LESAGE, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A person was taken to jail after a useless canine was present in a trash bag inside his home.
Neighbors alongside Cox Landing Lane in Lesage reported seeing a canine alarmingly skinny and weak.
Cabell County humane officer Seth Vickers carried out a welfare test. He says on Sept. 8, the canine’s proprietor, 50-year-old Christopher Cullum, mentioned he was struggling to get the canine to achieve weight.
The humane officer says Cullum agreed to take the canine to the vet, however then he didn’t reply his cellphone for a number of days.
Vickers says Tuesday, humane officers and deputies went into Cullum’s home and located the canine useless in a trash bag.
He says it had died of hunger on the very least.
“The individual (Cullum) had left the animal in the middle of his living room for two days deceased before he then put it in a trash bag,” Vickers mentioned. “It sat there about 10 or 11 days. The odor was very severe.”
Cullum was arrested and charged with felony animal cruelty. His bond was set at $5,000.
“We do our best to investigate it as soon as we can and head these things off,” Vickers mentioned. “Whenever something results in death, it demands an immediate response. It’s a horrible thing to deal with.”
Vickers says one other canine present in higher form on the home was taken to the Huntington Cabell Wayne Animal Control Shelter and is predicted to be available for adoption.
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