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Source: aspca.org
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Thanks to the diligence of the ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement (HLE) department, justice will finally be served to the man who allegedly threw his ex-girlfriend's small dog to her death. The incident occurred on September 14, 2007-a year ago this week.
On that day, Farah Benoit returned to the Brooklyn apartment she had shared with former boyfriend Sherman Haynes to collect her belongings, including her three-year-old shih tzu, Zahara. Haynes would not allow Benoit into the building and began tossing her possessions-includin
Benoit rushed Zahara to Manhattan's Animal Medical Center, but with multiple broken legs, collapsed lungs and internal bleeding from the impact, the 15-pound dog soon succumbed to her injuries.
Haynes fled, and for a year avoided both the NYPD and HLE investigators seeking to question him. However, HLE continued to work the case, striving to pinpoint Haynes's location. His use of a social networking website, plus information from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, ultimately led ASPCA Special Agent Peter Rivas to the door of Haynes's new Manhattan apartment, where he was arrested on September 5, 2008.
Haynes was arraigned the following Friday and charged with aggravated animal cruelty, a felony. He also was charged with reckless endangerment, reckless endangerment of property, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal mischief. The NYPD slapped him with an additional charge of aggravated harassment for an unrelated incident. Haynes, 27, faces up to seven years in prison for the combined charges.
"This case is another sad example of a pet being used as a pawn for revenge in a domestic violence situation," says Joseph Pentangelo, Assistant Director, ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement. "We see this all too often. I urge anyone leaving an abusive relationship to take their pets with them or place them, at least temporarily, with family or friends. Do not leave them behind, where they become easy targets."
In an effort to address the high incidence of pets being harmed in domestic violence disputes, about a dozen states-including New York-have passed laws allowing pets to be included in orders of protection...." aspca.org
what the hell is wrong with people? so much anger and hate..
I still think that they should be treated as badly as they do animals or others
I appreciate all of you rating this as jackass. It makes me wonder if you are as heartless as he was
THe guy is a fucking jackass, he doesn't deserve an oscar. Or have I been misunderstanding the whole rating system here on Zoorag???
i say we throw this guy out of one of the windows towards the top of the Empire State building.
Well what the hell are we waiting for then, let's light this fucker up!!!!!
wow.... sloppy cut and paste, I'm not understanding why there's ads and unrelated BS at the top of this...
The article came from the ASPCA, so the article posted needed to have their info in it!
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I think people that do stuff like this deserve at least what they did to the animal, if not more