Arrest Made in Dog Shooting Case
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Police have arrested a woman accused of shooting her nursing dog in the head after locking her in a cage with her pups.
Tammy Green Douglas has been arrested after the Parker County Sheriff's Department investigated a case of animal cruelty. Douglas is now facing a charge of cruelty to non-livestock animals.
Douglas posted $3,000 bond on Sunday afternoon. Attempts to speak with her were unsuccessful as her property was barricaded at the main road.
According to a news release from the sheriff's office, several tips led investigators to Douglas and her home in rural Parker County. Investigators said Douglas "implicated" herself and said she had become agitated with the dog, a 4-year-old heeler-shepherd mix named Aowa.
Investigators said Douglas admitted to shooting Aowa at her residence while she was in the cage.
A resident near the location was told a bullet was found on the side of the road. The release said Douglas could not give a reason why she left the puppies after shooting their mother dead.
“To a normal, caring human, this is an incomprehensible act,” Sheriff Larry Fowler said in the release. “I can’t imagine what the suspect thought theses puppies did in order to warrant her actions. Animal cruelty can never be justified.”
The puppies were abandoned on Thursday and a Springtown bus driver found the caged dogs at about 6:30 a.m. while driving the morning bus route. The cage was left partially in the roadway on the 100 block of Raley Road, not far from Veal Station Road in Springtown.
Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler said the deceased dog had 10 puppies abandoned in the kennel with her and that they were "still nursing on their deceased mother” when she was recovered by sheriff's deputies.
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