Pregnant dog dragged 8 miles behind woman's car
Special District Judge J. Bruce Harvey found probable cause Charlotte Ann Manor, 40, committed animal cruelty last Oct. 9 when she directed her teenage son to stick his arm outside the car window and hold a pregnant dogs leash while she drove. We ask that Charlotte Ann Manor receive the felony charge that carries up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. We also ask that she receive mandatory psychological testing and counseling and not be permitted to have another animal in her possession.
Special District Judge J. Bruce Harvey found probable cause Charlotte Ann Manor, 40, committed animal cruelty last Oct. 9 when she directed her teenage son to stick his arm outside the car window and hold a pregnant dogs leash while she drove.
A witness said Manors son came with his shepherd mix to her door and
asked to telephone his mother and ask her to pick him up. Nahtana
Williams said when she allowed the boy to use her phone she heard him
arguing with his mother about the dog. Manor and her son decided the
two should meet at the corner store nearly three miles from Williams
home. Manor told her son she did not want the dog inside her car, Williams said. Some time later and up to two hours after the teen and dog had left,
Williams spotted a car in front of her home, then she saw the shepherd
mix collapse. She called lawmen a short time later.
It has been proven over and over. Statistical data, case
studies, psychologists, and even FBI Profilers show us the connection
over
and over again, and yet animal abuse crimes are not given nearly the
weight
that human crimes are given. Animal abuse clearly illustrates a lack of
empathy for the suffering of others, which is a signficant
characteristic of sociopathic personalities.
The line separating an animal abuser from someone capable of committing human abuse is
much finer than most people care to consider. People abuse animals for the
same reasons they abuse people. Some of them will stop with animals, but
enough have been proven to continue on to commit violent crimes to people that it's
worth paying attention to.
Virtually every serious violent offender has a
history of animal abuse in their past, and since there's no way to know
which animal abuser is going to continue on to commit violent human crimes,
they should ALL be taken that seriously. FBI
Supervisory Special Agent Allen Brantley was quoted as saying "Animal
cruelty... is not a harmless venting of emotion in a healthy individual;
this is a warning sign..." It should be looked at as exactly that.
Its a clear indicator of psychological issues that can and often DO lead to
more violent human crimes.
Manor is due back in court June 15 for a district court arraignment. We ask that Charlotte Ann Manor receive the felony charge that carries up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. We also ask that she receive mandatory psychological testing and counseling and not be permitted to have another animal in her possession.
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