Andrea Rosebrock 
Last week, in Beaumont, Texas, police officers were called to a home on a report of a dead dog. This is what they found:
A dead dog with a collar tied to a chain. It wasn’t rocket science to see it suffered from starvation. According to their investigation, the owners had moved several weeks ago and left the dog behind. The cause of death was later confirmed by a necropsy report.
The owner of the dead dog said she had moved from the home in June but returned to feed and water the dog every day.
Oh yeah, if you believe that I can sell you the Brooklyn Bridge. Do not insult our intelligence Ms. Owner of the “dead dog that you fed everyday”. You are so full of crap. You left the dog to starve. That is not a picture of a hungry dog; it is the picture of a dead dog – dead by your negligence. If you couldn’t take the dog with you there were alternatives; a shelter, a rescue, the neighbors…family…friends…another rescue…another shelter… Anything, but this.
What really hurts is that she could get a Felony Animal Cruelty charge but the police plan to file a misdemeanor only. A misdemeanor charge isn’t punishment enough. It’s carte blanche to commit more cruelty.
The police also found a malnourished Golden Retriever. The Golden Retriever was lying near the dead dog and they believe she was a stray and befriended the other dog. How sad is that? These poor starving dogs had nothing else than each other for comfort. We don’t even know if they befriended each other while the one was still alive.
The Golden is being evaluated at the shelter and should be available for adoption. According to the shelter workers, she’s a sweet dog and full of love. They really want to see her adopted. I hope someone takes her and showers her with love, toys, a comfy bed, and nice big fat juicy steaks.
I write this in total despair. There seems to be no justice for the dogs that are left to die lonely and starving. These are living creatures! People like this woman who left this dog to starve pollute the earth…with their indifference, their stupidity, and their stink.
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Thanks Andrea, heartbreaking, just heartbreaking!! I know you’ll keep an eye on this one to see if we can find out who “Ms. Owner” is so we can post her name and maybe even a picture. A damn shame that someone can cause such suffering and walk away with little more than a slap on the wrist. This cruelty should be charged as a felony and the punishment severe!! Damn her to hell!!
No excuse for this at all! The laws are not harsh enough. I am a Christian but would find it hard to forgive this woman. This dog did not deserve this treatment. RIP sweet baby. Hopefully, the other dog will find a wonderful caring new home.
You are so right. I hate all type of abuse. They should pay for the crime they commit.
She is a liar and did not provide any food or water for that poor dog. She should go to jail and receive no food or water. I don’t understand why people get away with mistreating amimals.
A misdemeanor? What is wrong with the police? I can’t believe she will get a slap on the wrist. I hope Someone can find out who she is. A petition is in order on this one. Maybe find out the police department so we can make calls, and send emails and letters. I am appalled at the way our society treats living beings. We are a sad sad world.
Deb, we’re going to trying to find more info on this one, it definitely needs follow-up and some action!
D.
The sentence handed this human piece of garbage is not justice. The poor dog starved, neglect, then died, murder. There should be a fine and jail time. 5 years min. 10 max or life since the dog died. This is our justice system and where does the motto to serve and protect fit in here is what the cops are upheld to do right. Well, why do not they uphold that in this case. Animals are worth nothing in the eyes of the Law and maybe a judge that does not care much about any kind of animal or would have given a stiffer penalty. Habitual liars have perfected that art. too bad their nose does not grow like pinocchio. If there is a petition I would sign it to send it off to reopen this case to get a stiffer penalty for that poor dog. How would this own like to be starve, tied to a choke chain then left to die tied so they can not get away.
Now that sounds to me like a fitting and just sentence Ann.
This is the mentality of this area. People in that town don’t even like anyone who tries to rescue. I have a friend who had a rescue there in Beaumont and she and her dogs were threatened just about every day. I won’t be surprised if this owner walks away from this crime. Bunch of backwoods Yahoos in Beaumont.
If that is true then that statement should be: Bunch of Heartless yahoos in Beaumont- May God have mercy on their souls for the unforgiveble insensitive indifference to suffering that their animals must be subjected to on a daily basis. How offal. Can people get any worse? When they go to meet their maker many will never see the other side of the golden gate. We all know what they are going to see though.
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated ~ Mahatma Gandhi ~
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtfully committed citizens can change the world; indeed,its the only thing that ever has. ~Margaret Mead ~
Its a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong,something the best of people have always done. ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe ~
If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.
~ Jane Goodall ~
Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved.
~ Jane Goodall ~
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ~
Thanks for the quotes Brenda, so many of them are favorites of mine.
Anytime D : )
This is so very sad and unnecessary.This poor little creature did not deserve this.I’m so upset at this,how can they do this?I would like to know how can they be so evil and uncaring?
Outrage!!! I can barely look at that picture. Some “people” just do not deserve the air that they breathe. May they suffer the pain they inflict ten-fold!!!
One would think we would “get used” to seeing the results of unforgivable cruelty to an innocent being…but this picture, that precious dog’s suffering and death absolutely kills me, as I kno it does all here who see it. Shattering!
“May these XXXXing POS suffer the pain they inflicted 1000-fold.”
Nothing surprises me anymore ,is this sad .Useless owner as usual .How you can starve anything is beyond logic . Stupid people should not own animals
The proof is in the picture! This was “intentional cruelty & neglect” Misdemeanor is miscarriage of justice and a slap in the face of humanity.
I have one very simple question: Why does it have to go this far before that life saving call is made?
