Andrea Rosebrock 
Six dogs poisoned, four dead and the reward for information is now up to $8500.
There were two incidents, each involving three dogs. The first on October 29 happened on Sunview Drive in the Browns Valley area, the second on November 3 at the home of a police officer.
On October 29, when Sheri Smith got home from work, she found her three dogs dead in her back yard and a box of snail bait. Greysha and CoCo were rescued greyhounds and Zoey, a shepherd/husky mix.
On Novenber 3, at Napa Police Officer Ryan Cole’s home, it was Rex and Rudy, both German Shepherds and Lily, a German shorthair puppy, and again snail bait was found. When Cole’s wife found the dogs, they were already having seizure and she rushed them to a vet.
Lily, the puppy, didn’t make it but both Rex, who is a K-9 officer, and Ruby, did although it was touch and go with 12-yr-old Ruby for a while.
In both cases, the tan, pellet-like snail bait was in cereal-size boxes and the tops were found open and it is logical to suspect the two cases are related.
The Napa Vally community has rallied and support has been incredible in these cruel tragedies.
“It’s just incredible the compassion and outpouring the Napa community has shown for the animals and families. I just can’t began to thank everyone enough,” Smith said. “This focuses both on the compassion people have and the tragedy of it all.”
“Everyone has been just great,” He said. “This reward states how our community comes together. This has been very emotional on all of us. Our pets are like family, they are with us 24/7. It was awful my wife had to find them, and we all are wondering who is this crazy person out there that’s poisoning innocent animals.”
But now it’s time to find the monster who so heinously ended the lives of these innocent and defenseless pets! The person responsible could face four felony counts of animal cruelty leading to death and a misdemeanor charge of attempting to injure or kill a police dog. The felony charge carries a three-year prison term.
Who know if these vicious games have ended or maybe this sicko will get tired of preying on pets and move up. Who know who the next targets may be?
Jane Albert, executive director of Napa Humane, said, “It is so important that we come together to find who has committed these crimes. These are serious offenses, which must not go unaddressed or unpunished.”
She has also urged pet owners to keep their pets indoors or kenneled to keep them safe and to be sure to inspect their yards before leaving their animals unattended. Even then they should check on their pets often.
People care and want the culprit caught and punished! On Nov. 3, the reward was $1,500, public donations boosted it to $4,500, then on Wednesday, Napa Humane teamed up with the Humane Society of the United States and Pet Food Express to pitch in another $4,000.
Is there any place safe to live any more??
I hope that the police get the SOB and an intelligent judge sends him to jail for a long time.
The person or persons poisoning these dogs is sick beyond sick and I pray they find him/her and prosicute them to the fullest. Someone poisoned a beautiful beloved five yr old dog I had years back and when I hear these story’s it brings tears to my eyes to remember how badly my beautiful JB died so painfully in my arms. Yes! He went through horrific pain before he died. My vet was on his way over and couldn’t make it in time (nor could I have got him to my vet on time). I still despise this person (yes, I do know who did this, although it’s been denied by him), for making my sweet baby go through so much pain so needlessly. He was a wonderful dog and I still miss him dearly….22 yrs later. May this person or persons rot in H**!
WHOMEVER DID THIS NEEDS TO PUT AWAY FROM SOCIETY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. THIS IS TOO SICK FOR WORDS.
This world really is full of sick SOB’s. I hope they catch whoever is doing this to those poor dogs.