TERRANCE FEAIRS saw his dog getting emaciated day after day and did not care to seek veterinary care

- Nebraska, USA -

On February 26, 2023, TERRANCE FEAIRS, of Omaha, called the Nebraska Humane Society about euthanizing his 3-year-old dog.

Steve Glandt, Nebraska Humane Society vice president of field operations, told 6 News that following the call, an NHS Animal Control officer went to FEAIRS’ home and when he saw the dog, he thought the dog was deceased.

The furbaby was alive but the ACO in his report described the dog as a “skeleton with skin draped on it.”

The dog was evidently extremely emaciated and had numerous sores over his/her body.

The ACO reported that the poor dog was confined to a restricted area where he/she would eat, sleep, defecate, and urinate and called the living conditions “deplorable.”

FEAIRS told the ACO that he had bought the dog approximately three years ago and that he/she had been in very poor health for a year and a half. FEAIRS admitted that he had not taken the dog to the vet. FEAIRS couldn’t care less about the poor dog whom he did not even name!

Furthermore, when the ACO asked him the gender of the dog, FEAIRS said he had to check!

The ACO rushed the dog to the Nebraska Humane Society for emergency care and it was determined that he/she had developed sepsis after digesting foreign bodies and was suffering many other conditions that would not allow for recovery. Sadly, the decision was made to euthanize the innocent voiceless victim.

FEAIRS was cited for cruelty to animals, for not having a pet license or proof of the dog’s vaccination, and for public nuisance due to unsanitary conditions.

6 News reports that “After the Humane Society reviewed the case, the cruelty charge was upgraded to a Class 4 felony: animal neglect or cruelty resulting in injury or death.”

Mr. Glandt said in an email to 6 News: “This case depicts a person that should never have owned an animal; someone that left a pet who is solely dependent on him to suffer through unimaginable conditions.”

On the afternoon of Thursday, March 23, 2023, FEAIRS appeared in Douglas County Court and was released on his own recognizance on the condition that he is not allowed to have any animals at his home.

FEAIRS’ preliminary hearing is scheduled to take place on April 24, 2023.

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ZACHARY JAY ROBERTS convicted of animal cruelty for neglect and abuse of dogs – One of them died

- California, USA -

The Napa County District Attorney’s Office has announced that on June 2, 2022, following a three-day jury trial presided over by Judge Francisca Tisher, in Department One of the Napa County Superior Court, 38-years-old ZACHARY JAY ROBERTS has been convicted of two Felony crimes of animal cruelty.

According to a press release by the DA’s Office, “The jury also found that the crimes involved great violence, great bodily harm, or other acts disclosing a high degree of cruelty, viciousness, or callousness and that the crimes were inflicted upon particularly vulnerable victims.”

As indicated in the release, ROBERTS’ convictions stem from his “prolonged neglect and abuse” of his dogs Avery and Princess.

ROBERTS was acquitted of animal cruelty related to a third dog.

On January 17, 2020, Princess, a 1-year-old Chihuahua was found deceased. She was “emaciated and undernourished.” Avery, a 1-year-old Pitbull mix was found alive but also “emaciated and undernourished.” Avery was in critical condition, said the DA’s Office.

The furbabies were found with ROBERTS “by a local registered veterinary technician who regularly performed community outreach”, according to the release.

The release goes on to say that “In addition to their poor body conditions, both dogs suffered additional signs of neglect including grossly overgrown nails and coats covered in urine and feces. Avery was treated on an emergency basis at a Napa veterinary hospital, where she stayed as in-patient for approximately one week. Avery’s treating veterinary believed that Avery would have passed away if she had been rescued any later.”

ROBERTS claimed that Princess and Avery would not eat the food he had available for them. However, medical evaluations of the furbabies and additional evidence presented to the jury proved otherwise.

Napa County Deputy District Attorney Taryn Hunter who prosecuted the case said: “Although Avery and Princess could not tell us what happened to them, the extent of their conditions made clear that they had suffered at the hands of Mr. Roberts for far too long. I am grateful for the community that came together to save Avery, and for the jury’s verdicts in this egregious case of cruelty.”

Avery made a full recovery and she was later adopted by a Napa family.

I have emailed Assistant District Attorney Paul Gero to inquire about the third dog in the case for whom ROBERTS was acquitted. If I receive a response, I will post an update.

Those of you who know Voice For Us, know that it is my priority to expose animal cruelty and those who commit it.

With this in mind, I disagree with law enforcement agencies not releasing mugshots of those arrested, convicted, and/or sentenced for animal cruelty, and wish to express my disappointment.

Voice For Us firmly believes that by not making public animal abusers’ full information and booking photographs, the WRONG PARTY is being protected!

ZACHARY JAY ROBERTS, of Napa, and whose date of birth was NOT disclosed by the Napa County Superior Court, is scheduled to be sentenced on June 30, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. in Department One of the Napa County Superior Court.

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Additional Sources:

The Press Democrat – June 7, 2022

Napa Valley Register – June 10, 2022