Man accused of abandoning pet fish faces animal cruelty charges

WECT Channel 6 News ^ | April 3, 2019 | Clint Bullock and Chelsea Donovan

[tired&retired]

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) - A New Hanover County man was arrested on animal cruelty charges after he allegedly failed to provide fresh water and food to his pet fish and abandoned it after he was evicted from his home last month.

Michael Ray Hinson, 53, was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with three counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals and one count of abandonment of an animal. He was given a $4,000 unsecured bond and later released from jail.

When deputies seized the fish, it appeared to be malnourished and suffering from hole in the head disease which is caused by poor water quality and lack of food.

[Bringbackthedraft]

The asylum we live in has been taken over. So what else is new?

[Rashputin]

Interesting given the fact that New Hanover County, as far as I can make out, has long been among the counties with the highest percentages of pregnancies ended by abortion in the State of NC.

See NC abortion data here.

JMHo

[Tucker39]

How about if you harm or neglect an unborn or newborn child? Now NC has gone insane. Do these people have any idea how hot the Lake of Fire is; or how long ETERNITY is?!

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#18: "Man, some places are really big on kicking you when you’re down."

Took the words right out of my mouth. Sheesh. Hope he can turn things around. But when you are that far down, a $4000 fine looks like climbing Mount Everest.
 

[ExTexasRedhead]

God’s well-deserved justice is, no doubt, coming soon for many.

[lastchance]

Who complained? And why didn’t they check on the fish earlier and flush or feed it?

[lastchance]

I would love to read the ordinance.

[Kriggerel]

Was his pet fish named “Eric”?

[stinkerpot65]

The Democrat worships fish and bugs.

The Democrat craves baby murder.

The Democrat is evil.

[I want the USA back]

Next: all those fishermen.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

Always, ALWAYS, kill pet fish before you move.

I prefer to give them a clockwise swirling sendoff (anti-clockwise for those south of the border)...

[Calvin Locke]

“Wanda” or “Gill”, depending on the DNA.

[circlecity]

I lost a few fish as a kid. I’ve seen a bunch deal minnows in my bait bucket after a hot day of fishing. If this had been the standard then I might still be in jail.

[bgill]

+1001.

[DJ Taylor]

We live in NC and my wife feeds Bambi every day to avoid problems with the state.

[magna carta]

sounds like that lege needs a good dozer-filled dumping of dead fish on their front porch followed by a steady dose of yellow jacket hell-raisers

[tired&retired]

I agree. I go there often as it’s Wilmington & Wrightsville Beach.

[ontap]

Any idiot knows the correct way to get rid of fish is to flush’em down the can!!!!

[tired&retired]

[wildbill]

Would it have been Ok if he had fed the fish to an abandoned cat?

Not sure about the hole in the fish’s head unless it was actually a piscine mammal like a whale or porpoise, but the article didn’t say.