The proprietor of a Tulsa canine grooming business is responding after certainly one of her staff was arrested for animal cruelty.
That worker is accused of beating and choking a canine that died.
The proprietor of Doggy Doodles Grooming mentioned despite the fact that she was close by, she did not see what was occurring and did not know – till she noticed the video of a groomer beating a canine that finally died.
“I don’t know how to fix it, I can just change the policy and start all over,” mentioned Becky Rutherford.
Rutherford, who cried as she described seeing a video of the beating, mentioned she didn’t know what occurred till she watched it.
The groomer, 41-year-old Diego Angel, was arrested and charged with felony Cruelty to Animals. He has bonded out of jail. The canine, a 4-year-old poodle named “Atlas,” died about 10 minutes after the beating.
“He passed away, I tried to save him, I tried everything I knew to do,” mentioned Rutherford.
The workers tried to resuscitate Atlas, but it surely was too late.
The video exhibits Angel hitting the canine over a ten-minute span as Atlas turns into agitated throughout grooming. Several of the punches occur simply because the proprietor turns away or simply earlier than she returns, and the opposite groomer within the room would not intervene.
“She was so distraught and felt like he deliberately did that, but I did not see that part,” Rutherford defined.
The business stays open with clients, however there was a backlash on-line and in individual. During an interview Thursday, a former buyer pulled as much as criticize Rutherford for not stopping the beating.
Rutherford at first defended the groomer.
“I trusted that he was telling me the truth,” mentioned Rutherford.
But after seeing the tape, she regrets trusting his phrase.
“So what he did for his anger to progress to hit him like he did, I have no idea,” she mentioned.
Animal Welfare officers have the total video displaying the whole lot that occurred.
Rutherford mentioned her work now could be to make sure it will possibly by no means occur once more.
