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TAMARA L. TOPHOVEN and REBECCA TOPHOVEN arrested - Neglected cats and dogs found in a trailer

- New York, USA -


New York State Police announced the arrest of 57-years-old TAMARA L. TOPHOVEN and 43-years-old REBECCA TOPHOVEN, both of Edmeston in Otsego County.


In a press release police said that a trooper was dispatched to check on the safety and welfare of animals who were inside a trailer on Taylor Hill Road in the Town of Edmeston.

Police said that an investigation on scene revealed that five cats and three dogs had been abandoned and were living in squalid conditions. The poor souls had no access to water or proper care and there was minimal to no ventilation.


The trooper called in the Susquehanna SPCA in Cooperstown who assisted with the removal of the VOICELESS VICTIMS. Five cats and three dogs were examined by veterinarians.

The TOPHOVENS voluntarily surrendered the furbabies to the SPCA.


Police said the dogs have been adopted but the cats are still at the shelter and are waiting for their furever home. If you are the loving home these precious souls need and deserve, please give the SPCA a call at (607) - 547 - 8111. Thank you!


As for the arrestees, New York State Police at Richfield Springs took them into custody on Saturday, July 2, 2022, on four counts of overdriving, torturing and injuring animals and failure to provide proper sustenance. The charges are all Misdemeanor under Agriculture and Markets Law.

The pair were issued appearance tickets to the Edmeston Town Court and are scheduled to appear on July 18, 2022, to answer the charges.


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GREG K. RIGDON, repeat offender, arrested for animal cruelty for the third time

- Kentucky, USA -


On the early afternoon of Thursday, June 30, 2022, the Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins and Grayson County Animal Control Officer Todd Saltsman, about 60-years-old GREG K. RIGDON (pictured), “having numerous dogs on his property that were not being fed or watered.”


A deputy with the Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office was then dispatched to a property on the 400-block of Indian Creek Road and upon arrival, the deputy made contact with RIGDON who agreed to show his animals.


According to a release obtained by Voice For Us, the deputy discovered “multiple dogs, severely malnourished, with no food or water.”

As stated in the release, “Some of the dogs had rotting animals or bones of animals in their cages.” RIGDON told the deputy he did it for the dogs to eat on.

RIGDON had one empty bag of dog food and told the deputy that no other dog food was on the property.


RIGDON was arrested on scene and charged with five counts of cruelty to animals.


A short time later, the deputy was contacted by Edmonson County Animal Control and learned that more deceased dogs had been found on the property.

An Animal Control Officer had found a mummified dog inside of a doghouse who had the collar and chain still around his/her neck. There were no signs of food or water inside that doghouse.

As if the situation was not cruel and devastating enough, multiple dog collars were found along with the skeletal remains of the dogs.


Consequently, RIGDON was additionally charged with torture of a dog/cat with serial physical injury or death.

He was booked into the Hart County Jail and online arrest records show he is still in custody.

According to online court records, RIGDON’s arraignment is scheduled to take place on July 12, 2022, at 8:30 a.m.


The furbabies removed from RIGDON’s hellish custody are now being care for by the Bowling Green/Warren County Humane Society. One of the furbabies, a male named Silas, is up for adoption so, if you are ready to add a new member to your family, please click here or give the nonprofit a call at (270) - 842 - 8572. Thank you!


The Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office said that this incident makes the third time RIGDON has been charged with cruelty to animals.

RIGDON was arrested the first time in Hart County and the second time on October 23, 2017, in Grayson County.


RIGDON is toxic and toxic people do not change, they only change their victims.

If the law does not change in Kentucky and lawmakers do not take animal cruelty seriously, we will continue to experience cases like this one and the senseless deaths of innocent animals is on you lawmakers!


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CHERELLE M. ASKEW arrested - 7 dogs found chained in filthy conditions on her property, one died

- North Carolina, USA -


Following an investigation by PETA into the abuse of several dogs on a property on Governor’s Road, Windsor, the Bertie County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 58-years-old CHERELLE M. ASKEW.


On June 22, ASKEW was issued three criminal summons charging her with seven MISDEMEANOR counts of cruelty to animals.


In a press release PETA said that the charges stem from ASKEW’s “prolonged neglect of seven dogs she kept chained outdoors, at least one of whom, a young black pit bull named Minnie, died.”


According to PETA, on February 15, its fieldworkers found Minnie’s skeletal remains, still chained, inside her doghouse. A necropsy revealed that Minnie had died of “starvation and extreme neglect.”


The other dogs on the property, Buddy, Duchess, Duke, Nala, Sandy, and Zeus were kept chained in filthy conditions.

PETA also said that Buddy, a Chihuahua, was given to the organization in August 2021.


From PETA’s press release, it appears that ASKEW was “repeatedly educated” about how to care for these innocent and helpless lives. It is unclear, however, why it took months to remove the dogs resulting also in Minnie’s death.


The organization said: “PETA’s fieldworkers consistently found them and Minnie malnourished and neglected, even though they had repeatedly educated Askew about the dogs’ basic needs and provided her with free food, doghouses, flea and flystrike prevention, cable tie-outs and collars to replace heavy chains and painful choke collars, spay/neuter services, and more. After months of pleading and urging by PETA, the Bertie County Sheriff’s Office finally removed four surviving dogs: Zeus (whose ears are freshly injured and permanently disfigured from years of flystrike), Duke, Sandy, and Duchess. Nala’s status and whereabouts are unknown.”


So, the aftermath of pleading for months is, one dead dog, one missing dog, and one “permanently disfigured” dog!


“PETA is urging Bertie County officials to ban 24/7 tethering of dogs, which is the best way to help ensure that no other animals suffer as these dogs did,” said PETA.


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