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  • VETERINARIAN ACCUSED OF KILLING DOG FOR ENTERING HIS YARD

    09/05/2003 6:11:09 PM PDT · by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin · 46 replies · 2,855+ views
    AP Breaking News ^ | 5 September 2003
    FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A veterinarian accused of using a mallet to kill a miniature dachshund that had entered his yard has been charged with felony animal cruelty. Dr. Mircea Volosen, who was indicted Thursday, could receive up to two years in prison if convicted of killing his neighbor's pet. Police say the dog was killed July 4 after it entered Volosen's Fort Worth-area yard, where he keeps chickens and rabbits. Volosen's attorney, William D. Cox III, said Friday that his client will plead innocent. "We're disappointed and surprised by the indictment. It's merely Dr. Volosen was exercising his...
  • Missouri Man Is Sentenced to Probation for Killing Family Dog With Sledgehammer

    01/24/2003 5:53:14 PM PST · by Sungirl · 267 replies · 771+ views
    Mo. Man Gets Probation for Killing Dog: Missouri Man Is Sentenced to Probation for Killing Family Dog With Sledgehammer The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo.--A man was sentenced to three years of probation Wednesday for killing the family dog with a sledgehammer after it bit his son. Michael Welch, 34, pleaded guilty to felony animal abuse for killing Dusty, a Dalmatian-Labrador mix, in 2001. Welch could have gotten up to five years in prison. Welch attacked the dog after it bit his 2-year-old son's nose. He said he saw the boy "bleeding and crying and getting stitched up. ... I...