Andrea Rosebrock 
Stories like this and people like this just make me sick! Rather than to try to find any options or talk to the humane society, William Jenkins, 44, of Fort Myers, FL, decided to brutally bludgeon his dog to death because he “couldn’t afford the surrender fee.”
Jenkins actually took the dog to the Gulf Coast Humane Society in Fort Myers but when asked to wait during the intake, he left. The last anyone saw the dog alive, he was in the front seat of Jenkins’ vehicle.
“He was hanging out of the window like a normal dog – tongue waving in the breeze and ears flapping,” said Aimee LaLonde, a shelter employee.
The next thing witnesses saw was Jenkins taking the dog into the wood, just a couple hundred yards down the road from the shelter, where he would have had a chance. When Jenkins game out of the woods, he was alone. He’d beaten the dog to death and buried its body in a shallow grave.
William Jenkins Brutally Killed Dog
When police questioned him, he said that he didn’t have the $50 surrender fee.
LaLonde said that it never would have been a problem, he didn’t have to kill the dog to avoid paying the surrender fee.
“In dire situations where people tell us there’s no other choice and they don’t have the money, what else can they do? We will take the animal because that’s the humane thing to do,” said LaLonde.
So now, for the want of $50…. and a heart, Jenkins was arrested on charges of felony animal abuse.
I honestly feel bad for anyone put in a situation where they can no longer keep their pets but there is never an excuse to do what William Jenkins did! NEVER!! If you love a pet, you could never resort to such cruel brutality, you would find a way to give them a chance.
What a sadistic piece of TRASH! On the sheriffs page…
http://www.sheriffleefl.org/about/jaildetention/arrestbk.aspx?id=255972&bk=535850
…he’s been released on bond. *GAD* I SO much want to be a judge in my next life.
Stories like this make me sick to my stomach as well as break by heart. Animals provide us so much love, how can a person be so sick as to do such horrible things. I’ll never understand.
What low-life scum. He even looks like a thug, and not a very smart one at that.
Someone needs to take him into the woods.
Bull shit I know this man and believe me he had the money I mean come on he work for The city of Ft. Myers..
Another low life …ok I’m ready to move to the woods and take all the dogs that can with me … This low life needs to pay too …. what is going with people ??
Abusers should be afraid of the blogging community. Obviously, FTLOTD has reached across the USA. (If “P” really knows this man.)
The worst retribution will go to the *young* abusers. Oh lets say 20 years from now some company googles the name of an applicant accused and/or convicted of animal cruelty. All of the reports and discussions show up??? Hmmmm????? Gee, they could of gotten that sweet programming job at 50K starting, but, all they got was “We don’t think you are a good fit for this company”. The Internet is the Karma of the 21st Century.
AIR, what a wonderful thought!!! Guess what goes around really does come around! **evil grin** Thanks for giving me something to smile about.
Looks to me like he hasn’t missed a meal….and if he does have the money he probably can’t count that high to know if he had enough!!! What a cruel stupid dumb ass!!!!