[News] Man Arrested for Allegedly Throwing Canine to Her Death
 

9/19/2008 Today from ASPCA:

Thanks to the diligence of the ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement (HLE) department, justice will finally be served to the man who allegedly threw his ex-girlfriend’s small dog to her death. The incident occurred on September 14, 2007—a year ago this week.

On that day, Farah Benoit returned to the Brooklyn apartment she had shared with former boyfriend Sherman Haynes to collect her belongings, including her three-year-old shih tzu, Zahara. Haynes would not allow Benoit into the building and began tossing her possessions—including clothing and a heavy cabinet—out of his third-floor window. Witnesses stated that Haynes grabbed Zahara by the throat and then threw the canine to the sidewalk below.

Benoit rushed Zahara to Manhattan’s Animal Medical Center, but with multiple broken legs, collapsed lungs and internal bleeding from the impact, the 15-pound dog soon succumbed to her injuries.

Haynes fled, and for a year avoided both the NYPD and HLE investigators seeking to question him. However, HLE continued to work the case, striving to pinpoint Haynes’s location. His use of a social networking website, plus information from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, ultimately led ASPCA Special Agent Peter Rivas to the door of Haynes’s new Manhattan apartment, where he was arrested on September 5, 2008.

Haynes was arraigned the following Friday and charged with aggravated animal cruelty, a felony. He also was charged with reckless endangerment, reckless endangerment of property, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal mischief. The NYPD slapped him with an additional charge of aggravated harassment for an unrelated incident. Haynes, 27, faces up to seven years in prison for the combined charges.

“This case is another sad example of a pet being used as a pawn for revenge in a domestic violence situation,” says Joseph Pentangelo, Assistant Director, ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement. “We see this all too often. I urge anyone leaving an abusive relationship to take their pets with them or place them, at least temporarily, with family or friends. Do not leave them behind, where they become easy targets.”

In an effort to address the high incidence of pets being harmed in domestic violence disputes, about a dozen states—including New York—have passed laws allowing pets to be included in orders of protection. Read more about the link between domestic violence and animal abuse.

Hopefully he will get the full 7yrs and not a slap on the wrist!
Better yet, take him back to the apt and throw his sorry butt
out the same window. Now that's justice!

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thats right carol

Real justice would be to throw him out a window first and if he lives then make him do 7 years in jail!!!

That's even better!:thumbup:

What a tragic story! So glad they finally arrested him and he will pay for what he did! He definitely needs to do all 7 years! I am totally behind the others who want his butt thrown out the window first!!!

I totally agree with this quote:

"I urge anyone leaving an abusive relationship to take their pets with them or place them, at least temporarily, with family or friends. Do not leave them behind, where they become easy targets.”

Gosh, if the hubby and I argue, the munchkins would be top priority to take with me (probably the only thing in the car with me if I were to take off) (This has never happened). I could always get clothes, but these guys are irreplaceable. I just don't understand why people would leave their pet behind or leave them in that kind of environment. :confused:

Oh yeah, let that guy riot in jail. :D

Our local human ass'n here in Phoenix actually has a program for emergencies such as this. I just find that so impressive. :)

That is heartbreaking.:( I am so glad they got him! Yay for the ASPCA HLE for being so diligent!:thumbup:

tinytaz here
 

:animal-paHI SORRY ABOUT THE LITTLE DOG PAYING THE PRICE , i TO HOPE HE GETS ALL SEVEN YEARS , bUT i KNOW GOD HAS BETTER PLANS FOR HIM, JUSTICE WILL BE PAY BACK. I KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE IN A BAD RELATIONSHIP AND KNOWING THE ONLY THING IMPORTANT IS GETING YOUR BABY OUT SAFE ,I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET MIND OUT SAFE AND SOUND, SO FOR ANYONE OUT THERE GET YOUR LITTLE ONE OUT FIRST OR TAKE THEM WITH YOU , YOU MIGHT NOT GET A SECOND CHANCE.. SO TO YOU AND YOUR LITTLE ONE IM SO VERY SORRY..:rbyorkie:

I agree Jeri!!!

That broke my heart. How could anyone do that to a poor helpless dog. I am so happy he is going to jail and I agree with the other posts, that he should be thrown out the window!

Throwing Canine to Her Death
 

Poor baby, I agree with you all. I am tired of seeing so many people abuse these animals and only get a slap on the wrist. I mean if you can take a life then what else are you capable of. Lock them all up and throw away the key! That is what I say for abusing those that can't defend themselves! :mad: