Flint woman charged after allegedly punching starving dog in the face multiple times

[Sugar Cookie]

5-month-old Pitbull-mix puppy is recovering in the care and custody of Genesee County Animal Control after being rescued from a woman authorities say beat and neglected him.

Nataya Shalon Cabine, 35, is charged with a single felony count of killing/torturing an animal and one misdemeanor charge of abandoning/cruelty to an animal in connection with the rescue of Nugget, a dog authorities said was removed from her possession after being found in deplorable conditions.

Nugget was discovered on April 5 by a delivery man dropping off groceries to a neighbor of Cabine’s, according to information presented Monday, April 9, in a video posted to the sheriff’s office Facebook page featuring Swanson and Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton.

The delivery driver called police, reporting that the dog was being beaten and appeared to be starved.

Witnesses told investigators they saw Cabine repeatedly punch the dog in the face after it urinated in the cage it was locked in. The cage was devoid of water and food. It was drenched in urine and feces was “piling up” in the cage, officials said.

The dog’s spine, hip bones and ribs were visible, according to investigators. Swanson showed the dog’s paws and belly, which he said were stained yellow because it was sleeping and standing in urine his entire life.

Flint woman charged after allegedly punching starving dog in the face multiple times

“There is no excuse for this,” the sheriff said.

www.mlive.com

 

[Angiebla]

This literally makes me mad on the internet. She punished a dog for urinating in a locked crate?

 

[BuffettGirl]

Um, I needs that puppus! I really, really do! ❤

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Um, I needs that puppus! I really, really do! ❤

I will fight you for Nugget!

 

[BuffettGirl]

I will fight you for Nugget!

MINE!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

i want to hug who ever gave this bitch a black eye @BuffettGirl

 

[Metalfan]

Pissed off the dog was better looking!

 

[Kitsune Faye]

Such a cutie. Jacob would call this sweet baby “Nuggie”, as that’s what buubuus calls him nuggets.

 

[Busy Bee]

Anyone who does that to an innocent animal is not fit to live among us! How someone could do that and see that animals suffering, smell that mess, know that you haven’t fed them! The penalty for animal abuse needs to be more severe than it currently is! People should be held responsible legally, financially for injury to an animal. If you can’t care for an animal don’t have one!