Two dogs severely neglected, one dies Ashford, AL (US) Incident Date: Wednesday, Feb 8, 2006 County: Houston Local Map: available Disposition: Alleged Charges: Misdemeanor Case Images: 1 files available Alleged: Pamela Arsenault

Case ID: 7190 Classification: Neglect / Abandonment Animal: dog (non pit-bull) View more cases in AL (US) Login to Watch this Case

An Ashford woman is out of jail on bond for a charge of animal cruelty and her emaciated dog is recovering at the Dothan Animal Shelter. Both are waiting for a judge's decision.

Pamela Arsenault, 32, posted her $1,000 bond after being arrested on Feb 8 and charged in connection with the starvation death of one of her two German shepherds, according to Houston County Sheriff Lamar Glover.

Arsenault has been charged with one count of animal cruelty, which is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in prison and as much as a $1,000 fine.

Out of extreme hunger, the surviving dog appears to have eaten the skin and flesh from the deceased dog's head.

The surviving dog was found after someone reported the alleged abuse to authorities. The two dogs were found in the woman's fenced-in backyard on Choice Adams Road.

A judge will decide what happens to the living dog, the ribs of which could be seen even through his thick fur.

It is not believed that the other dog had been dead long.

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