VIDEO: Watch puppy Chance meet his new FUR-ever home
Puppy Chance met his new without end household on the York County SPCA.
A suspect within the beating that left the German shepherd puppy referred to as Chance severely injured has been charged.
Charges had been filed Tuesday towards Terrell Dushun Harris, 35, of the 600 block of South Albemarle Street in York City, the York District Attorney’s Office stated in an announcement.
Harris is charged with cruelty to animals, a second-degree misdemeanor, and aggravated cruelty to animals, a third-degree felony.
The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force apprehended Harris on Wednesday. He was booked into York County Prison with bail set at $150,000.
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The expenses got here following an investigation by York City Police and the district legal professional’s workplace and a advice by York County Investigating Grand Jury.
Charges come six months after Chance was discovered Aug. 23 following a disturbance within the 400 block of Pershing Avenue, the place officers discovered the canine severely overwhelmed.
Witness testimony and proof offered earlier than the grand jury tied Harris to the beating.
The beating left Chance with hemorrhaging from his mouth and a concussion, and he was not capable of elevate his head, in keeping with testimony given.
Chance additionally suffered bilateral jaw fractures, and he’s completely blind in his proper eye and lacking a number of enamel.
“Thanks to everyone for stepping up and getting involved and to our community for speaking up,” York City Police Commissioner Michael Muldrow stated in an announcement.
Muldrow thanked everybody concerned within the investigation in addition to the York County SPCA workers, who nursed Chance again to well being.
“The actor is being held accountable and Chance is now safe in a loving home. Well done to everyone involved in giving Chance another chance,” Muldrow stated.
It has been a protracted journey for Chance. Following the beating, he was taken to the Mason Dixon Animal Emergency Hospital, the place he obtained his preliminary medical care.
Following his preliminary therapy, Chance was taken to York County SPCA to proceed his restoration. His therapy was paid for by the York County SPCA’s Second Chance Fund.
To donate to the Second Chance fund, go to www.ycspca.org/secondchance.
York County SPCA had a whole bunch of inquiries about adopting Chance since his story got here to mild. It was York City Police Officer Matthew Tamanosky, who was on the scene moments after the puppy was discovered overwhelmed, bloody and bruised, and his fiancée, Sabrina Knotts, who ended up adopting him Oct. 2
“Seeing how a horrible human being may simply beat a bit 4- or 5-month animal, depart him there to die unconscious, laying on the bottom — it is simply one thing that strikes a chord with you,” Tamanosky stated that day. “A day or two after, I actually known as the animal hospital. I simply need to give him home and a pleasant, easygoing life that he is most likely deserved from the beginning.”
If you have an interest in adopting a pet, go to https://ycspca.org/adopt/available-dogs.html to fill out an utility.
A preliminary listening to within the case is ready for Feb. 7 within the case.
