Tasheka Laquon Beatty said she [shot] the pit bull, named Moo Moo, on Jan. 11 after it bit her daughter in the mouth and then tried to attack the girl's father.
[The problem is that, according to police, she "led" the dog outside, tied it up, went back inside, got a shotgun, went back outside and shot the dog. Then she took her child to the hospital. When she came home afterwards, the dog was still alive. She went to bed, got up the next day and then called animal control to come and get the dog, which was suffering horribly throughout the night.
Yes, the dog needed to be put down for what it did, but there is NO excuse for animal cruelty. She could have "led" it outside, tied it up and called animal control to come and get it off her property while she was en route to the hospital. It's ridiculous that she tries to act as though the attack was in progress when she shot the dog and that she was being a good mother, asking in the video "What would any mother do?" Uh, no, you don't teach your children how to be cruel to animals, Tasheka.]
Beatty pleaded guilty Wednesday to a lesser charge of failing to tether an animal and was ordered to pay a $50 fine and $133 in court costs.
Beatty's daughter recovered from the attack.
(WRAL - June 3, 2011)
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