An Ohio man has been arrested on animal cruelty prices after a puppy was discovered “tied up” in a drawstring bag at an area park in April.
Harold Dean Lilly of Middletown was charged with second-degree misdemeanors — cruelty to a companion animal and abandoning animals — on Friday, May 3, per a Facebook submit from the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.
His arrest comes greater than every week after a puppy was discovered “tied up in a bag and deserted” on April 24 at 700 Joe Nuxhall Boulevard in Hamilton, the workplace stated within the submit.
The Butler County canine wardens then took the canine to the native Animal Friends Humane Society, which up to date its Facebook followers in regards to the pup’s plight quickly after he was found.
As the organization shared, the 2- to 3-month-old canine was positioned in a “closed drawstring bag” in a Hamilton park, they usually have since begun referring to the animal as Ryder.
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“Yesterday on consumption, he was not appearing like a traditional puppy. He was torpid and weak. While we accounted for his traumatic expertise, we additionally needed to rule out sicknesses. He examined unfavorable for parvo and was vaccinated and dewormed. We then let him relaxation and regain his energy and stability, beneath the watchful eye of our medical staff,” Animal Friends wrote of Ryder on Facebook.
“Today, Ryder was alert, curious and able to eat! We admire everybody’s help for the little man already and we hope to update with each step of Ryder’s journey,” the organization continued.
After the puppy was found in L.J. Smith Park final month, Sheriff Richard Ok. Jones went stay on Facebook with canine warden Elizabeth Burkett they usually revealed that the bag Ryder was present in was “drawn tight” in order that the puppy would “not get out of the sack.”
“I assume anyone put it on the market to die and be accomplished with the canine,” Jones stated.
Burkett added that she was dispatched to the park after an worker there stated she “had a really onerous time” untying the canine.
“When I arrived on scene the canine regarded very defeated, general appears wholesome by look, simply appears very defeated proper now,” she recalled.
Butler County Sheriff’s Office
On April 27, Animal Friends famous that Ryder was “enhancing day-after-day” and had been “up shifting round his cage, wiggling his little butt and crying for consideration” since being discovered days earlier.
“We have acquired A LOT of curiosity in lil Ryder. While we all know he’s cute, he’s nonetheless part of an ongoing cruelty investigation,” the shelter said at the time, previous to Lilly’s arrest. “The sheriff’s workplace has acquired many ideas and are following up on all of them. We are unsure when or if he’ll turn out to be available. Ryder’s nicely being and the investigation come first.”
Per the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, Lilly is awaiting his look in Hamilton Municipal Court.
