Dogs Tortured: Test of Susie's Law Underway in North Carolina

Susie
Photo courtesty WRAL news  

Last year North Carolina enacted Susie's Law.  Susie's Law makes any malicious abuse, torture or killing of animals a Class H felony, punishable by up to 10 months in jail.  Now the first prosecution under the new law is underway in Caswell County.

According to the Animal Law Coalition, Jimmy Lee Spears, Jr. has been charged with 3 felony counts under Susie's Law.  Spears is alleged to have starved 3 dogs to death while they were left chained.  That doesn't begin to describe the intense suffering of these animals as they slowly died.  Animal lovers throughout the country will be watching to see what happens as Susie's Law is put into practice.

Susie's Law is named after a dog who survived incredibly wicked abuse.  Susie was just an 8 week old puppy when she was tortured, burned and left to die in Greensboro, NC.  According to the Greensboro News & Record, her ears were burned off and she was covered in maggots by the time she was found, about two weeks later.  the perpetrator of the abuse was caught, charged, convicted, and sentenced to probation.  Susie's new owner, Donna Lawrence, was one of the leaders of the movement to create Susie's Law.  Lawrence wanted to make sure that anyone who tortured a dog would have to face jail time.

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Very rarely does a day go by when I don't check the updates at Ohmidog.  This is my favorite dog blog on the web for dog related news and entertainment.  Sometimes I cry;  sometimes I laugh.  I am always glad I checked in with Ace and John.

Ohmidog.com is the web domain of John Woestendiek, a former newspaper reporter and Pulitizer Prize winning author who, after bloggin about dogs and animals for the Baltimore Sun newspaper, decided to unleash himself and go out on his own.  Among other things, authoring dog related book is in his future.


This summer John and his canine companion, Ace, are traveling the United States taking an up close and personal look at what dog friendly really means.  One of his recent blog posts is simply not to be missed by any dog lover.


John and Ace have discovered a version of dog lover nirvana and John tells about in his blog post:  "Chasing the Blues Away at The Dog Bar Where Everybody Knows Your (dogs) Name"  The Dog Bar is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and this video explains:



If you're like all of us at For Love of a Dog... you'll wish you could head on over to The Dog Bar right now.  I guess if we hurry we might catch John and Ace!  

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