Target: R.J. Larizza, State Attorney of Florida
Goal: Prosecute individual allegedly responsible for shooting a dog and leaving her without medical care.
A heartbreaking incident has occurred where a two-year-old pit bull named Zola was allegedly shot by her owner and left without medical attention. Authorities claim that the owner admitted to shooting Zola due to her alleged aggression but did not seek any treatment afterward, leaving her lying on the floor wrapped in a urine-soaked blanket.
Zola reportedly suffered a gunshot wound near her right cheek and is currently unable to walk due to her injuries, though she is expected to survive. The lack of immediate medical care reportedly prolonged her suffering unnecessarily. Such actions demonstrate a severe disregard for the well-being of an innocent animal and violate animal cruelty laws.
Animal cruelty is a serious offense that must be addressed promptly to prevent future incidents. It is imperative that those reportedly responsible for such acts are held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. Demand that the individual allegedly responsible for shooting Zola and neglecting her medical needs is prosecuted to ensure justice for this animal.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear State Attorney Larizza,
I am writing to express deep concern over the case of a two-year-old pit bull named Zola, who was allegedly shot by her owner and left without medical care. According to reports, the owner admitted to shooting Zola due to her alleged aggression but did not seek treatment for her injuries, leaving her to suffer on the floor wrapped in a urine-soaked blanket.
Zola reportedly sustained a gunshot wound near her right cheek and is currently unable to walk due to her injuries. The apparent lack of immediate medical attention not only prolonged her suffering but also reflects a serious disregard for the welfare of an innocent animal. Such actions are unacceptable and violate animal cruelty laws designed to protect animals from harm.
I urge your office to thoroughly investigate this matter and to prosecute the individual reportedly responsible to the fullest extent of the law. By taking decisive legal action, you can help ensure justice for Zola and send a strong message that animal cruelty will not be tolerated in our community.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo credit: Rob Bach
Florida man strikes again. I’ll keep saying it. Post the mother fucker’s name and address. I want to see the same done to him. Stop with these bullshit petitions. They just get tossed in the garbage. Start making these pieces of shit public. I want them punished and want to see them suffer.
Yes the owner should be shot and left
My thoughts too. He obviously shouldn’t have gotten a dog that needs DAILY TRAINING…
No more pets for him
Gk for president
Totally agree!!!
amen
POS is DOUGLAS MATNEY, 21, who lives on 884 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach, Florida. Someone already posted this info- 2nd comment kjirkat.
Good to know he will get a letter from me!
Let’s all write him!
That scumbag deserves more than a stern letter. He deserves to be paralysed and left soaking in his own dribbling piss. Let him have to live everyday suffering, unable to move -or to ever hurt another living being again. Death is too good for this bastard.
I couldn’t say it better myself!!!!
Douglas Matney is the evil SOB that did this! I’m still looking for his address. As soon as I find it, I’ll publish it.
excellent. These abusers hide in.the shadows. Shout aggression but THEY are the aggressors. Pathetic human with little life goals
Already been posted in other comments, namely the 2nd comment on this board. POS Matney’s address is 884 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach, Florida
or you know, just read 2 comments up, replied in this thread.
MY CENTIMENTS EXACTLY EXACUTE THIS LESS THAN HUMAN BEING SICK PHYCOPATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yesss!!¡!
Amen! Overall, these petitions are lame!
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She probably hates you because you’re an abusive Pycho, protecting herself!!
He has the Nerve to call her aggressive when he shoots her??
Spot on!
Absolutely!!!
He was bathing Zola when she became aggressive? What did Matney do that she felt she needed to protect herself from? Poor Zola.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-dog-misbehaving-during-bathing-180539085.html
KARMA PLEASE INTERVENE.
Amen. Who knows to what extent that twisted scum abused that poor dog, then shot her. I hope Matney is made to suffer and left soaking in his own dribbling piss.
Another angry, 21 year old abusing a Pitbull dog. Pitbulls should be banned from breeding as idiots like him try to look cool with them and they end up in abusive situations like this, on this case being shot while he was bathing him??!!
Dreadful!
Do the same right back to that crap coward human!!!!!!!!!!!
The piece of garbage that did this needs to get executed immediately. Toss this piece of trash off the side of a cliff.
May this sorry excuse of a “man” die a slow death.
How. Just how.
How can people be so hateful??
He probably didn’t feed or give it water either for the duration. And knowing dogs, the dog probably adores this horrible piece of trash.
I’m so sorry Zola. God’s healing hand little girl.
Please re home this little dog into a safe happy forever home.
The bitch that did this should be incarcerated ASAP. Deny this evil scum any other animal for life! I hope someone shoots you down execution style soon and may it be a slow painful death!
There are so many other ways to help an animal with aggression BITCH!
REALLY?! HE shot the dog because the dog was aggressive??? If the owner saw any signs of aggression, he should have sought the help of a professional sooner or gave up the dog to someone who could care for it. That is NO excuse for HIS barbaric behavior and negligence! Urine Soaked Blanket?! Hold these individuals accountable! HELL, they’ll shoot YOU if YOU look at them ‘wrong’.
DOUGLAS MATNEY IS THE EVIL SON OF A BITCH THAT DID THIS! He shot her in the face because he said she was aggressive to him when he was giving her a bath. I’d say she was scared and with good right to be! He is 21 and, if it was up to me, wouldn’t live to see 22! He’d be taken to the woods, shot in the head and left for buzzard food! Damnit to hell these things just infuriate me. Why isn’t Florida doing anything to protect the innocent animals??? He lives in Daytona Beach. He only had a $5,000 bond – no wonder people are abusive towards animals – there’s no punishment for it! I’m still looking for his address. As soon as I find it, I’ll post it on here. Why is animalpetitions.org protecting these bastards and not publishing names and addresses?
2 people have already left comments posting his name and address -read the 2nd comment on this board namely. POS Matney’s address is 884 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach, Florida
What a piece of crap this man is. Why oh why does our society put up with someone like this. There is a special place in hell for people who mistreat animals. I don’t care if the dog turned aggressive……must have been a reason, and I am tired of pit bulls getting such a bad rap and people thinking it is okay to abuse them. This idiot deserves to pay for his irresponsibility. Animals have no voice, so we must speak out for this poor dog.
Please make the scumbag pay. Hit them financially as well as lifetime bans from residing with any animal.
Will the poor dog be able to ever walk again?
Make the POS owners name public. That scum needs time behind bars. At least 5 years.
This piece of shit needs tge same. Had a gun and put bull. Sounds like a fine upstanding citizen. What does it take to get our”justice” system to uphold laws we already have!?. I blame judges who seem to be ignorant morons,prosecutors who dont do enough and ignorance of everyone to not know we are animals too. May this garbage rot in Hell
FIND THE HEARTLESS DEMON WHO DID THIS TO THAT POOR DOG AND DO THE SAME TO HIM!!
I AGREE 1000%.
Please shoot the motherfucker!! Let him have the same fate.
Agree all comments blow this fuckers head off.
Only a low life POS owner would shot their dog and not seek medical treatment for it, leaving it to suffer unable to fend for itself. Until you DAs go after these criminal animal abusers and impose harsh jail sentences and monetary fines, animals will continue to be harmed or killed by these POS degenerates who have no fear of being punished.