3 Teenagers Arrested After Video Of Dog Getting Abused Goes Viral, Dog To Be Rehomed

Three teenagers from Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana have been arrested in reference to a viral video of dog abuse.

On July 27, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace (TPSO) revealed on a Fb publish that they have been made conscious of a video that was circulating on-line exhibiting a boy abusing a dog throughout a looking journey.

“It was evident a second particular person was recording the crime and a 3rd particular person was current as nicely, neither intervening on the dog’s behalf,” they clarify.

Upon investigation, detectives discovered that the abuse occurred in Manchac, Louisiana early 2023 and the youngsters have been from the Ponchatoula space.

TPSO revealed that the perpetrators have been three 15-year-old youngsters. In addition they revealed, “One 15-year-old boy was arrested on one depend of Animal Cruelty. The opposite two 15-year-old boys have been every arrested on one depend of Principal to Animal Cruelty.”

TPSO mentioned, “The dog within the video was additionally positioned and assessed. The dog, right now, was discovered to be in wholesome situation and of a contented disposition.”

Within the video, the teenager will be seen punching the dog repeatedly whereas attempting to coach it to retrieve geese in water.

After the video went viral, a petition to take away the dog, discovered to be a Labrador Retriever, from the suspect’s residence was created. The petition was thought-about successful with a complete of 114,517 signatures.

In a follow-up assertion, TPSO revealed that because the arrest of the youngsters, they’ve been coordinating with quite a few animal welfare and authorized consultants “concerning potential extra actions pertaining to the welfare of the dog.”

Nonetheless, with the suspect’s household cooperation, they’ve led to an settlement to give up the dog so it may be rehomed.

“The dog is scheduled to obtain a full medical analysis previous to that rehoming,” TPSO wrote within the replace. “The Tangipahoa Parish Animal Companies workplace is coordinating the rehoming and no help from the general public is required for that course of right now.”

The suspect’s household additionally mentioned through TSPO that they’re past devastated about the entire state of affairs involving their son and their dog.

They defined, “As a result of we love our son, we’re dedicated to making sure that he learns appropriately from this expertise via accountability measures within the court docket system and at residence.”

“And since we love our dog, we’re dedicated to making sure it has a house the place it’s secure,” the household added.

Director of Animal Management, Chip Fitz, mentioned, “At Animal Companies, our aim is to make it possible for all needed actions are taken with a view to stop any abuse.”

“On the similar time, we should ensure that the outcomes of any of these actions are good for all animals concerned.”