelty charges have now been filed against 37-years-old NATIVIDAD PIZZARO as a result of an investigation by the Law Enforcement Division of MSPCA-Angell into the death of PIZZARO’s dog.


According to a press release by Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden, on Wednesday, June 8, 20220, PIZZARO was arraigned in the Roxbury Division of Boston Municipal Court where Judge Kenneth Fiandaca released her on her personal recognizance and ordered her not to own or work with animals.


As the press release indicated, the animal cruelty charge PIZZARO is facing stems from the February death of her dog, who suffered from frostbite and severe emaciation.


On February 2, 2022, a veterinarian at Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston alerted the Law Enforcement Division of the Massachusetts SPCA to a 6-year-old female Pitbull-type dog brought to the center.

The furbaby, named Beauty, was lifeless, and PIZZARO requested that she be cremated.


Beauty “had severe muscle wasting, was covered with mud and feces, had ulceration between her toes, and was matted with wet coat hair”, said Suffolk DA Hayden.


A necropsy was performed on Beauty and the report concluded that ”inadequate access to food (starvation) is likely” and that the “peripheral distribution of lesions (paw pad, tail, and ear tip skin), environmental conditions (death within days of severe winter weather), and emaciated body condition resulting in inadequate thermoregulation best support the clinical suspicion of frostbite.”


Judge Fiandaca ordered PIZZARO back to court on August 18, 2022, for a pretrial hearing.


Suffolk DA Hayden said: “We have laws that protect people and laws that protect animals. Just as caring for children or elders comes with responsibilities, so does caring for pets. When people can’t, or won’t, meet the responsibilities of pet ownership we get heartbreaking outcomes like this.”


To Suffolk DA Hayden’s statement, I want to add this:

The punishments and sentences handed down to those who harm or kill humans are far stricter than sentences handed down to animal abusers. I yet have to see an animal abuser that serves 25-30 years or life for killing an innocent animal!

So, just as caring for people and animals involve responsibility, let’s make sure that not caring for BOTH OF THEM leads to the same serious punishment!


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