Pregnant dog dragged 8 miles behind car
Lahoma, OK (US)Incident Date: Saturday, Oct 9, 2004
County: Garfield
Disposition: Alleged
Alleged: Charlotte Ann Manor
Case Updates: 2 update(s) available
An Oklahoma mother is accused of animal cruelty after police contend she dragged her pregnant dog alongside her car for eight miles. Charlotte Ann Manor reportedly had her son hold the dog's leash out the car window and, as the two drove the eight miles to their home, the dog was supposed to follow alongside the car.
The dog survived and gave birth to a litter of puppies. But eyewitnesses say the skin was ripped from her legs. The dog is now being cared for by a foster family.
Charlotte Manor surrendered to authorities and now faces one count of animal cruelty.
Case UpdatesSpecial District Judge J. Bruce Harvey found probable cause Charlotte Ann Manor, 40, committed animal cruelty last Oct. 9 when she directed her teenage son to stick his arm outside the car window and hold a pregnant dog's leash while she drove.
Harvey said it appeared there was intent to drag the dog, but he questioned whether she intended to injure the dog during a preliminary hearing Wednesday.
"It certainly was not a wise thing to do," Harvey said.
A witness said Manor's son came with his shepherd mix to her door and asked to telephone his mother and ask her to pick him up. Nahtana Williams said when she allowed the boy to use her phone she heard him arguing with his mother about the dog. Manor and her son decided the two should meet at the corner store nearly three miles from Williams' home.
Manor told her son she did not want the dog inside her car, Williams said.
Some time later and up to two hours after the teen and dog had left, Williams spotted a car in front of her home, then she saw the shepherd mix collapse. She called lawmen a short time later.
"The dog's feet were rubbed off," Williams testified, adding the dog's pads in places were "just hanging there by a little skin."
The deputy was called to the 5800 block of South Stabe after Williams reported Manor was abusing the dog, according to court documents. Williams said she heard Manor say she felt bad about the incident and she didn't know the dog would be hurt.
Manor said she drove slowly, and the dog only fell down once, the affidavit states. She said it wasn't dragged far before she stopped the car.
The dog was taken to Wheatland Animal Clinic by Lahoma Police Officer Bobby Hand, then released to Enid Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals once its injuries were treated, Hand said.
The felony charge carries up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Manor is due back in court June 15 for a district court arraignment. | Source: The Enid News & Eagle - May 12, 2005
Update posted on May 13, 2005 - 10:53PM |
SPCA shelter director Vickie Fox said the dog, which is about 18 months old, now is fully recovered from those injuries and ready to find a new family.
The shepherd-husky mix has been living with an SPCA foster family and her seven puppies since the October incident, but Fox said the canine clan now is up for adoption. She said the 12-week-old puppies have grown too big for the foster home so SPCA officials are trying to track down new homes for them.
One of the puppies already has been adopted, but the other six - four males and two females - still are available, as is their mother, Fox said. The mother dog weighs about 60 pounds, so Fox figures the puppies will grow to about that size. Now, they range from about 20 to 28 pounds.
The dogs are housebroken and trained to use a dog door, she said. Fox said some of the male puppies have been neutered, but all of them will be fixed and up-to-date on their shots by the time they are adopted.
Those services are included in the SPCA's $60 adoption fee. For more information about the dogs or others available for adoption, contact the SPCA at 233-1325 or visit the shelter at 1116 Overland Trail. | Source: The Enid News - Jan 8, 2005
Update posted on Jan 9, 2005 - 6:03AM |
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