You know what I wanyt to know is why are they going for a lesser charge when they know that what she did was Felony Animal Cruelty? Why would any of them not go for the maximum charge? Do they actually know their jobs or did they get their degrees etc., from cracker jack boxes? I’m leaning towards the cracker jack boxes concidering they have a necropsy report.That proves this Bi**h is guilty as sin. If they go with the misdemeanor I am definitly say with out a shadow of a doubt Cracker Jack Boxes.
What ever happen to True Grit??????????????????????????????????
Brenda, you have to remember, to most people, it’s “just a dog”… we know better but so many don’t and the judicial system most of all I believe more and more everyday!
D.
Yes D, this is probably all to true, so perhaps when there is elections we can vote for the people that don’t believe Its just a dog. But I hope you all have better luck than I did, We had election here for Mayor and City Council and I tryed to find out who o f the candidates were animal friendly. You know it was like some top secret answer that no one was supposed to know. I got one response frpm one of the candidates and she even skirted the questions. What is wrong with people? I wish I were smarter, younger and in better health. I’ld would have run for Mayor.
If they won’t give out this information, something is wrong. We need to pressure the people who do the interviews to get this on record and we need to keep asking until we get answers – millions of us. It was easy for them to ignore or dismiss you as an individual. We must make this part of the debate at every level and force candidates to take positions on these issues. If they won’t, it’s fair to ask why and to ask very publicly. It’s also fair to wonder (publicly) why it’s not important enough to be an issue now. Do they support cruelty, I’d like to ask. Do they understand that animal cruelty often escalates to others who are vulnerable? Do they believe it’s acceptable to leave those who are vulnerable at risk for cruelty and abuse, I’d like to ask (publicly, very publicly).
Andrea: What?
The what, is for the statement about the steaks. What are you saying Andrea?
We must take charge of our own criminal justice system. We must change the laws to increase penalties and then demand maximum sentences for people (using the term loosely) like this woman who make choices that are deliberately cruel, neglectful, and fatal. If I hear the words, ‘just a dog’ or ‘just a cat’ one more time . . . . .
People who can abuse and neglect animals can abuse and neglect other mammals like people. We cannot afford to tolerate cruelty ever. We cannot count on law enforcement unless we make it clear as communities and neighborhoods, as a society and a nation that we will not accept this and we demand enforcement of the laws. Then we have to work on prosecutors and judges. Why do we wait? Will it be OK when it’s a dead child lying there too? Only we can cause this change and we must do so. Consistent sentencing of significant prison time coupled with large fines will be a deterrent for most, and a vast improvement over what we have.
There should not be a choice of whether this kind of cruelty should be a felony or a misdeanor. The person should suffer the same type of cruelty that the animal was subjected to. It should be mandatory prison time, in solitary confinement, or the person should have to take care of animals, supervised of course, for the rest of their miserable lives. No mercy. They did not show any mercy to the animal.
Very, very sad story…
I cannot imagine the gruelling / painful minutes that turned into hours that turned into days that turned into weeks of suffering from thirst and starvation let alone the loneliness felt from abandonment. I have the utmost respect for the caring golden retriever who stayed by the deceased dog (whenever she arrived)… I can only hope that the dying dog had a chance to feel her love and companionship before she left this cruel world. … the comment about the golden retreiver being fed ‘big fat juicy steaks’ was not so welcoming. If we allow the death of one animal to feed another… well… that’s just not very appetizing at all. Love & Respect All Beings.
Joda, I’m not sure why you would take offense to Andrea basically just wishing the Golden a second chance and a happy life. It has no reflection on the poor dog that died.
[shrugs shoulders]…Dogs are carnivores. Besides, steaks were on sale at Shop Rite this week. Bought a truckload for mine.
Love the quotes. This is a sigusting, sickening way to treat ANY living thing. When we will take care of them ourselves? When???? Here’s a couple of more of my favorite Quotes……
“Stupid should hurt and hurt bad!!!”
“Stupid people shouldn’t breed”……see what the results are?
When, when, are we going to get to the point that we say screw the justice system and take matters into our own hands? When? That poor precious baby. Makes me sick to my stomach! AND that Golden. Probably layed down by this precious sweetheart until it took it’s very last breath and hoped he would not befall the same fate. So very, very, sad!
Karma does its duty!
I too am sickened by the photo, and my tears flowed down my dress. This person is a liar, because if that dog had been fed and watered, it would not have died.
This woman is a liar. I wonder if someone should check on her kids, if she has any. IF she was in fact bringing the dog food and water, then some other animal [or person] was taking the food and water. IF she was coming everyday, as she said, she should have seen that the dog was deteriorating. I once fostered a dog that we fed and fed and fed and the poor little thing just got skinnier and skinnier and skinnier. Started vomiting up all the food she ate. The vet determined she had a liver disease and wasn’t digesting the food, absorbing any nutrients, etc. We got her on a special diet and she was able to eat and not vomit, gained weight, is now a beloved member in a new family. To watch a dog starve to death…this isn’t something that happened in a few days. This takes a long long time. IF this woman was coming by every day, or even a couple of times a week, then she watched the dog slowly die. That is beyond cruel. Like I said, somebody should check on her kids. As for abandoning the dog – there is never an excuse. They may come up with all kinds of reasons and lies and justifications, but there is never an excuse. AND she chained it up, so it couldn’t even go scrounge for food from the dumpster!!
June, July, August, September. Can anyone imagine going that long without food, water & a kind word or touch. So shocking and horrific to think how long this poor doggie suffered. People make me sick – she should be put down and if it was my decision to make, she would be. People like that are a waste of space and have no right to life when so cruel to those that are weakest and completely dependant on us.