I'm just saying criminal charges are excessive.
I am willing to bet that the charges will be dropped if he stops trying to get the dog back. I am betting that the charges were filed simply to help the Washburns make their case as to why they should be able to adopt Missy...
That being said- I do not believe that LE should level charges in order to achieve an outcome...but I believe abandoning an animal you are legally responsible for in the wild for 6 days, especially knowing the animal was wounded, and making NO effort to rescue that animal sure sounds cruel to me... He made an assumption- with a life HE was responsible for....he has lost the trust of a civilized society to trust him to be responsible for the care of any other animal in the future as well.....
If the charge is on the books, and this event meets the level needed to bring the charges, I would make the charge— but then again, he could do an Obama move and just enforce the laws he likes......
No they’re not. He’s lucky I’m not the DA