- Nebraska, USA -
On February 26, 2023, TERRANCE FEAIRS, of Omaha, called the Nebraska Humane Society about euthanizing his 3-year-old dog.
Steve Glandt, Nebraska Humane Society vice president of field operations, told 6 News that following the call, an NHS Animal Control officer went to FEAIRS’ home and when he saw the dog, he thought the dog was deceased.
The furbaby was alive but the ACO in his report described the dog as a “skeleton with skin draped on it.”
The dog was evidently extremely emaciated and had numerous sores over his/her body.
The ACO reported that the poor dog was confined to a restricted area where he/she would eat, sleep, defecate, and urinate and called the living conditions “deplorable.”
FEAIRS told the ACO that he had bought the dog approximately three years ago and that he/she had been in very poor health for a year and a half. FEAIRS admitted that he had not taken the dog to the vet. FEAIRS couldn’t care less about the poor dog whom he did not even name!
Furthermore, when the ACO asked him the gender of the dog, FEAIRS said he had to check!
The ACO rushed the dog to the Nebraska Humane Society for emergency care and it was determined that he/she had developed sepsis after digesting foreign bodies and was suffering many other conditions that would not allow for recovery. Sadly, the decision was made to euthanize the innocent voiceless victim.
FEAIRS was cited for cruelty to animals, for not having a pet license or proof of the dog’s vaccination, and for public nuisance due to unsanitary conditions.
6 News reports that “After the Humane Society reviewed the case, the cruelty charge was upgraded to a Class 4 felony: animal neglect or cruelty resulting in injury or death.”
Mr. Glandt said in an email to 6 News: “This case depicts a person that should never have owned an animal; someone that left a pet who is solely dependent on him to suffer through unimaginable conditions.”
On the afternoon of Thursday, March 23, 2023, FEAIRS appeared in Douglas County Court and was released on his own recognizance on the condition that he is not allowed to have any animals at his home.
FEAIRS’ preliminary hearing is scheduled to take place on April 24, 2023.
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