Please Help bring justice to dog tortured to death with bow & arrow in Pierce Co., WA

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Justice needs to be served on 2 men in Pierce County, WA, who admitted to the killing of a dog, a Siberian Husky, by shooting it numerous times using a bow and the same arrow, which was removed each time the dog was shot until it collapsed from profuse blood lost, shock and pain! This poor animal endure such torture! If these 2 young men do not get the maximum sentence, then they can possible go to more animals and then humans next. Please help put a stop to this insane and inhumane behavior before it escalates! Thanks.

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http://www.tribnet.com/news/local/story/4869989p-4805617c.html

Young men charged in bow and arrow killing of dog

ROB TUCKER; The News Tribune

Pierce County prosecutors charged two men with first-degree animal cruelty Friday, alleging they killed a dog with a bow and arrow after tying it to a tree.

Prosecutors charged Steven L. Paulson and Troy L. Loney with one count each of the felony crime. Authorities said on March 8 they roped the dog, probably a Siberian husky, to a tree near Wilkeson Elementary School around 5 p.m. and shot it "numerous times" using a bow and one arrow.


The two men allegedly would remove the arrow from the dog's body and reuse it to shoot the dog again.


A witness said the men took turns and shot the dog at least 10 times, deputy prosecutor Dennis Ashman said in charging documents filed in Pierce County Superior Court.


After the dog died, the men threw its body into Wilkeson Creek, he said.


Police decided not to arrest the pair, said Jim Osborn, a Buckley police detective and Wilkeson town marshal. Both men told authorities they had used a bow and arrow to kill the dog, Ashman said.


Both will be summoned when a court date is set. They must appear or face arrest, he said.


If convicted, Paulson, 20, and Loney, 18, could face maximum prison sentences of five years each and fines of $10,000 each. But sentencing guidelines for a first offense call for less jail time - up to a year, Ashman said.


Neither man could be reached for comment.


Paulson is the son of Wilkeson Mayor Doug Paulson, according to police.


