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From: jmurphy on 21 Jun 2007 14:50
Go to the link, to see a pic of this puppy-killing thug, Tyson Chance
Mullins

http://newsradio1420.com/newsradio/newsMaker.asp?storyID=6979

Puppy Torture Death Maybe Not Illegal

By: James Clark

The man accused of smashing a puppy to death in a Lubbock apartment
might not have broken any animal cruelty laws.

The man who, according to his neighbor, smashed a puppy to death against
an apartment wall in Lubbock might not have broken the law. That�s
right, we learn from Kathy Thompson at the Humane Society of the United
States that torturing an 8-week-old Dachshund puppy to death is not
always illegal in Lubbock or the rest of Texas.

Thompson says, �Actually, I�m afraid that�s true. You can actually kill
your own animal in the state of Texas. Or if you have the permission of
the owner you can do so.�

One of the web sites associated with the Humane Society says a guy down
in Houston used a lawn mower on a puppy. And that�s not illegal?
Thompson responds, �If it was his puppy or if it didn�t have an owner
I�m afraid it may not be illegal.�

Yesterday News Radio 1420 broke the story that the Humane Society of the
United States has gotten involved in reports of a 22-year old Lubbock
man beating his girlfriend�s puppy to death earlier this week in the
Savannah Oaks Apartments. However, if this young man can prove that he
was co-owner of the dog, he�s off the hook for animal cruelty.

A neighbor is on the record describing how the dog died. A police report
does NOT confirm the animal cruelty accusation. The police report only
confirms that 22-year-old Tyson Chance Mullins was arrested on two
charges: public intoxication and evading arrest.

The maximum penalty for torturing a puppy to death is a Class A
misdemeanor with up to one year in jail. The exception to the rule is if
there�s a previous conviction for animal cruelty and then it can be a
state jail felony.

Story Posted: Fri Jun 8 06:15:00 CDT 2007
Created: Fri Jun 8 06:12:46 CDT 2007
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