Target: Daniel Rubinstein, District Attorney of Mesa County, Colorado
Goal: Prosecute man accused of tying up, punching, and throwing helpless puppy.
When Colorado deputies responded to a call of potential animal abuse in Mesa County, they reported a disturbing sight: a tied-up four-month-old puppy with visible injuries to the legs and stomach. The man living at the residence, Cody Wardell, had been witnessed allegedly throwing the young dog from a porch with force. The eyewitness claimed that Wardell then restrained the pup and struck the animal multiple times. After authorities questioned him, Wardell reportedly admitted to the series of events.
The puppy’s injuries were apparently so severe that emergency surgery was needed to save both the dog’s leg and life. Unfortunately, Wardell was only charged with a misdemeanor. Under state law, most animal cruelty offenses only qualify for this charge on a first offense. A felony aggravated animal cruelty charge is available in the state, but prosecutors did not seek this more stringent punishment.
Sign the petition below to demand the county’s legal leaders take a second look at this troubling oversight.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear DA Rubenstein,
Under state law, a charge of aggravated animal cruelty can be brought if the reported victim was tortured, mutilated, or killed. In the case of Cody Wardell, a case for all three qualifications could be made. The small puppy in the case received life-threatening injuries from an alleged beating. This animal was reportedly restrained and pummeled repeatedly, which a rational person might consider torture. And the puppy’s leg was apparently maimed (or mutilated) to the point where only surgery could save it.
Despite all of these aggravating factors, the suspect only faces a misdemeanor charge. Do better. Reevaluate this case and consider applying charges that truly reflect the grave nature of the alleged offense.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Matheus Bertelli
Not good enough punishment!! The puppy went through hell & this idiot is getting a slap!! Not right
I agree this case needs to be looked at again. This is terrible abuse against a dog and all the moron.gets is a misdemeanour….retrial
Doesn’t someone live near this asshole?
This SOB has absolutely NO right to get away this! The judge that gave this ahole such a tiny slap on the wrist, needs the same treatment that this poor dog got. Maybe then they’ll understand what the pup went through. What a joke of sentence. Be REAL.
human scum should be tied up and thrown off a porch himself. and then kicked.
WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ANIMAL ABUSE AND CRUELTY IN ANY WAY SHAPE.
Absolutely Must Happen!!! ASAP!!! DEATH PENALTY FOR ALL ANIMAL ABUSERS!!!
Agreed! This is what I’ve been saying for a few years now. Death penalty for animal abusers AND child abusers!
When will animal abuse be taken as the serious crime it is? Makes me so angry to think of what that poor puppy felt at the time and after rescue. 😡
I agree. I’m fed up of signing petitions to get justice for animals. The judges and lawyers need to grow a pair.
This was a baby who was brutalized. Not even old enough to have been taught right from wrong.
What the hell is wrong with the people who do this and those who let them get away with it?
I find it very disturbing that the USA is regressing to a third world country state. With corrupt and incompetent prosecutors being paid to do a job and just flat out refusing to do it. The USA is becoming a laughing stock within civilised societies, looked down upon as being a backwards, evil and primitive country to be reviled and ridiculed for the tragedy that it is now.
I think you are right.
“DA Rubenstein” gave him a slap on the wrist, why am I not surprised?
Big tough guys in Colorado, huh???!!! It took some kind of a big, tough Wild, Wild West man to forcefully throw a four-month-old puppy off a porch, tie him up, and punch him repeatedly, almost killing him!!!!!!!! This disgusting piece of human existence should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of their pathetic law in Mesa County and never allowed near an animal ever again!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE WHO LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THESE KINDS OF CRIMES AGAINST INNOCENT ANIMALS?????????!!!!!!!!!!
Would REALLY like just 10 minutes with this supposed hard cunt who tortures and beats up innocent little puppies. I guarantee that the bastard would never EVER do anything like this again!!!!!!
J.W.
I’m pretty sure someone and somewhere there is a ravine waiting for his worthless ass!!!! Shame on Colorado for not doing the right thing!!!! So now he gets another chance to hurt another innocent animal!!
What the F—— is wrong with you people!!!!
ANIMAL ABUSE should be a DP Offense! This is person is the scum of the earth and needs to stop stealing our air. I have no TOLERANCE FOR THIS ABUSE!
Execute the perpetrator(s)
NO animal deserves to be a victim of DEHUMANIZED, DESENSITIZED and MENTALLY-DERANGED SADISTIC PSYCHOPATHS!!
NO animal-abuser should get away with such a horrific crime.
LAWMAKERS, stop these crimes by establishing harsh punishments for animal abuse! It’s your duty as humans.
Tormenting, neglecting and killing animals has a brutalizing effect on our society and mankind as a whole.
This pathological monster must be severely punished. He must also be forbidden from coming near animals ever again.
SET a PRECEDENT, and punish to the full extent of the law!
MAX JAIL or DEATH PENALTY for this scumbag!
Those who are convicted of cruelty should never be allowed to own animals again.
What is wrong with the lawmakers in Colorado? This scumbag should be put away not out to torture more animals and maybe children?? Grow a spine.
Death penalty for bastard abuser,coward,POS, SOB,burn in hell motherfucker!
Justice for puppy!
Sinto uma revolta tão grande que nem tenho palavras suficientes para descrever o que deviam fazer a esse monte de merda.
Toturem-no e matem-no.
Cody wardell, needs to be punched, kicked and beaten. He deserves severe jail time. Ordered not to have any animals ever. What a disgusting inbred.
Another Asshole added to the list of scum that need to die. Time to start eliminating these assholes. Stop the petitions, it’s a waste of time and effort, someone throw Mr Cody from the balcony, tied up and then beat him to near death. Anyone in this area in Colorado, 500 block of Garfield Drive in Grand Junction, do what’s necessary.
How Bad does the 1st offense have to be? Maimed? Death? What if that had been a baby? That puppy was a baby too! And it is still the ‘1st’ offense. He admitted to all of it. Make him pay for ALL MEDICAL BILLS, all care until it’s healed and has found a home. NEVER let this POS near another animal. Put his picture on TV and state he is an Abuser. There Are other ways to make him pay other than jail.
Agree all comments throw him off let die in pain.
Animal hating JackASS ATTORNY. Should be disbarred and forced to work at rescue organizations. As for the POS that did that, throw him in prison with animal lovers.
TIE UP THIS CRUEL AND ABUSIVE ASSHOLE UP TGEN START PUNCHING HIM, KICKING HIM ALL OVER HIS MISERABLE BODY REPEATEDLY, STOMP HIM ALL OVER HIS BODY THEM GO THROUGH HIM OFF A HIGH BRIDGE WITH SHARP ROCKS, BOULDER, AND WATER WAITING FOR HIM ALL THE WHILE TIED UP!!!
NEVER EXCUSE TO BE CRUEL AND ABUSIVE TO ALL ANIMALS!! STOP ALL ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ABUSE TOWARDS ALL ANIMALS IMMEDIATELY!! COURTS NEED TO GIVE THESE CRUEL & ABUSIVE ASSHOLE THE EXACT TORTURE AS THIS ASSHOLE INFLICTS ON ANY INNOCENT DEFENSELESS ANIMAL ALL OVER THE WORLD!! GO BACK FOR AN EYE FOR AN EYE!!