SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake lady is implicated of letting her dog starve to death.
Kyra Elizabeth Evans, 22, was charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court with abuse of a buddy animal, a third-degree felony.
On Jan. 7, Evans went to the Humane Society of Utah, 4242 S. 300 West, to look for a cremation for her 4-year-old dog, “Cardi,” that she said “passed away suddenly” and was discovered dead in her kennel at her home, according to charging files. Court files do not state what breed Cardi was.
When staff members acquired the dog’s body, nevertheless, they saw that Cardi was “covered from muzzle to tail, on both sides of her body, in urine and feces. Cardi was emaciated, had yellow skin, had tartar buildup, was wet to the touch, had sunken-in eyes and her left eye had a buildup of yellow discharge,” the charges state.
A necropsy identified her cause of death was “chronic malnutrition/undernutrition.” The medical professional who carried out the necropsy kept in mind there was no indication of infection or illness which “the dog’s fat storages had been depleted from a negative energy balance. (The doctor) found that the lack of a detectable cause that could explain long-standing negative energy balance suggest starvation,” charging files state.
