On July 1, 2016, In Defense of Animals – Justice for Animals Campaign received a report that a Grenada County, Mississippi dog had been starved to death.  The caller, a close friend of our campaign’s director, Doll Stanley, said the neighbor across the street had moved and the neighbor beside the vacant residence discovered that the tenant’s dog was dead and decomposing in the dog house behind the residence.

Doll responded to the report,  met with the two neighbors who reported the case, took their information and took photos of the deceased dog and the area surrounding the dog house.  She asked the Grenada County Sheriff’s Department to send a deputy. Deputy Tim Gholston, SO 31, responded. Doll and the neighbors gave their statements to Deputy Gholston who in turn wrote and submitted an incident report on July 2, 2016.

Doll pursued justice by filing an affidavit with the Grenada County Justice Court alleging that Dave Trusty, the resident of 477 South Archie Jackson Road, Grenada, Mississippi had starved his dog.  Subsequently, the Grenada County Sheriff’s Office pulled out the affidavit in order for the investigator to establish the facts of the case.

To date, the affidavit has not been returned to the Grenada County Justice Court for prosecution and attempts by Doll and the neighbor who reported the case to learn more about the case have gleaned nothing. Please join us in seeking justice for a dog who suffered the horror of starvation and succumbed to dehydration.

One of the justifications that Mississippi legislators give for not being willing to increase  animal cruelty penalties is that current laws and penalties are not even being enforced, so in order to see better laws, we need to ensure that the current paltry laws are at the very least enforced.

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