Massachusetts Animal Control Officer, Michelle Mulverhill, Allegedly Left four Cats and an Elderly Dog to Die at an Animal Shelter.
We ask her prosecutor, District Attorney John Conte, to vigorously prosecute her to the maximum extent allowed by law. We request that Conte—if Mulverhill is convicted—work with the court to ensure stringent penalties for Mulverhill, including the following:
• Incarceration
• A permanent prohibition on her personal and professional contact with animals
• A thorough psychiatric evaluation and counseling at Mulverhill's own expense
Massachusetts Animal Control Officer Allegedly Left Cats, Dog to Die at Animal Shelter
The cowardly and cruel acts that you read about here are often disturbing. But when the people accused of such crimes are public servants sworn to protect animals from abuse, you'll agree that their alleged actions are all the more egregious.
That's the case these days in Worcester County, Massachusetts, where Michelle Mulverhill faces charges stemming from her alleged recent fatal neglect of four cats and an elderly dog whom she had kept at an animal shelter in Oxford while employed as an animal control officer for the town.
Mulverhill, 41, of Oxford, is accused of depriving the cats and the dog of adequate food and water for as many as 15 days prior to the August 15 discovery of their rotting remains.
Mulverhill's reported resignation from her position—although quite possibly in animals' best interests—in no way absolves her alleged actions, so we ask her prosecutor, District Attorney John Conte, to vigorously prosecute her to the maximum extent allowed by law. We request that Conte—if Mulverhill is convicted—work with the court to ensure stringent penalties for Mulverhill, including the following:
• Incarceration
• A lengthy, if not permanent, prohibition on her personal and professional contact with animals
• A thorough psychiatric evaluation and counseling at Mulverhill's own expense
Impolite correspondence works against our efforts.
