Florida: Miami Beach PD gets help from US Secret Service in tracking down animal killer Georgios Lollias

FLORIDA -- The death of Strushie the cat — shot in the head with an arrow behind a South Beach hotel — horrified pet lovers and animal activists.

But when Miami Beach detectives reviewed the Franklin Hotel’s surveillance system looking for clues, they found that footage from that day had suspiciously been erased.

 

The department turned to the U.S. Secret Service’s Electronic Crimes Task Force, which specializes in recovering erased data from computers, phones and other devices.

What they turned up led to the arrest early Wednesday of hotel clerk Georgios Lollias, 36, who admitted he shot the beloved stray cat using a crossbow in April, according to an arrest report.

The deleted footage showed Lollias hunting for Strushie while attempting to “conceal the crossbow from anyone that may be in the area,” the report said.

Then, Lollias shot into the bushes where the cat was hiding, puncturing Strushie’s skull and brain, police said.

A woman who feeds Strushie regularly later found the bleeding cat, but it could not be saved and had to be euthanized.

Rachel Johnson, a veterinarian who treated Strushie, told WPLG-TV the cat was brought to Alton Road Animal Hospital with severe injuries. Gruesome X-rays showed how the arrow penetrated through the cat’s skull and mouth.

Lollias lied and initially claimed to have found the cat, and even spoke to a local news station about the case back in April.

“I hear ‘meow, meow’ over here, right here, and that’s what happened,” Lollias told WSVN-TV, pointing to an area near a dumpster where he claimed to have found the cat.

Lollias was charged with animal cruelty and tampering with evidence. He remained in jail Wednesday afternoon. It was unknown whether he had a lawyer.

 

 

The death of the popular feline at the hotel has become a rallying point for animal activists, who even started a “Justice for Strushie” page on Facebook.

“It is a great relief that we have found some level of justice for Strushie,” said Police Chief Daniel Oates in a statement. “This was a horrific act of animal cruelty. I congratulate our detectives on this arrest and the U.S. Secret Service for the critical assistance they provided to us.”

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LOLLIAS MAY END UP BEING DEPORTED 

Georgios Lollias, a Greek citizen, remains at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on an immigration hold, according to online records. Lollias is not an American citizen.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer ordered him held on $30,000 bail in addition to the immigration hold, according to the news station. He would also not be allowed to be around any domestic animals and was required to surrender his passport, the judge ordered.

 

VIDEO NEWS CLIP:

(Miami Herald - July 5, 2017)

Earlier:

• Florida: Police searching for the person who purposely shot a cat in the head with darts causing its death

North Carolina: Local family wants answers after pet dog shot with crossbow, other dog burned to death

NORTH CAROLINA -- A family is searching for answers after one of their pet dogs died and another was hurt.

Dylan Reynolds from Pleasant Garden said someone intentionally burned his dog. The animal was so severely burned that she eventually died from her injuries.

 

Scrappy, the family’s other dog, came home Friday evening with a crossbow arrow in his back.

“I don't know if people are laughing about it, if they are just doing it because they think it is fun. But I mean it’s just sick and cruel that somebody would do that to an animal,” Reynolds said.

 “Like I said, it’s a child pet. This isn't some wild animal, it isn't a deer in the wild, this is somebody’s pet, a family member.”

Reynolds has filed a complaint with the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office and detectives are now looking into the incident.

VIDEO NEWS CLIP:

(FOX8 - June 2, 2017)

Florida: Police searching for the person who purposely shot a cat in the head and left him to suffer

FLORIDA -- A disturbing case of animal cruelty in Miami Beach and police would like the public’s help in finding who is responsible.

A cat found in the 800 block of Collins Court (outside the Franklin Hotel) had been shot with two arrow/darts; one was lodged in its neck, the other in its head.

 

It was taken to a vet, but the injuries were too severe and it had to be euthanized.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.

(CBS Miami - April 27, 2017)

Update to case:

• Florida: Miami Beach PD gets help from US Secret Service in tracking down animal killer Georgios Lollias

Mississippi: Owners facing animal cruelty charges after their little dog shot by an arrow and they refused to take him to a vet for emergency care

MISSISSIPPI -- A small terrier was rescued from abusive owners this week after it was believed to have been shot in the chest with a bow and arrow.

The dog, now named Jude, suffered a seven-inch long and four-inch wide laceration to its tiny body from the weapon.

Workers from the Southern Cross Animal Rescue who saved the dog said he'd been injured for more than 24 hours at the home in Laurel, Mississippi.

