A Ferndale, Michigan, resident is accused of mistreating two German shepherds and a Troy, Michigan, resident is accused of mistreating a mixed-breed dog, the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday.<\/p>\n
Oakland County Animal Control officers visited the home of the 32-year-old Ferndale resident multiple times and found both German shepherds tethered to a fence on short chains and with no accessible food or water.<\/p>\n
“They reportedly were malnourished, significantly underweight, and required veterinary care,” the prosecutor’s office said in a news release.<\/p>\n
Officials said one of the German shepherds tested positive for heartworm.<\/p>\n
In Troy, witnesses reported hearing the mixed-breed dog “squeal as if in pain” and seeing the\u00a032-year-old resident hit it. According to the prosecutor’s office, a veterinarian who examined the dog found a bruise on its head, bruises on its gums and “injuries consistent with being kicked.”<\/p>\n
The prosecutor’s office said the Ferndale resident is charged with one count of abandoning\/cruelty to two animals and the Troy resident is charged with one count of abandoning\/cruelty to an animal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We have a moral responsibility to treat animals in our care humanely,” Prosecutor Karen McDonald said in a written statement.<\/p>\n
Anyone in Oakland County who suspects an animal is being abused or mistreated is asked to call Animal Control at 248-858-1090.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Ferndale, Michigan, resident is accused of mistreating two German shepherds and a Troy, Michigan, resident is accused…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[18642,18800,143,145,144,4863],"class_list":{"0":"post-129490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-animal-cruelty","9":"tag-ferndale","10":"tag-oakland","11":"tag-oakland-headlines","12":"tag-oakland-news","13":"tag-troy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}