11 sled dogs abandoned and neglected - (Kasilof, AK - US)

17-year old girl needs to be charged with a class C felony and fined up to $50,000 and imprisoned for up to five years after abandoning 11 sled dogs in Kasilof who were rescued after more than a week without food or fresh water and more than a month without cleaning.
Eleven abandoned sled dogs in Kasilof were rescued after more than a week without food or fresh water and more than a month without cleaning. On some of them, you can see their spines moving under their skin as they move and breathe. They're really in bad shape.

In addition to being emaciated, the dogs were living in deplorable conditions. Some of the animals were balancing on the roofs of their dilapidated shelters in order to avoid stepping in putrid water — runoff from a combination of melting snow and foot-high piles of feces — that had flooded their shelters.

The dogs' owner, a 17-year-old female who once dabbled in recreational mushing, has been identified by authorities.

Quoted by a neighbor, "I and other neighbors had been coming by, doing what we could, but none of us are rich. We stopped feeding them about two weeks ago and called (the girl) to tell her they weren't gonna be fed anymore.

"She knew it and still abandoned the dogs, leaving them to starve to death. As far as I'm concerned, charges should be filed against her and her mother."

Kenai district attorney June Stein said no charges had been filed with her office. "It is still being investigated by troopers," she said.

Under the recently enacted House Bill No. 275, Section 3, AS11.61.135, a person is guilty of cruelty to animals in the first degree if it is proven they've failed to provide food, water, shelter or care that caused prolonged suffering to a kennel of 10 or more animals, or intentionally abandoned them under circumstances creating a substantial risk of death to the animals.

We petition that his girl be charged
with a class C felong and fined up to
$50,000 and imprisoned for up to five
years and undergo mandatory psychological counseling.
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