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Colorado man gets 6 months for cocker spaniel abuse

David Henry Lynch of Littleton, Colorado was sentenced to 6 months jail for animal abuse.  Lynch’s cocker spaniel Herschel was found living in deplorable conditions, malnourished and in need of medical care.  Both Herschel’s eyes were surgically removed due to their poor condition.  Herschel lived with an adoptive family for a year until he passed away.

Cocker spaniel abusers get jail time

 

Keith Morgan and Shauna Ewing
Keith Morgan and Shauna Ewing

New Jersey couple Keith Morgan and Shauna Ewing were sentenced to 6 months of jail for animal cruelty.  They tied their sickly cocker spaniel “Samurai” in a garbage bag and left him for dead along the roadside back in March, 2013.  The couple will also serve 30 days community service, pay $14,500 in fines and restitution, and are banned from owning any more pets.

Judge Robert M. LePore made an example of the two.

There has to be a deterrent to animal cruelty…Unless these individuals are imprisoned for their depraved, cruel and heinous conduct, such acts of animal cruelty will continue…

Initially, Morgan was treated as a hero for supposedly finding the abandoned dog.  He pretended Samurai wasn’t his but authorities discovered he was the owner.