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Woman charged after two dogs found neglected, starved
Posted 3:43 pm, July 28, 2019
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A woman is facing felony animal cruelty charges after investigators found two of her dogs neglected and starved outside her Whitehaven home.
Demetria Allen, 51, is charged with two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals.
According to court records, animal control officers and police found two of Allen's Rottweilers malnourished, deprived of water and "near death," left to fend for themselves in the summer heat.
Memphis Animal Services says one of the dogs, Roxy, was chained up with a metal collar embedded in her skin for so long that it will have to be surgically removed. Before she can undergo surgery, she needs to gain weight, MAS says.
The other dog, Penncola, was so weak she couldn’t stand.
Animal control officers were called to the home on Palmer Road Friday after getting complaints about the dogs being mistreated. Allen told them she had been trying to call MAS herself for two weeks, the arrest affidavit shows.
The dogs were rushed to a vet and Allen was arrested.
Woman charged after two dogs found neglected, starved
Posted 3:43 pm, July 28, 2019
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A woman is facing felony animal cruelty charges after investigators found two of her dogs neglected and starved outside her Whitehaven home.
Demetria Allen, 51, is charged with two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals.
According to court records, animal control officers and police found two of Allen's Rottweilers malnourished, deprived of water and "near death," left to fend for themselves in the summer heat.
Memphis Animal Services says one of the dogs, Roxy, was chained up with a metal collar embedded in her skin for so long that it will have to be surgically removed. Before she can undergo surgery, she needs to gain weight, MAS says.
The other dog, Penncola, was so weak she couldn’t stand.
Animal control officers were called to the home on Palmer Road Friday after getting complaints about the dogs being mistreated. Allen told them she had been trying to call MAS herself for two weeks, the arrest affidavit shows.
The dogs were rushed to a vet and Allen was arrested.