re: Terrence Cody sentenced to 9 months for starving dog to death

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At trial, Cody testified that he was feeding Taz two or three pounds of food a day, but that Taz couldn’t keep food down and kept vomiting. The prosecution disputed this claim, saying autopsy reports showed Taz wasn’t rejecting food. “He clearly misidentified what was wrong with the dog and let the lack of treatment go beyond what it should have,” Murtha says, adding that Cody had “somewhat limited knowledge of how to care for the dog, and he reached a conclusion.”

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You never know what could have been happening in Cody's life. I'm not trying to take up for the guy, because I don't know him but he may have been high on dope or prescription drugs for several months and didn't give a damn. He seemed to have thought that the dog was eating, seems like his girlfriend did too. They might have left the dog to take a vacation (which is a terrible thing to do btw) and come back to find him emaciated. Taking the dog to the vet shows some sort of contrition, so I have to give him at least that. In hindsight, he would have been better to just put the dog down.

I hate the thought of someone abusing an animal. It is sickening on so many levels. But something here isn't adding up, so I'll reserve judgment.