When they arrived on the scene, the owners said that the only action they were willing to take to put the dog out of its misery was to shoot it.

The group filed animal cruelty charges against the dog's owners on Thursday, after they admitted to knowing that the dog was injured but refused to get him help.

Jude was stitched up at the Parkside Animal Hospital, where his medical bills have already amounted to over $1,000.

A PayPal account has been established to help the Animal Rescue team fund his rehabilitation.

Jude is expected to make a full recovery, but unfortunately the horrific experience has left him emotionally damaged.

The Animal Rescue team said in a Facebook post that Jude is frightened by people.

'Unfortunately, his physical wounds will probably heal faster than the emotional wounds,'  they said.

'He's very scared and unsure of people. We can only imagine how he must have been treated to be so fearful.'

Donations in support of Jude can also be mailed to PO BOX 2007 Laurel, MS 39442.

(Daily Mail - April 28, 2017)

Oregon: Convicted felon George Bainbridge shot his neighbor's rescue pig named DJ then left him to suffer for hours before telling anyone. Now that he's been charged with animal cruelty, he's claiming the pig attacked him.

OREGON -- This guy is a real piece of work. This was not a livestock hog or a feral hog -- it was a pet hog named DJ. He knew the owner - she is the mother of his child - and runs a pig rescue next door to him. 

Because he is a convicted FELON*, he is not allowed to own a gun. Therefore, he has taken to walking the property line with a crossbow, pulling down fencing and trying to entice his ex-partner's rescue pigs onto his property (according to the change.org petition - see "Timeline" below).

*He has a criminal record that includes a 1996 drug conviction and a 2016 felony firearm conviction, court records show. The former was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor in 2015, according to records.

Bainbridge goes to great length to tell news reporters and now a newspaper that this pig tried to attack and kill him and he had no choice but to shoot it. What he hasn't explained, though, is why - if he was so afraid of being killed and eaten by DJ --

he first paused to take pictures of DJ with his camera phone before shooting DJ in the "SIDE" then chasing this vicious attacking animal and shooting him again. Really???

If this was a legitimate shoot, meaning the animal truly was behaving viciously and he couldn't get to the safety of his house and he just had to shoot the pig -- why wouldn't he have immediately called the sheriff's office to report it? Why did he wait hours - letting DJ suffer and slowly choke to death on his own blood - before finally telling his neighbor that he'd shot DJ because the pig had "dug up" his backyard? He never called the sheriff's office.

The prosecutor's office quickly filed charges against him. However, Bainbridge clearly thinks he can garner support by running his mouth to anyone who'll listen. This is his attempt - a letter to the editor of the Chronicle:

Dear editor, I recently had to kill a 900lb feral hog in my back yard. The owner has been cited by Columbia county animal control in the past for not containing her pigs. If a pig is roaming free on private land it can be considered feral.

According to ODFW the animal's spread disease to humans and wildlife as well as destroy habitat. Feral swine are also considered a predatory animal. Just like coyotes. I have been emailing Roger Kadell for over two years about the swine problem. I will gladly provide copies of the emails if anyone wants to hear the truth. The owner never paid the fines and was turned into collections.

Roger told me in one email he was going to ask the DA to go criminal on the issue and that there was no sense writing another ticket if the courts never make her pay. Personally it think that is the most ignorant thing I have ever heard come out of the mouth of a deputy.

The neighbor says I tore down fence to cause trouble. She's been claiming that for years. She is a liar! The swine was killed due to her negligence and disregard for public safety as well as private property. The ignorance in the sheriff's office to not bother to read the law or even know it is astonishing. Teach the ones involved to read.

What happened to the right to defend ones self from being attacked by a 900lb hog in one's own back yard? I must say I'm disappointed that our law enforcement officials involved don't bother to read the laws we are all supposed to live by. I'm sure if they would actually investigate I would not be the one with their picture in the paper.

When will they enforce the laws that protect citizens from attacks of this nature. At this rate if they actually protect and serve they will be jailing all citizens and letting swine roam free. What next pigs with driver's licenses?

George Bainbridge
St. Helens

Of course, there's two sides to every story and DJ's owner, Michelle Fudge, who runs the Baxter Potbelly Pig and Farm Animal Rescue will tell you that Bainbridge is crazy:

“I think he has a strong dislike for me. I think he’s a psychopath. I think with everything he’s done to us this is normal,” Fudge-Snow said. “I don’t think he’s all there.”

