DeWitt County Facebook video finds investigation after alleged dog abuse

Posted on August 3, 2018

*A recent post to social media showed a dog owner allegedly hitting a Husky, the video has since been taken down.*

By Blake Haas

DEWITT COUNTY – DeWitt County States Attorney is investigating a video posted on social media that depicted a dog being abused.

The video shows a disgruntled dog owner allegedly throwing a Husky to the ground and screaming at the dog to stop. The owner then allegedly holds the dog by its mouth and hits it, before shoving the dog into its cage.

“We want to add that we determined the dog depicted in the video is no longer in the care of the woman depicted in the video. Our investigation has been completed,” said the DeWitt County Sheriffs Office in a social media post. “The evidence has been forwarded to the DeWitt County State’s Attorneys Office for further action.”

The video has been deleted from social media.

DeWitt County States Attorney has not answered our calls.

Blake Haas can be reached at Blake [email protected].

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