A puppy abused and left to die in a field has been treated and rehabilitated and now the owner of the puppy will soon be facing three counts of animal cruelty after he is accused of breaking its leg and ribs because it had had an accident and peed inside the house while he was out running errands.
Katie Timber with the SPCA of Southwest Michigan, says that two weeks ago a 9-month-old Hound mix puppy shook from pain and fear after his leg was so badly injured it had to be amputated.
Timber said, “When he came in he was whimpering, when you set him down he was clearly in pain so when we removed the leg they sutured him up but the sutures rejected it so we had to go back in and correct it again."
A broken leg, ribs and trauma are just a few of the shocking injuries Richland Police say JoJo the puppy sustained at the hands of his owner 19-year-old Nathaniel Hulet (aka Nathan Hulet, Nate Hulet).
Timber said, "when I picked him up he was unable to use the leg that we had to remove and we brought him right in to our vet team and they removed the leg and he has been rehabilitating ever since."
From the police report:
Officer Scott told me that he knows the dog owner Nathan Hulet as they have had incidents with him in the past and Scott suggested he come along with me as Hulet is known to have an aggressive behavior.
Mr. Hulet invited us into his home, where I saw a large hole/dent in the drywall in the kitchen area.
Officer Scott asked Mr. Hulet about this and we were told he got pissed and punched the wall, causing the damage. I asked him if it was caused by throwing the dog into it, and he told us it was not.
He told us he had let the dog out and closed the door on the dog's leg, accidentally breaking the leg. He then [stated] he had to go to work so he gave money to a friend [redacted] to take the dog to the vet to have it treated
Hulet [claimed he] did not know the last name of [redacted] or where he lived and did not know the phone number of [redacted], but said [redacted] took his money and must have dropped the dog off on Augusta Drive.
...he finally admitted to coming home from the bank and the dog had an accident in the home and he got pissed and picked the dog up over his head and slammed it down on the floor breaking its leg
He likely did more than just that.
He would not alter from the story of [redacted] taking the dog and abandoning it on Augusta Drive.
Timber said, “It's a really emotional issue, to take an animal that doesn't have a voice and throw it to the ground to the point where it snaps its leg, what a gruesome thing to do."
Neighbors in Richland claim they saw Hulet abandon and dump the wounded puppy in a field near M-89 where he was later found.
Timber said, “He had to have two surgeries, the leg actually opened up again, so he has been through a couple of corrective surgeries"
Timber says JoJo is now ready for adoption and hopes he will find a safe and loving forever home.
She said, "JoJo is very resilient, he is loving, he is playful, he is gentle."
Three animal cruelty charges are now authorized against Hulet.
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