Jefferson County, WV – A Jefferson County couple is facing animal cruelty charges after an abused puppy was rescued from outside their apartment complex. According to Rescue Me WV, the puppy, Everett, was emaciated and injured when he was found behind the Apple Tree Apartments where Makayla Hale and Shay Berdeguez lived. The rescue group said:
Everett came to us through Animal Control, who found him in a condition no living soul should ever endure. He was malnourished to the point of starvation, weighing only 6 lbs—when he should weigh at least 15–20 lbs. His body told a silent story of horror and suffering.
Adding:
He had infected wounds in various stages of healing.
🩸 His front paw was injured—likely from being bound.
😔 Worst of all, his muzzle had been tied shut—likely with some type of ligature—causing tissue damage in his mouth and preventing his adult teeth from coming in.
Everett’s snout showed signs of being bound, and his owners admitted to securing his mouth at night to keep him from barking. As reported in The Journal, other animals were seized from the couple’s home. The couple were arrested and arraigned in Jefferson County Magistrate Court on one count of felony cruelty to animals and six counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals.
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low lifes charge them with animal cruelty and attempted murder please lock them up
These disgusting people belong in hell!!!!
Give me five minutes, just five minutes alone with these 2 maggots. I would take great pleasure in unleashing the greatest can of whoop-arse on both of them, as vigilante justice for Everett and the other dogs who were unfortunate enough to have been owned by this Human Filth.
HARSHER PENALTIES FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY NOW, RIGHT NOW.
These monsters deserve to be muzzled themselves until they die of starvation. Bless that innocent pup.
BTK. SOUNDS FAIR TO ME.
BTK. SOUNDS FAIR TO ME.
BTK. SOUNDS FAIR TO ME.
SICK! SICK! SICK! JUST ABHORRENT CRUEL MONSTERS TO DO THIS TO THIS PUPPY AND OTHER ANIMALS..WHY DO THEY EVEN HAVE THEM??? CLEARLY THEY ARE INCAPABLE OF CARING FOR ANYTHING THIS IS VERY OBVIOUS! AND HOW DID THEY EVEN GET THESE ANIMALS???
LOCK THEM BOTH UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY!!! NO FOOD, WATER, OR DAYLIGHT SEE HOW THEY LIKE IT.