Posted on 06/02/2015 9:52:51 PM PDT by beaversmom
When 15-month-old Caitlyn, a chocolate Staffordshire bull terrier mix, was found in Charleston County, S.C., last week, there was a thin strip of electrical tape wrapped tightly around her muzzle. The vise was so tight for so long — up to 48 hours — that it trapped her tongue between her teeth, cutting off the blood flow.
“I have a dog that’s here at my house that I found and the dog’s mouth is taped shut with electrical tape, tongue hanging out its mouth, bleeding, and his tongue is completely black,” a 911 caller said, according to ABC affiliate WCIV. “I just don’t know what to do.”
The Charleston Animal Society’s Facebook post documenting Caitlyn’s plight with a shocking photo spread far and wide. Sympathizers used the hashtag #Justice4Caitlyn to help spread the word in an effort to find the person responsible for her mistreatment, which the Animal Society’s director of anti-cruelty called the most “malicious” case of animal abuse he has ever seen.
“To leave this dog in pain, unable to eat or drink, and to now leave her in the position where her life is at stake because she may lose her tongue is heartbreaking,” Aldwin Roman said in a statement.
On Monday, North Charleston police arrested 41-year-old William Leonard Dodson on a felony charge of animal torture.
His bail was set Tuesday at $50,000, according to Charleston County Circuit Court records. “I don’t think $50,000 really matched the pain and suffering Caitlyn has had to go through,” the Animal Society’s Roman said after the hearing, according to the Post and Courier. “She is healing, but the damage has been done.”
The newspaper reported that Charleston County Magistrate Priscilla Baldwin said another dog would be removed from Dodson’s house. Dodson “can not have [possession] of any animals,” court...
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Just hang him.
One of Obama’s sons I see. I’m thankful for all the people who have helped this precious baby because humans can be so incredibly cruel and evil and these people give me hope. But I do get tired of people hating on bulldogs. People are cruel on purpose with malice. These dogs, or any others for that matter,are not capable of such cruelty. People are far more dangerous than any animal.
If I could turn the POS over to you, I would. He is a subhuman life form lower than a roach.
Emotionally? Emotionally, I think I am still the 4 year-old happy little boy that had not been sent to government school yet to have my sense of fair play and moral decency removed.
The world is still full of wonders. At least that is where I would like to be... perpetually.
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