Angela Roddey failed to feed her pets over a 4 day period

[Sister Iroz]

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) - A woman was arrested Saturday on charges of animal cruelty after she allegedly failed to feed her pets over a four-day period.

Angela Roddey, 34, of 3811 Cameron Avenue, allegedly neglected and tortured animals through dehydration and starvation. Her animals included 5 dogs, 4 birds, 4 guinea pigs, two ferrets one chinchilla, one rabbit, one degu and one cat.

The Guilford County Animal Control Director confirmed they seized Roddey's animals due to poor living conditions.

Roddey said she was out of town when they took the animals. She was charged on Saturday.

"They had no food and water and the cages were filthy," said Marsha Williams with Guilford County Animal Control.

Williams also said they found a dead dog in the woman's backyard.

"To have a dead animal tied-up in your backyard and you don't even know it's back there. That's unacceptable," said Williams.

Roddey told FOX8 that the dog was tied-up in her back yard and she feels bad that it died.

"I'm really upset that one did pass while I was gone. I do feel like that was my fault, that she was out there while I wasn't here," said Roddey.

Roddey said other than the dog that died, she took good care of her 19 animals. She claims she always fed them and gave them water.

Roddey is asking for the animals to be returned to her because she is trying to start a business.

"I was in the process of getting a 501(c)(3) Animal Rescue. Now I can't do that," said Roddey.

The animals will stay at the Guilford County Animal Shelter "indefinitely," according to officials.

Police said she has been charged with 19 felonies. She was placed in jail under $10,000 bond. Her first court date is October 15.

http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-stor...,4200124.story

[eracsurfer]

"I was in the process of getting a 501(c)(3) Animal Rescue."

Hey, she'll be her own best customer.

Put a fur coat on her and tie this bitch to a tree for a few days!

[Parrot Toes]

Ugh, this bitch is just fucking pathetically stupid. You don't go out-of-town and just leave your animals to fend for themselves. It can be a huge inconvenience or even a pain in the ass to do, but you find someone to check on them daily and feed/water them. If you don't find someone, then you don't go. That's just life when you choose to share it with animals.

Since first bringing parrots into my life over 5 years ago, we have been on one vacation. We hired someone to watch them in their home and had a nephew come into our home to feed/water/interact with my dog. Expensive and a pain in the ass to find sitters for parrots, but that's what needed to be done. Though my cockatoo took my absence personal and decided to chew most of her feathers off (this is an unfortunate habit that can easily happen with parrots). Four years later and she still has this over-preening problem, but not as bad. I've decided that the next vacation, she comes with. So the vacay will have to be something that will be easy for bringing a parrot along. Spoiled little monster. It's really not a lot different from having kids. It's all about sacrifices and harmony.

Ugh, sorry, I went off topic. To get back on, this woman is a bitch and doesn't deserve to share her life with furry and feathered angels.

[Tundratot]

Astounding! What an idiot! Wants to run a rescue operation but can't understand you have to feed and water animals daily? No excuse for why that wasn't done? WTF!