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KEVIN PROULX arrested for starving his dogs – One puppy was found deceased

- Florida, USA -


The DeLand Police Department announced the arrest of 55-years-old KEVIN PROULX (pictured) on felony animal cruelty charges.


On June 16, 2023, police responded to PROULX’s home on 406 Pursley Drive for a well-being check after a report of dogs barking.

Upon arrival, responding officer Watts saw two dogs in the front yard of the residence. According to a criminal complaint, the dogs were barking and appeared to be scared. Officer Watts knocked on the door in an attempt to make contact with the homeowner but no one answered. She said a dog was inside the property and was barking. As officer Watts walked to the side of the home, she found a hound mix puppy lying under the opening of an air conditioning pipe that dripped water. Sadly, the 9-month-old puppy was deceased. Officer Watts reported that the puppy “was very skinny” and his/her mouth was under the opening of the pipe as if he/she was “attempting to catch the water and then passed away.”


Officer Watts then went into the backyard of a neighbor so that she could look into PROULX’s backyard and saw three more dogs. Two of them were in the yard and the other one was inside the property.

All five dogs were very skinny and there was no food or water in the backyard.


After several attempts to knock on the door, PROULX “stumbled out of the garage with feces on his feet”, stated the complaint. Officer Watts reported that PROULX “advised he was having a heart attack and wanted to go to the hospital.”


DeLand Animal Control and Volusia County Animal Control responded to the scene to help catch the dogs.

Animal Control Officers estimated that weeks or even months’ worth of feces was in the residence.


In the criminal complaint the dogs were identified as:

A brown and white female German Shorthair Pointer approximately 2-3 years old named Kiara.

A male gray Weimaraner approximately 3-4 years old named Ghost.

Three hound mix puppies, approximately 9 months old, two males and a female.

All five dogs were transported to the DeLand Police Department’s kennel while the deceased puppy was taken to the DeLand Animal Hospital.


Officer Watts did a walk-through the residence to make sure there were no other dogs and found trash all over the place, “empty bottles of liquor”, and feces and urine indicating that the dogs were not being let out to go potty. There was no food or water inside the home and the residence was “trashed from the dogs tearing everything apart from being stuck inside.”


Officer Watts then went to the hospital to talk to PROULX about his dogs and he “advised he would willingly surrender all of his dogs to the DeLand Police Department.”


If the scum had done this sooner, the pup who was found deceased could have been saved!!!!


At that point Officer Watts read PROULX his Miranda rights.


On June 20, 2023, DeLand Animal Control Officer Fiore took Kiara, Ghost, and the three puppies to the DeLand Animal Hospital for checkups.


Results showed that Ghost’s body condition score was 3 out of 9 with prominent ribs, spine, and hip bones, and moderate muscle loss. Ghost weighed only 59 pounds.


Kiara’s body condition score was “3/9 but borderline 2/9”. Kiara had calculus and enlarged nipples consistent with a prior pregnancy. Kiara weighed only 37pounds.


The three live puppies were all underweight. Their hip and spine bones were showing, as were their ribs. Vets also reported almost complete lack of body fat.


As for the deceased puppy, the criminal complaint stated that he/she “was presented dead on arrival. Necropsy was not an option due to elapsed time from death.”


The medical report determined that the dogs were in the condition they were in due to lack of proper nutrition and water. “The condition was chronic in nature. The dogs’ necessary care, both feeding and otherwise, was neglected.”


PROULX was arrested on Thursday, July 6, 2023, and booked into the Volusia County Correction Center on six counts of felony animal cruelty.

Online records show this filthy drunk was released the same day after posting bond.


His arraignment scheduled for July 7, 2023, was cancelled and PROULX is slated to be in court on July 27, 2023, at 1:30 p.m.


Police said Kiara, Ghost, and the three puppies were taken in by the Florida Pointer Rescue.


PROULX said the puppies did not have names, so I took the liberty of naming the deceased furbaby Tulip for the tribute image.


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PROULX’s mugshot shared from the DeLand Police Department.


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Teenager arrested after being caught on video brutally abusing his dog unable to fight back

- Florida, USA -


A resident of Covington Drive in Deltona, captured on their security camera the incomprehensible abuse inflicted on a defenseless dog by a teenager.


Thankfully, the resident passed the footage onto Deltona Animal Control and the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office was able to arrest the 17-year-old male who can be seen in the video savagely attacking the dog unable to fight back.


