Dog beaten and shot Maryville, TN (US) Incident Date: Monday, Aug 31, 1998 County: Blount Local Map: available Disposition: Convicted Abuser/Suspect: Raul Garza Aguilar

Case ID: 2192 Classification: Beating Animal: dog (non pit-bull) View more cases in TN (US) Animal was offleash or loose Login to Watch this Case

A Blount County man has been sentenced to 11 months in jail for killing a neighbor's dog.  Raul Aguilar will has already served 60 days, and the rest of his sentence has been suspended.  Aguilar admitted to luring the dog to him, beating it, and then shooting it.  He also admitted that the dog was not a threat to him.  The Blount County Humane Society calls this especially cruel and pushed for the maximum sentence.  The Society wants to make animal cruelty a felony in Tennessee.

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	WATE-TV
	The Daily Times - Sept 24, 1998 302

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