Andrea Rosebrock 
A Port St. Lucie, FL man, Napoleon Zarah Davis, 31, has been charged with felony animal cruelty after a pitbull he had tied in the back of his pickup truck on a 15 foot leash was dragged for almost two miles after she jumped out. Davis, who is listed as homeless but was staying with a brother, was taking the dog, who has been named Holly by the staff at Animal Hospital of West Port St. Lucie, to the humane society on Monday morning after family members would no longer care for her.
Said Tom Nichols, public information officer with the Port St. Lucie Police Department, instead of putting her safely in the cab of the truck because it “was full of stuff, and rather than clean it up and put the dog up there where it belonged, he put it in the back (of the truck),” tying the dog to a post in the truck bed with a 15-foot leash.
Holly jumped out of the truck and despite attempts by witnesses to flag down the truck, it just kept going for almost 2 miles until other people finally managed to get Davis to stop.
By then, Holly, who had desperately tried to run and keep up with the truck, was in pretty bad shape, the worst injuries to her feet with looked like ground beef.
“She’s in pretty rough shape,” Dr. Leonard Fox, a veterinarian at the clinic, said of Holly. “She has road rash everywhere; and treating road rash is like treating a burn victim. You can’t stitch the wounds together. She’ll have to have her bandages changed every two to three days for a month. She was dragged so long on her back legs that what you might call her big toes were worn down to the bone.”
On Tuesday morning, Holly had two toes amputated because the bones in her big toes were worn down to the bone. She may require additional surgeries as well.
Davis bonded out of jail on Monday and said that he didn’t know that the dog jumped out of the truck.
Holly will be treated and recuperate at the Animal Hospital of West Port St. Lucie where much of her care is being donated free of charge by Dr. Leonard Fox and the staff but it will still cost $1,000-$1,500 for treatment.
“It’s really touching,” David Robertson, operations manager at the Humane Society of St. Lucie County said. “The phone (at the Fort Pierce animal shelter) has been ringing off the hook with people offering to help, saying they’re praying for Holly or just sending their best wishes.”
The Humane Society of St. Lucie County has begun proceedings to get custody of Holly but Robertson says that the ultimate cost could be much higher by the time the year-old pit bull mix goes through treatment at the clinic, recovery at a foster home and is, he hopes, “available for adoption to a loving home.”
Please take a moment to ask for Justice for Holly by signing the petition below. Far too often we see animal cruelty charges dropped to almost nothing and abusers getting little more than a slap on the wrist. Negligence, if you class this as such, is still abuse and this cruelty and Holly’s suffering, could have and should have never happened!
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what a bastard
THEY NEED 2 DRAG THIS POND SCUM AS HE DRAGGED HOLLY…..THEN PUT HIM TO SLEEP….oops, sorry for the caps but i went in n signed this petition n sent it to friends begging them 2 sign….THEN~i got “caught” signing other petitions…..n I’M PISSED OFF!!!!ooop, i did it again…..k, i’m shuttin up now. i’m gonna go downstairs n hug alla my cats n alla my dogs, wipe my snotty nose from alla the sobbing i’ve been doing…….n have a nice hot cuppa tea n calm down. i really try NOT 2 go into this site so early……..i always, well, nearly always, end up sobbing n feeling awful the rest of the day……………this scum will get that usual slap….unless ‘we’ get a judge who cares n does something about this….alright, for real, i’m outa here…..love all of u
I hope they lock him up for a very long time.
Oh Mr. Davis, you rotten sob! When you take your dog in your vehicle, you make sure they are in a safe environment, buckled in just as you would a child! My boys each have their own comforter in the seats where they sit, and this moron puts him on a 15′ lead and puts him in the back of a truck? OMG, this man has no active brain cells whatsoever! Franc, you were too kind calling him a bastard, and Dru, I know, I want to go hug my boys too right now. Everyone at work is used to me with my makeup ruined from crying over animal abuse.
We must hope and pray that we get the right judge in this case. I want this buffoon to suffer; poor Holly had no choice suffering at this jerks hands.
D., please keep us posted on her condition. Such a sweet looking little girl.
Dragging would be too good for this pond scum. Let us hope and pray he gets everything coming to him, both in this life at the hands of man’s law and in the next life.
yes, im hoping that jerk will pay for what he had done, i believe he will get his bad karma
I agree with Franc, except I woul like to add “rotten POS”
P S I will gladly give this monster a “ride” to prison dragging him all the way at the end of a rope.
P P S Me, too Dru
It seems as though dragging and duct taping are the cruelty du jour these days. I just saw another bulletin on a precious dog found by the side of the road, skin and bones, with his mouth/nose and front legs duct taped together. Then the people who picked up said they were on their way home from HUNTING when they saw him, and thought if they ignored him it might happen again. So what did they do? Tried to find a shelter (which is Texas means a kill shelter) and when none were open, shoved that poor baby on the PORCH for the night. ARGH. They “don’t allow dogs in their house”…AFTER they left the duct tape on so the dog could pose for a picture!!
Now this with Holly. There are days I just want to hurt these subhumans. While I’m glad the duct taped dog was picked up, they plan to take him to a shelter Monday when one is open. Thank GOD Holly is in a safe and loving place.
Our justice system is so corrupt that it makes me sick. Nothing is EVER fair, especially when it comes to animals or honest people who can’t afford a “real” lawyer. (I know this because our oldest daughter was just railroaded on Tuesday as we sat helplessly by.) I hope this monster gets the book thrown at him.
Susie, my Sasha has her own special harness she wears in the car as well. It’s just like a small child – they need to be protected!
Lord give me strength. I’m ready to hurt somebody.
Bonnie, you are right, nothing is fair. The honest people are always the ones to suffer, and the rotten pos sub humans, get away with murder!!! I hope that whatever went on with your daughter is not too devastating. I will keep you and your family in my prayers.
You will get strength. We get it daily – just sometimes it does not seem that it is there when we need it. He never gives us more than we can handle Bonnie.
Thanks Susie. Sometimes I think maybe He gets so busy He forgets what He has given us, but then I find the strength again, and I know that He is there. Just too many terrible things crashing down all at once, but we’ll get through it. Your kindness is appreciated more than I can say.
ME too Bonnie was thinking that the other day as I made the shelter rounds looking for my girl, and watched people turning in their own pets…..at that moment thought better not put the car in gear while they are walking out.
As for the TX duct taped puppy I have had a couple of e-mails too on that. One of which indicates that someone had said they would take him, although not too sure how qualified they are as they talk about what a great Christmas gift he would be. I sent inquiry messages to the people listed, including the person stated who now had the puppy to see where he was and what was needed. Here’s hoping I hear back.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE…someone tie this POS LOOSER to the back of their pickup and drag him for a couple hundred miles until there is nothing left of him!!!
Man, can anymore of this slime crawl out of the wood work?
Loser scum bag from a loser family , the dog will get a better life
I agree with all of you…I only wish it would all stop. Probably only after we reach the other side. My blessings to all of Holly’s caregivers. Thank you for being Holly’s personal Angels. As far as the poor duct taped pup, I pray she/he will be rescued and taken care of with the love she/he so surely deserves….this makes me sick. Karma and the Lord will see that justice is done!