According to a press release by the sheriff’s office, the video, timestamped the night of Tuesday, March 14, 2023, showed the male going into a neighbor’s yard to retrieve his dog after he/she ran away. “He picked up the dog by the neck and carried it back toward his house, where he lifted it in the air and slammed it to the ground. He straddled the dog, began punching it in the face and head again and again, then grabbed its head and slammed it into the ground multiple times. The video footage was accompanied by audio, which recorded the dog yelping during the abuse,” stated the release.


Deltona Animal Control took custody of the dog and took him/her to a local animal hospital for examination.


Deputies arrested the unnamed teenager and charged with aggravated animal cruelty. He was transported to the Family Resource Center for processing his charge. Following processing, he was released to his grandmother’s custody by the Department of Juvenile Justice.


The sheriff’s office said that “The defendant’s grandmother confirmed she witnessed the incident and informed deputies she told her grandson to stop hurting the dog. She said she disciplined her grandson after the incident.”


Note below in the gallery how the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office addressed the post: “*Warning to animal lovers: This post describes a felony animal abuse case*”, as if crime has a selective audience and animal cruelty should only interest those who love animals!


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JUSTIN WESLEY GALE arrested for striking a defenseless cat to death with a bat

Updated: Sep 20, 2022

- Florida, USA -



~ Update: September 20, 2022


The lifeless body of the cat murdered by JUSTIN WESLEY GALE (pictured) was sent to the Cornell University Animal Health Diagnostic Center for necropsy and I am now in possession of the results.


I was also kindly provided with pictures of the furbaby and the one I have published shows him laying on his left side. The hair coat is saturated in blood from the head to the right shoulder, and along the right front leg.


According to necropsy findings, the cat was a neutered adult male, domestic shorthair cat positive to a microchip and identified as Graywolf.


Graywolf was found to be in very thin-to-emaciated condition, having numerous skull fractures due to blunt force trauma, chronic bite wound abscesses to the back legs and genitalia due to suspected intern-animal aggression, and to have chronically fractured ribs from blunt force trauma. Graywolf ‘s thin body scored 2 out of 9 on the Purina Scale, weighing 5.7 pounds.


The following is the conclusion of the necropsy report:


“Graywolf had at least one significant blunt force blow to the head based on the severity of fractures, number of fractures, type of fractures, and associated bruising…. The blunt force trauma to the head was severe enough to cause the rupture of a blood vessels with subsequent blood pooling between the frontal bone and the brain. This pooling of blood increased pressure on the brain and caused additional trauma. The degree of injury would have caused Graywolf to

experience immediate severe pain due to the combination of suffering from a traumatic brain injury and numerous broken bones in the skull. He survived for an unknown period. In the absence of any lung contusions (bruises), the source of the blood in his trachea was the result of inhaling a large volume of blood from his numerous skull fractures. Additionally, his lungs were noted to have emphysema (inflation of the air sacs within the lungs), which is consistent with a labored breathing. This condition may be due to his inability to breath with the volume of blood in his airways. Graywolf’s pain was initiated with the first act of blunt force trauma and persisted until the time of his death or possible loss of consciousness. The cause of his death is due to blunt force trauma to his head and exsanguination (blood loss). The manner of Graywolf’s death is non-accidental,” stated the report.


In addition to Graywolf’s acute (sudden) blunt force injuries, he has evidence of chronic

(previous) blunt force injuries to his thorax (chest) based on the healing fractures to some of his right ribs. His rib fractures are the result of powerful blunt impact to his chest.


As explained in the report: “Animals that are the victim of motor vehicle accidents (hit by a car) are likely to experience rib fractures in clusters, on one side the chest (right or left), and have a pattern that the rib fractures occur in the cranial ribs (ribs closest head). Non-accidental injuries can also result in rib fractures, of which, the pattern most often occurs bilaterally (on both the left and right sides) and with no pattern. Additionally, the distribution and the number of rib fractures that Graywolf suggestive of non-accidental trauma. The cause of Graywolf’s rib fractures is unknown at this time …. Additional information (such as the housing conditions of Graywolf e.g., indoor vs. outdoor, age of rib fractures) may provide further insight into the cause of his condition.”


