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Case #6530 Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Sick puppy abandoned in parking lot
Austin, TX (US)Incident Date: Saturday, Jul 24, 1999
County: Travis
Disposition: Convicted
Defendant/Suspect: Raymond McDonald, Jr
On July 24, 1999, Raymond McDonald Jr., intentionally abandoned a sick puppy on another property and attempted to leave. McDonald was approached by two security guards, who had witnessed McDonald removing the black bag containing the puppy from his van, ordered him to take the puppy with him. McDonald refused, saying that the puppy was not his.
The security guards reported the incident to animal control, and an investigator interviewed McDonald at his house on July 27, 1999. According to the investigator, McDonald first denied knowing of the incident, then acknowledged that a friend of his son's had brought the puppy over and because it was not his dog, McDonald had taken it away. When the investigator indicated that lack of ownership did not excuse abandoning a dog, McDonald changed his story again to indicate he only discovered the dog in his van when he was driving to the store with his wife and was so startled he let it loose at the trail. McDonald maintained at trial that he did not know about the puppy's presence in his van until after he left home. The investigator determined otherwise from the interview and all the facts, concluding that McDonald found the puppy and intended to drive it to a remote area to abandon it because it did not belong to him.
McDonald was found guilty of cruelty to animals and sentenced to 50 days confinement; ordered to pay court costs. References« TX State Animal Cruelty Map
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