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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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Investigation underway after a llama found with shattered leg bones had to be euthanized

- Maryland, USA -


The Baltimore County Police Department's Cockeysville Precinct is investigating after a 22-year-old llama named Skippy was found beaten so badly that had to be euthanized.


On the morning of Sunday, September 11, 2022, Mrs. Holly Callahan-Kasmala went to check on her trio of llamas and two alpacas on her farm that she co-owns with her husband Pete, on Beckleysville Road in Millers.


Mrs. Callahan-Kasmala told CBS Baltimore that she found Skippy lying in an unusual spot and she immediately knew that something was wrong.

She explained: “Even from that distance, I could see the pulse in his neck. I could see how high his respiration was.”


The veterinarian who was called to the scene determined that Skippy had three broken legs, two of which had compound fractures. No bite or claw marks were found on Skippy’s body.

The vet humanely euthanized Skippy.

Mrs. Callahan-Kasmala believes a person or multiple people made their way onto the farm and broke Skippy’s legs intentionally. She did not find any signs of a predator entering the farm and said: “If a pack of coyotes or a bear had gone after him, there would be bites.”


According to The Baltimore Sun, Mrs. Callahan-Kasmala said “it appeared that human hands had unscrewed the screw eyes that secure stall guards inside the couple’s horse barn. She says she believes that either someone broke Skippy’s legs either as a deliberate act of cruelty, or a group of intoxicated young people decided to beat up the llama.”


An extremely emotional Mrs. Callahan-Kasmala said: “He dragged himself to the barn with broken legs, essentially. The thing that haunts me is that this happened during the night and I didn't find him until the next morning, and he suffered with this all night. I don't understand how anyone could do that to an animal and then leave them there in agony. No one deserves that.”

She added that Skippy was a rescue and she had had him for 18 years.

“He took care of the alpacas. He was like their uncle. They're very upset, they're traumatized and they do look for him, they call for him… It's extremely, it's heartbreaking,” she also said.


If you have any information about this barbaric crime, please contact the Baltimore County Police Department's Cockeysville Precinct at (410) - 877 - 1820. Thank you!


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RICHARD LEE BORTZ JR. arrested for viciously hitting a seagull with a PVC pole

- Maryland, USA -


The Ocean City Police Department said that 64-years-old RICHARD LEE BORTZ JR. (pictured) is facing animal cruelty charges for viciously striking an innocent seagull who had to be euthanized as a result of injuries sustained to the joint area of his/her right wing.


Two witnesses saw BORTZ strike the bird flying by near the Fontainebleau Resort at 10100 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, and alerted the police.


Police said BORTZ used a 10-foot long PVC pole to savagely beat the seagull and then broke the bird's neck. The VOICELESS VICTIM inevitably hit the ground and at that point BORTZ picked him/her up and discarded him/her into a dumpster.


Responding officers found the seagull and called in Animal Control.

Responding ACO Wisnieski reached out to a bird rehabilitation facility, but sadly, due to the severity and nature of the injuries, the seagull had to be euthanized.


Police then spoke to witnesses.

As BORTZ started walking toward officers, witnesses identified him as the suspect.

According to official documents obtained by Voice For Us, when officers asked him about the incident, BORTZ claimed he did not know anything about what happened but said birds fly into dumpsters regularly.


A nearby surveillance camera recorded the incident and officers were able to view the footage.


According to police, the video shows BORTZ walking into a nearby building at approximately 8:45 a.m. and exiting with the PVC pipe, which was nearly three feet taller than BORTZ whose height is 5’8’’. The footage goes on to show a seagull flying into and out of camera view before being seen lying on the ground in a puddle. BORTZ then can be seen walking back into the building, returning the pipe, and walking back out.


OCPD Officer Patrick Schob arrested BORTZ, of Willards, on May 15, and charged him with one Felony count of aggravated animal cruelty and two Misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty. BORTZ was transported to the Ocean City Public Safety Building and was released on his own recognizance.

Online court records show BORTZ’s trial is scheduled to take place at Worcester District Court on June 24, 2022, at 09:00 a.m.


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