Regardless of the cause of Graywolf’s rib fractures, the fractures caused him pain at the time of blunt force trauma occurred and for several weeks after. The ribs are designed to move when the chest expands, small movements including breathing and postural changes caused him pain. Due to poor radiographic positioning, a timeline of the ribs is not possible at this time ... There is evidence of previous injury to his heart, is unknown if this is due to a chronic heart condition or related to an episode of previous blunt force trauma to his chest.


Lastly, Graywolf experienced bite abscesses (chronic infection) to his genitalia, inner back legs, and his left hind foot due to bite wounds form inter-animal aggression. There appears to be no evidence of veterinary care being provided based on the severe and extensive infection and lack of the area being shaved. These injuries would have caused him to experience pain at the time of the injury and to experience residual pain with any movement of his back legs until the time of his death.


Based on the number of injuries, nature of injuries (fractures), the extensive distribution over his body and more than one traumatic event, this cat's injuries are consistent with non-accidental trauma. His rib fractures and his skull fractures indicate that this cat experienced at minimum, 2 traumatic episodes (occurring at different points in time). These traumatic injuries are classified as occurring antemortem (before death).





~ Update: August 1, 2022


I have heard back from the State Attorney’s Office 7th Circuit after I had inquired about the cat’s age, gender, breed, and name.

I was told in an email that “The cat was sent off for a Necropsy right away so I do not see the information you are requesting on the reports I am looking at. I assume once we get the necropsy back, most if not all of that information will be available.”





~ Update: July 28, 2022


Court records show that GALE was arraigned on July 26, 2022.

The Office of the State Attorney R.J. Larizza – 7th Judicial Circuit kindly responded to my email and told me that GALE pleaded not guilty to the charges.


GALE is due back in court on September 8, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. for a pre-trial.

Online records further show that GALE is still in custody.


Updates will be published as they become available.





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Port Orange Police arrested 28-year-old JUSTIN WESLEY GALE (pictured) for beating a defenseless cat to death.


According to charging documents obtained by Voice For Us, on the early morning of Tuesday, July 5, an officer responded to 125 Niver Street after receiving an animal cruelty complaint.

Upon arrival, the officer made contact with the reporting party, Matthew, who said that while

riding his bike with a friend he saw a male and a female standing outside a residence on Taylor Avenue, and the male was hitting a cat with an approximately eighteen-inch-long bat.

The male hitting the defenseless cat was GALE. The affidavit identified the female as SONJA.

Matthew went on to say that after beating the cat, GALE then walked to the other side of the street and threw the furbaby “down an embankment of a creek while the cat was wrapped up in a jacket or bag.” After tossing the furbaby, GALE walked back to the residence and Matthew could hear the cat crying out.

According to Matthew, the female told GALE to “put the cat out of its misery” so GALE walked back to where he had tossed the furbaby and struck him/her “three more times with the bat.”

Afterwards, GALE and the female left on bicycles heading eastbound on Niver Street towards Ridgewood Avenue.


Matthew went home and alerted the authorities and to the responding officer he showed where the incident took place.


In the report, the officer wrote that at a residence on 5402 Taylor Avenue, in the carport under the awning on the concrete pad, he found an approximately “eighteen inch long bat with blood on the top quarter, and four blood droplets, in the grass north of the concrete pad was a white tank-top that was covered in blood.”

The officer further reported that “across the street, located on the embankment next to the creek, was what appeared to be a cheetah print jacket wrapped around a cat that was bloodied and appeared to have been battered.”


The officer then knocked on the door of the residence and spoke with the homeowner, Victor Gulle. He told the officer that GALE was his friend and that GALE and SONJA “were outside of his house earlier, however, he was sleeping and did not see or hear anything.”

Gulle also told the officer that he believed GALE and his girlfriend were heading to 5827 Ridgewood Avenue.


After the officer secured all the evidence, animal control was contacted and officers took custody of the lifeless cat body.


When detectives located GALE, he denied being at Gulle’s home and being in contact with a cat. During an authorized show-up, referring to GALE, Matthew stated that “that is most definitely him” as the subject who he witnessed hitting the cat with a bat.


GALE was placed under arrest for “animal cruelty-intentional cause cruel death and unlawful disposal of a dead domestic animal.”

The filthy murderer was transported to the Volusia County Jail where he is being held on a $3,000 bond.

Online court records show GALE’s arraignment has been scheduled for July 26, 2022, at 8:30 a.m.


Charging documents do not mention whether SONJA will be also charged in this case and whether Matthew tried to intervene to rescue the cat or he just stood there and watched the beating unfold.


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