Michigan: Psychiatric exam scheduled for Kenneth Lang Jr., 56, living with more than 100 live dogs among another 150 dead ones

MICHIGAN -- A man found to have more than 100 live dogs and 150 dead ones in his Detroit-area home will undergo a psychiatric exam to determine if he is competent to stand trial on animal cruelty charges.

Dearborn District Judge William Hultgren on Friday ordered an exam for 56-year-old Kenneth Lang Jr., who will return to court Dec. 4.

Authorities discovered in July that Lang was hoarding the dogs, mostly Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes.

They say some of the dead dogs found in freezers in the home may have been killed with an injection to the heart or partially eaten by other dogs.

 

 

 

Lang's attorney has said his client needs treatment for an obsessive-compulsive disorder and shouldn't be punished.

Lang is charged with two counts of cruelty to 10 or more animals.

(LA Times blog - Sept 12, 2009)

Earlier:

• Michigan: Owner of Dearborn home, Kenneth Lang Jr., filled with dead and dying Chihuahuas filed for bankruptcy in 2006, asked to keep 3 dogs