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

I have received this is an email today:

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.

Good for getting him. Personally, I think he should be treated as he treated the poor dog...throw his a$$ out a window!!

right on
 

I agree equal punishment for the crime committed

What would make people do something like that, is beyond my understanding. It's so sad!

omg why harm a harmless DOG?????? fine throw all her stuff out.. whatever.. but why a living animal??? :mad::mad::mad: gosh what an idiot and im glad he got caught.

LIKEWISE!

People are darn right HORRIBLE to animals sometimes....:mad::thumbdown:eek:

Several years ago, my vet had a man bring in a little dog wanting to have it put to sleep. My vet had him sign the dog over to her and then he left. She immediately began making some phone calls and found a vet who knew the dog and it's owner. The owner was called and she rushed to my vet's office to claim her little dog, who had been taken by her estranged husband. He had broken into her apartment and stolen the dog. I don't know if he was ever arrested or punished, but my vet's quick thinking saved the life of the dog and a lot of grief for it's owner. It's amazing what people will do!

Many years ago, I left a marriage and had to leave my four dogs behind. My husband gave two of my dogs away and said my registered show dog got loose, but I always believed he turned the dog loose. That dog was recovered and I took one more away from him before he could give it away and found it a good home, but two of my registered and much loved dogs were given away. One vanished and no one ever knew what happened to it. One wound up in a fairly good home. I still get very angry just thinking about it. He wanted to hurt me, so used the dogs he knew I loved to get to me. The one that vanished belonged to my six-year-old son. My two boys were very upset about the dogs and worried about them. Many tears were shed and we all grieved over the dogs. Anyone wonder why I left this guy and divorced him?

I remember when that happened and good for law enforcement not giving up and letting it go - that is evil.

I got the email this am and I remember it when it happened, too. It's so disgusting, but I am glad he's finally been arrested. And sadly, it took him a YEAR to get arrested:(

:animal36 For sure....!

This is just horrible! I must agree with the person above that says he needs the same treatment as the poor lil dog :(.

7 years isn't anything...what they outta do is throw him off of a 100 story building...and then justice would have been served!

There are so many SICK people in this world that think nothing of hurting and even killing innocent animals and children. I hope he gets every day of the seven years he is faced with.

I posted a link in the general forum and I would appreciate everyone that reads this to take a minute and sign the ASPCA 1,000,000 signature petition against animal cruelty! Here's the link to the thread....

ASPCA: Pledge to Fight Animal Cruelty

ASPCA: Pledge to Fight Animal Cruelty

I just checked my post and there were 12 looks and NO POSTS:(:( How do you read something like that and not take the minute to follow the link.:idontknow

there needs to be stiffer penalties for Animal Cruelty ! Until then, this kind of horrific absu will continue. :mad: :thumbdown :thumbdown :thumbdown :thumbdown :mad:

This is just so sad :cry:, I used to own a Shih tzu and they are such precious, warm hearted little dogs :aimeeyork...... This is such a tragedy. My heart goes out to Farah Benoit - what an awful situation. :animal-pa :animal-pa