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Black Jack, Rose, and Scobey were cruelly lured and poisoned to their deaths by their neighbors on December 1 in Hancock County, Mississippi. After the dogs’ guardian reported the tragic event to local law enforcement, responding deputies gave incorrect advice, preventing the proper prosecution of this horrendous crime. Urge Sheriff Ricky Adams to implement training of his officers regarding proper conduct when responding to the criminal act of poisoning animals.

Upon reporting the poisoning of his three dogs to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, Gary Ryan was incorrectly advised by responding deputies who claimed that nothing could be done since the containers containing the poison his dogs ingested were located on his neighbors’ property.

Seeking justice for his murdered dogs, Mr. Ryan then entered the property of his neighbors and photographed two ice cream buckets underneath a truck bed. The buckets contained the cut-up body of a chicken glistening with a green fluid believed to be anti-freeze. Mr. Ryan took a syringe of the liquid for testing and also tried to capture on video one of the neighbors as she placed the buckets in the truck-bed, flipped him off, and drove away.

This responding officers’ response to Mr. Ryan was unfounded. Mississippi law prohibits administering poison to a list of domesticated animals, including dogs.

Taking our advice, Mr. Ryan had one of the dog’s remains transported to the Mississippi Veterinary Research and Diagnostic Laboratory in Pearl, Mississippi on Dec. 3.

The officers’ failure to gain access to the containers of poison, which was within their legal capacity to do, and Mr. Ryan’s subsequent attempt to document his case by trespassing on the neighbors’ property, will most likely prevent this case from ever going to court. It is probable that justice will not be served on behalf of the unsuspecting animals who lost their lives at the hands of heartless killers.

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