Andrea Rosebrock 
For more than 2 weeks the police have been after Juan Daniels, 20, of Montgomery, Alabama, for ‘allegedly‘ setting the family dog, dubbed ‘Louis Vuitton’ by Montgomery Humane Society workers, on fire, after chaining him to a tree and beating him with a shovel. And why did he do this? He was denied use of the family vehicle!
U.S. Marshals and Gulf Coast Regional Task Force members along with state and local authorities took the 20-year-old into custody at 8:45 Tuesday morning in Tuscaloosa and he will be returned to Montgomery to face felony animal cruelty charges.
Louis, still under vet care as he will be for some time to come, is recovering and in good spirits and despite the pain he is in is a tail wagger! He sustained severe burns to more than 60% of his body.
Louis received his name in recognition of a Mobile dog nicknamed “Gucci” after it survived being set afire in 1994. The Mobile case led to passage of Alabama’s “Gucci Law,” which made it a felony to torture a dog or cat. If convicted, Daniels could face up to 10 years in prison.
You can read a bit more about this case as well as check out two amazing and touching videos made by those taking care of Louis HERE
Source – News 4
hope he gets the full ten years….
we as citizens have to make it clear that we will not re-elect judges who do not give maximum sentences to those who hurt animals in any way….if judges are appointed then tell your state government the same…speak up people….
[...] that the cretin, Juan Daniels, who ‘alledgedly’ chained, beat and burned ‘Louis Vuitton’ is i…, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. But what about Louis, the horrifically beaten and burned pit [...]
Just kill him. If he do it to a dog, he can do it to a human. Just remove him from the gene pool and be done with it.
Is there some reason that for the majority of these horrific abuse crimes to these animals that this is a black race thing? I am not one to usually look at matters as race related or race period………… it is sad that any abuse to be put upon an animal other than to watch it suffer! These people who are guilty should be given the max sentence allowable and heavy fine also.
The bit about animal abuse being a “black race” thing was a really dumb thing to say. There is one race, the human race. Some of us are imbued with more humanity than others, however. I think Juan Daniels definitely has some serious psychological issues, but is he any more guilty than the (white) owners of puppy mills in the midwest, or the guys in the boardroom who make a fortune from the PMU farms? Or the owners of circuses or factory farms? I just think that when it’s one person who commits a horrible, inexplicable act of cruelty as he did, that these are the things that catch the eye of the press. What is important is to recognize, agree upon, and be actively involved in the movement to end cruelty to animals and make others see that it is unacceptable–aside from it being an indication of other problems in American society as a whole.
i think juan daniels should be put down… that evil thing he did is a sign of being a killer… besides if a dog attacks a human being, society wants them dead? animals are just following their instict..we should blame them! but for humans, we are intelligent enough to know what’s wrong or right, Juanl Daniel clearly knows that what he did was wrong! He should be the one tortured and killed!
Race shouldn’t even brought into this, black white whatever – this is about a dog who was lit on FIRE after it was beaten with a shovel because some brat punk couldn’t borrow a car. This is a huge problem in America, animal abuse, and it happens everyday by people of all races, colors, religions….. Juan Daniels deserves the same treatment that poor dog got!!!!
if that dog did die, I’d be writing in
I think the Maximum sentence allowable should be more then what it is on Animal Abuse, Juan Daniels i hope one day you stumble across this and read it because your lucky you got that nine years and six months in prison or i would round your ass up and beat you with a shovel and light your ass a fire with a Gallon of gasoline you piece of shit.