By Hannah Mackenzie
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BRYSON CITY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Charges have been filed towards a Swain County man who was caught on surveillance digicam throwing a puppy out of a automobile window.
It occurred on Friday, simply earlier than 11 a.m. outdoors of PAWS animal shelter on Lemons Branch Road in Bryson City.
“This was heartless,” stated Beth Stroud, PAWS government director. “This was just a very callous, heartless thing to do and I will never understand it.”
Stroud and the PAWS workers had been surprised by their surveillance digicam footage.
“We just gasped,” Stroud stated. “We immediately started looking and trying to get the word out to people, if you find this puppy, please bring it to us.”
Stroud stated she referred to as Bryson City police, then she put the phrase out on social media; her publish proved profitable.
“We immediately had so many people reach out and say, ‘Hey, I know this guy,’” Stroud stated. “Even people that live nearby and they’re like, ‘Hey, the Jeep is here right now’.”
A felony summons has by filed by the Justice of the Peace’s workplace. The 35-year-old suspect, who has not but been recognized by the Bryson City Police Department, is dealing with two costs: cruelty to animals and abandonment of an animal.
“That’s the sad part, the gate was open,” Stroud stated. “He could have just come on up. We would have taken the dog.”
Now that the wheels of justice are turning, Stroud is adamant about discovering the pup, which ran off in an unknown route.
“That animal is scared, and possibly hurt and we would just really like to help that animal,” Stoud stated.
According to court docket paperwork, the suspect is scheduled to be in a Swain County courtroom on Sept. 26.
Multiple makes an attempt to succeed in the Bryson City Police Department to verify the suspect’s identification, and to inquire if costs could be filed for the opposite occupants contained in the car on the time, have gone unanswered.
As for the puppy, if anybody sees it or has picked it up, you’re requested to contact PAWS at 828)-488-0418 their shelter is situated at 57 Lemons Branch Road, Bryson City, NC.
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