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Target: Chief Crown Prosecutor Suzanne Kendall, Alberta Crown Prosecution Service
Goal: Seek maximum penalty against couple accused of binding dogs paws and dragging it into woods.
The decaying remains of a 3-year-old dog with his paws apparently bound was discovered in a park. Surveillance video appears to show a person dragging the bound animal across the ground and abandoning him in the woods.
According to police, 45-year-old Steven Kuzyk, and 43-year-old Sharon Vert have been arrested in relation to this incident. Both are accused of failing to provide adequate care to an animal, willfully causing pain and suffering to an animal and causing death to an animal.
“Residents had reportedly located the remains of a three-year-old medium-sized, male German Shepherd/Pitbull mix that had its paws bound,” police said. They added surveillance video gathered from the area “showed a suspect dragging the dog and leaving him in the park.”
According to a police investigator Sgt. Olena Fedorovich, “The condition of the animal when the officers found it led the officers to believe that [there was] something very, very suspicious about this.”
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Chief Crown Prosecutor Kendall,
The decaying remains of a 3-year-old dog with his paws bound was discovered in a park. Surveillance video appears to show a person dragging the bound animal across the ground and abandoning him in the woods.
According to police, 45-year-old Steven Kuzyk, and 43-year-old Sharon Vert have been arrested in relation to this incident. Both are accused of failing to provide adequate care to an animal, willfully causing pain and suffering to an animal and causing death to an animal.
“Residents had reportedly located the remains of a three-year-old medium-sized, male German Shepherd/Pitbull mix that had its paws bound,” police said. They added surveillance video gathered from the area “showed a suspect dragging the dog and leaving him in the park.”
According to a police investigator Sgt. Olena Fedorovich, “The condition of the animal when the officers found it led the officers to believe that [there was] something very, very suspicious about this.”
While Kuzyk and Vert have been charged with this crime, as is often the case with animal abuse cases, it is unclear whether they will face any meaningful consequences. Demand that the suspects face a stiff penalty if found guilty of abusing this innocent animal.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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