OUR STORY
Summary:
Nala and Bugger have been accused of killing two pigs with the only witness being the owner of the two pigs with anecdotal accounts, unverifiable claims, and circumstantial evidence alone.
Here are the basic accountings of facts:
Reasonable doubt:
Having no one witnessing the actual killing, these pigs could also have been killed by coyotes that are known to be in the area. The dogs may have wandered into the barn without having actually killed the pigs. The pig owner is possibly targeting these dogs for the simple purpose of seeking recovery money from the dogs’ owner.
Other possible events that may have occurred with this pig owner regarding other animals she has owned.
1. There is a claim that the pig owner was caught in an attempt to defraud the Monroe County Fair 4-H program. At 230am in the sheep barn she was caught pouring water down her sheep’s throat in order to make the belly firmer for judging.
2. The pig owner also has other animals in her care such as: swine, sheep and show horses.
There is only one thing these dogs are guilty of but it does not warrant being euthanized. They escaped from their yard and were lured and/or placed into that barn.
There is insufficient evidence to prove that Nala and Bugger are guilty of killing the two pigs. A further investigation into this matter is warranted.
Summary:
Nala and Bugger have been accused of killing two pigs with the only witness being the owner of the two pigs with anecdotal accounts, unverifiable claims, and circumstantial evidence alone.
Here are the basic accountings of facts:
- The two dogs escaped from their yard on May 2, 2013.
- Both dogs are fully domesticated and play with children and cats and have never been aggressive nor killed a live animal to their owner’s knowledge.
- There were no witnesses to the actual killing of the pigs – the threat to euthanize these dogs is based only on claims by the pig owner that they were found in the barn and the two pigs were dead. No one can state how the dogs got into the barn. Only one dog had any blood on them and it was insignificant. No one can prove how it got there.
- The pig owner’s claim in her statement to the insurance is that in the morning she shut and secured the barn doors, and in the evening when she came back out - the doors were shut and secured.
- The dogs weigh a total of 90 pounds between the 2 of them. The pigs totaled over 200 pounds.
- There were no forensic tests done on the blood on the one dog or pictures taken of the scene except for a few pictures of the pigs’ wounds. Said photographs entered into evidence for the judge were the pig owner’s photographs from her Blackberry. These photos were taken on both May 2, 2013 and May 3, 2013 a full day after the alleged incident. A necropsy was never performed. The time or even day of death was never established to validate the claims being made to threaten the lives of the family pet dogs. The responding officer could not state as to when the pigs died. The responding officer also stated under oath that all the photographs he took were with a county issued digital camera.
- The insurance company has requested bill of sale on the pigs to validate their value and her loss and neither the pig owner nor seller have so far produced said document.
Reasonable doubt:
Having no one witnessing the actual killing, these pigs could also have been killed by coyotes that are known to be in the area. The dogs may have wandered into the barn without having actually killed the pigs. The pig owner is possibly targeting these dogs for the simple purpose of seeking recovery money from the dogs’ owner.
Other possible events that may have occurred with this pig owner regarding other animals she has owned.
1. There is a claim that the pig owner was caught in an attempt to defraud the Monroe County Fair 4-H program. At 230am in the sheep barn she was caught pouring water down her sheep’s throat in order to make the belly firmer for judging.
2. The pig owner also has other animals in her care such as: swine, sheep and show horses.
There is only one thing these dogs are guilty of but it does not warrant being euthanized. They escaped from their yard and were lured and/or placed into that barn.
There is insufficient evidence to prove that Nala and Bugger are guilty of killing the two pigs. A further investigation into this matter is warranted.
