Alejandra Ortiz drags her dog and stuffs him in the trunk

**DogMom** · April 14th, 2009, 06:49 AM

Honestly, here is another face you just wanna bitch-slap. I mean, her attitude is "SO?"

Woman Arrested for Dragging Dog Behind Car

It happened Thursday, April 9, 2009 around 3:00 p.m. in the 4000 block of Reed Street. Alejandra Ortiz is charged with aggravated animal cruelty after neighbors say they saw her pick up her kids from school and take off down the street with the dog chained to her bumper.

"The dog was barking and then I saw all the blood on the street," says neighbor Shana Worthum. "She stopped in front of our driveway and we told her she was dragging a dog behind her and she didn’t seem to care.”

The neighbors say Ortiz picked up the dog, threw it in the trunk and slammed it closed before taking off to her house. Neighbors called police and officers say when they got to Ortiz’s home, the dog was chained to a carport.

The dog is still alive. Police say it is being treated at a local vet's office. Officers say when they got to Ms. Ortiz's home, they also found several other dogs in the backyard. Officers also took those dogs away because of what they called unsanitary conditions.

Memphis Police say animal cruelty officers told them this isn't the first time they have been called to this home about animal complaints.

Alejandra Ortiz is in jail on a $5,000 bond. She will be arraigned on Monday, April 13, 2009.

http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/most...FLSalfqjw.cspx

**claddaghgirl** · April 14th, 2009, 06:57 AM

Don't even get me started on people dragging their dogs. I thought a woman walking by my house dragging her dog was horrid but dragging your dog BEHIND A CAR. Someone needs to drag her behind a car. And what makes matters worse (if that is even possible) is that this is not the first time animal cruelty officers have been called to her home. The laws HAVE to be changed and people like this must be jailed. End of.