Smirk of ‘cruel’ dog owner ‘who starved her pets until they were skin and bones’
This is the smirking face of an alleged animal abuser accused of starving her six dogs down to their skin and bones. Christy Michelle Anderson, 41, was charged with animal cruelty Tuesday, with investigators sharing horrific photos of her abused pets.
One of the dogs, which appears to be a pit bull, started forlornly at the camera with its entire rib cage visible under its gray fur. Another pit bull looked barely able to hold itself up, with the fur on its head consumed by mange. A third dog was sitting down, and looked similarly malnourished.
A total of six dogs – four pit bulls and two smaller animals – were seized from Anderson’s home in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Detectives called out to a report of animal cruelty found the dogs left without any food, and with only dirty water to drink.
They also found the skeletal remains of a domestic pig nearby. It is unclear how that animal died. Anderson’s surviving pets were turned over to the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Animal Services’s Unit.
They were taken for examination by a veterinarian, with further updates on their condition not yet given. Anderson wasn’t at home when her pets were seized. She was arrested later the same day at a pal’s house.
She allegedly confirmed the dogs were hers, and added that ‘she knew this was coming,’ BRProud reported.
Anderson has been charged with six counts of animal cruelty, with no motive given for the crimes she has been accused of.
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