Rob Tucker: 253-597-8374
rob.tucker@mail.tribnet.com

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  • S. Harrison
    • Comments
    • Please help stop put these creeps behind bars!
    • city, zip code
    • 95054
  • Teri Petrikin
    • Comments
    • It is way past time that we as a nation, start punishing these sick abusers, who as we know move on to human torture. We have got to send the message that no abuse is to be tolerated and responsibility must be taken and serious puishment due for the crime.
  • Rosalee Fogarty
    • Comments
    • maximum penalties, PLEASE
  • Mary Viera
    • Comments
    • Give them the max. penalty for such cruelty.
    • city, zip code
    • Hornbrook, CA. 96044
  • heather fogarty
    • Comments
    • this is shocking, the act itself, and the fact that these men were not arrested.
    • city, zip code
    • 92067
  • Dara Brumfield
    • Comments
    • The best thing a father could do for a son who committed this crime is to see to it that he was justly punished.
    • city, zip code
    • escondido, ca 92025
  • Dee Hayward
    • Comments
    • Put these guys in jail, where they belong.
    • city, zip code
    • Seattle, WA 98136
  • Barbara Ellison
  • Jane Anderson
    • Comments
    • These men should suffer the same fate!
    • city, zip code
    • Rancho Santa Fe 92067
  • Mike Bell
    • Comments
    • Thank you for doing this Susan
    • city, zip code
    • San Diego CA
  • Patricia Driver
    • Comments
    • lock um up for good
    • city, zip code
    • 92545
  • Mia Riback
    • city, zip code
    • V7A 1M9
  • Donna Goyette
    • Comments
    • Horrific!!
    • city, zip code
    • Saratoga, CA 95070
  • Nicole Spranger
  • Jill Blackstone
    • Comments
    • This is an outrage. How about if we took a bow and shot it repeatedly into one of these guys? Then they'd have a glimpse into the pain they caused another living being. Shame on anyone who looks the other way instead of sending the message that this is inhumane and intolerable.
    • city, zip code
    • Los Angeles, CA 90068
  • MICHELLE L ANDERSON
    • Comments
    • It is a proven fact that monsters who abuse animals will go on to humanes, it's only a matter of time.
    • city, zip code
    • Forest Grove, Oregon 97116
  • Irene Conde
    • Comments
    • These two men should be shot with bows and arrows.
    • city, zip code
    • Woodland Hills
  • Tracie L. Koehler
    • Comments
    • stop the cruelty
    • city, zip code
    • Romulus
  • Susan Carney
    • city, zip code
    • 19143
  • Lisa Milhollan
    • Comments
    • This is sick! Why they were not arrested and forced to at least post bail is beyond me. Seriel killers in the making these two are! Not one ounce of compassion, decency, or morals do they possess. They need the book thrown HARD at them! I'm so disguisted.
    • city, zip code
    • Bellflower, CA 90706
  • Jane Beam
    • Comments
    • Do the same to them as they did to the dog
    • city, zip code
    • Idaho
  • Kathleen T. Hargis
    • Comments
    • No special privledges. These men committed a felony, now please uphold the law.
    • city, zip code
    • Toms River, NJ 08753
  • Linda
  • Kricket McCarthy
    • city, zip code
    • 20879
  • Crissy Clinton
    • Comments
    • I think that these men need to be punished to the full extent.
    • city, zip code
    • Berwick,LA 70342
  • KARLA SHIRLEY, SOUTHERN IDAHO BOXER RESCUE
    • Comments
    • THIS IS A TERRIBLE ACT OF INTENTIONAL CRUELTY AND SHOULD BE PUNISHED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. IT IS A PROVEN FACT THAT THERE IS A DIRECT CONNNECTION BETWEEN ABUSE TO ANIMALS AND ABUSE TO PEOPLE.
    • city, zip code
    • KIMBERLY, IDAHO 83341
  • Carol Bell
    • city, zip code
    • Somers, CT 06071
  • Elizabeth Summers
    • city, zip code
    • Clarksburg, 26301
  • Lois Weitzman
    • Comments
    • How can two men be allowed to walk freely in our society after commiting such a heinous act. They will continue.
    • city, zip code
    • Woodmere, NY 11598
  • Kendra Phillips
    • Comments
    • If they aren't punished now, their next victim could be a person!
  • NANCY WYATT
  • Kristi Williams
    • Comments
    • These men need to be prosecuted to the highest extend of the law.
  • Mary DeMauro
    • Comments
    • This act is so vile, so sick, that I became ill reading it. An example should be made of such so-called men.
    • city, zip code
    • Oneida, NY
  • Gail Mcfarlane
    • Comments
    • procecute to the full exent of the law
    • city, zip code
    • wynyard 7325
  • Morgan Gallo
    • Comments
    • What is wrong with people......I would just once like to see a animal do to them what was done to it!
    • city, zip code
    • 31324
  • lynn mason
    • Comments
    • letting them away with it shows others that they can do the same with the same results
    • city, zip code
    • KY11 4RS
  • Sheri Fernino
    • Comments
    • I am speechless...I just can't believe that 2 young people, especially one that is the Mayor's son & should have had a proper upbringing, could have the ability to do something so cold, cruel, & cowardly..void of feeling..just for their own amusement. As cruel as it may sound on my part, in instances like these...I think.."eye for an eye" holds the key to stopping things of this nature from happening....why not tie these boys up to a tree...& let someone shoot 1 arrow into them repeatedly..pulling it out after each shot...so they can repent for their awful crime & experience what the poor dog felt...of course..we'll show them more mercy than they had shown to the dog....we'll let them live!!
    • city, zip code
    • Connecticut
  • Carla Heim
    • Comments
    • Please do not let these men get off. Especially don't let them get off just because one happens to be the son of a city official. An example needs to be set to show people this kind of autrocity will not be tolerated - REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU ARE!!
    • city, zip code
    • Blue Grass, 52726
  • Christine Hulbert
    • Comments
    • These men should receive maximum punishment. If this is how they treat a defenseless animal, I'd hate to imagine what they will do next.
    • city, zip code
    • Dallas, TX 75249
  • Robert Dickens
    • Comments
    • sigh
    • city, zip code
    • Centerville,TN 37033
  • Denise Vogel-Summers
    • city, zip code
    • Indiana 47304
  • Nicol Morris
    • Comments
    • I hope the judge gives them the MAXIMUM + a few years. That poor defenseless animal didnt have a chance...lets see how THEY do in JAIL.
    • city, zip code
    • 48315
  • AMBER PLASKETT
    • Comments
    • BRING JUSTICE FOR THIS POOR, HELPLESS ANIMAL!!
    • city, zip code
    • 95003
  • Kathleen Aronson
    • Comments
    • blatent cruelty requires blatent justice!
    • city, zip code
    • Austin, Texas 78727
  • Christy Bain
    • Comments
    • By not doing anything but slapping them on the hand lets everyone believe they can abuse animals,children and each other.These two boys are old enough to know better.
    • city, zip code
    • Anniston 36201
  • Connie Taylor
    • Comments
    • this shameful act should be punishable to the maximum extent of the law
    • city, zip code
    • Indianapolis in 46214
  • Trevor Chin
  • Lisa Anselmo
    • city, zip code
    • NY 10012
  • Amanda Covert
  • nik
    • Comments
    • I wish people like these could suffer the same abuse they have inflicted on an innocent animal. I hope that because one of them is the son of the Mayor, won't hinder the execution of the maximum penalty that can be given. It is time to stop letting evil, malicious people get away with these crimes.