And from the department of Why I hate people...

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https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/...-die-in-lorain

Pair facing animal cruelty charges for leaving starving dogs to die in Lorain

LORAIN, Ohio - The owners of two dogs who were starved, mistreated and left to die at a house out last month in Lorain have been charged, according to Lorain County Jail records.

Amanda J. Pippens, 34, and Ellison Morris, 36 are facing a misdemeanor abandoning animals charge and felony-level cruelty to companion animals charge.

The charges stem from an incident where a neighbor's child discovered two emaciated dogs left in the yard of a home on Washington Avenue. According to authorities, the owners were recently evicted and allegedly left the dogs there to fend for themselves.

When they were found, the dogs were in terrible shape — their bones were showing and they exhibited signs of starvation. According to Dr. Thomas Wood of the Lorain Animal Clinic, the dogs were "basically just starved."
Unfortunately, one of the dogs didn't survive the ordeal and later died. The other animal was able to pull through and is making a full recovery at a foster home, according to the Lorain Animal Clinic.

The case highlights a loophole in Ohio's law regarding animal abuse and cruelty. Under current law, had both dogs lived, the cruelty to animal charges would only be a misdemeanor. The charge was only elevated to a felony because one of the animals died.

This loophole needs to be closed.

One has to be a special kind of stupid to think that dogs can fend for themselves when confined in a yard. What? Were the dogs supposed to start a garden.... or you have to be devoid of any compassion for the suffering of a fellow animal.

I wager that the dogs were more loyal to these two, then they were to the dogs.

Loophole or not, I am glad that felony charges are being levied. I hope they are not dropped. I am tired of animal cruelty laws being lax.

If you don't want to take care of a dog, surrender it to a shelter where at worst it can be put down humanely if necessary.

I hate people.

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