Duson, Louisiana – A Louisiana man is facing animal cruelty charges stemming from the fatal shooting of two dogs who belonged to a man who came to his home for a visit last Friday. According to sources, 49-year-old Damon Labbe shot a golden retriever named Buddy, and a rat terrier named Poupe after the dogs were accidentally left in his yard.
The two dogs belonged to 76-year-old Gerald Trahan, who tells KLFY that he accidentally left the dogs in Labbe’s yard following a visit. Trahan realized his mistake and called Labbe to tell him he was coming back to retrieve his pets.
Trahan said, “I said, Damon, I left my dogs. I’m coming back to pick them up. And he said, I just shot a dog,”
Trahan returned to find his dog, Buddy, dead on the ground. He describes the traumatic scene, telling the news agency, “I drove up there, there was my dog, head’s gone, blown off full of blood, and I started crying. I picked him up and put him on my tailgate.”
Trahan searched for his other dog, with the help of a neighbor. He said, “Well, come to find out, he shot that one, too, she was laying in the grass like she was trying to get away, and he shot her in the stomach.”
The man accused of killing the dogs claims he thought they belonged to a neighbor, not to Trahan.
A woman familiar with Trahan and his pets said:
“It’s just been heartbreaking. To see what they’re going through and knowing the dogs were very gentle, sweet dogs and they went everywhere with Mr. Gerald. I don’t understand how anyone could be so heartless as to shoot two sweet dogs.”
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sad that pos human don’t deserve to live for what he did to those poor dogs may karma karma get him