TIMELINE

FEB 6, 2017 -- It happened Monday morning at the Baxter Potbelly Pig and Farm Animal Rescue when the pig named “DJ” got onto George Bainbridge’s property.

He tells Fox 12 he acted in self-defense when he shot a neighbor’s 900-pound rescue pig with two arrows, killing it.

Michelle Fudge-Snow, says she’s devastated.

“I come home and he says, ‘Well your pigs dug up my backyard again,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh no, which one?’ and he’s like, ‘It’s the one with two arrows in it,’” Fudge-Snow said.

She found DJ badly wounded but still alive - HOURS AFTER BEING SHOT BY BAINBRIDGE WHO NEVER CALLED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO REPORT HIS ALLEGATION THAT THIS VICIOUS PIG BELONGING TO HIS NEIGHBOR THAT HE'S SUPPOSEDLY COMPLAINED ON SEERAL TIMES HAD TRIED TO KILL HIM -- back on her property. She says he lived for a few hours, but there was nothing the veterinarian could do.

“He was shaking, he was in so much pain,” she said. “His life should have mattered and to take his life that easily, it’s just not right. He meant the world to us.”

PETITION LINK: "Justice for D.J."

FEB 16, 2017 — The police just raided Mr. Bainbridge's home in force as Michelle was in the process of laying D.J. to rest. They arrested him on two counts of first degree animal cruelty and one count of criminal mischief. Great news!!! But only the beginning now the important part where Michelle Fudge really needs your voices to be heard.

Earlier this year Mr. Bainbridge was caught red handed and arrested by the ATF on possessing firearms as a convicted felon. That is a felon charge within itself and carries a mandatory sentence....supposedly. 

This DA, Steve Atchison and the U.S. Attorney General in Portland plea bargained that sentence down to self supervised probation which led to where we are today.

Please continue your voice to the DA insisting on no plea bargain this time but rather "Justice for D.J.". his email is steve.atchison@co.columbia.or.us. It is your voices that got Mr. Bainbridge arrested, please use your voice to get him convicted and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law...

FEB 20, 2017 — Tomorrow at 8:30 pacific time is the preliminary hearing for Mr. Bainbridge for the brutal murder of DJ. The hearing will be in front of Judge Cathleen Callahan. Please continue to call for Justice for DJ by sending your loud voice to the DA prosecuting the case steve.atchison@co.columbia.or.us and if you're in the Saint Helens, Oregon area please join in the movement there to attend the hearing in peaceful support of DJ. Thank each of your for your support !

FEB 22, 2017 — Revelations from Mr. Bainbridge's court appearance include that as he was being viciously attacked by DJ and in fear for his life, because "Pigs eat people," he first paused to take pictures of DJ with his camera phone before shooting DJ in the "SIDE" then chasing this vicious attacking animal and shooting him again. Really???

The more that is revealed the more disgusting this case is and the more it becomes clear it was premediated. Please continue to hound the DA and the Courts of Columbia County Saint Helens, Oregon for full prosecution and maximum sentencing in this case. I'm told the next court appearance for Mr. Bainbridge is next Monday February 27th at 11:15 a.m. in front of Judge Callahan in room 351 of the Saint Helens courthouse. Please continue to inundate the DA at steve.atchison@co.columbia.or.us demanding "Justice for DJ"

FEB 23, 2017 — Grand Jury for DJ. Michelle Fudge just relayed that she will be testifying tomorrow morning at 9:45 a.m. Pacific time in front of a Grand Jury convened in the investigation of the heinous murder of DJ as the Grand Jury decides on whether Justice for DJ is pursued.

Your loud voices have convinced the DA to take this fight to the Grand Jury and I thank you!!! Now may your loud prayers and continued voices bring about Justice for DJ through the overwhelming conviction of each of the seven members of the Grand Jury to fully prosecute as the felony this crime is and not allow the pain and suffering Mr. Bainbridge so gleefully inflicted on DJ to go unpunished.

Please keep DJ, Michelle Fudge and the Baxter Potbellied Pig and Farm Animal rescue in your prayers and thoughts so that justice is pursued by the Grand Jury and obtained...

FEB 24, 2017 — This is what a misdemeanor looks like to a grand jury in Oregon. An animal that was shot twice with bow and arrows and left to suffer and bleed out for five hours is a justifiable killing according to a Saint Helen's Oregon Grand Jury!!!

Justice for DJ is drowning in the pool of DJs blood you see in this picture and to which the grand jury said,"Eh, no big deal. No animal cruelty here."

FEB 26, 2017 — DID JUSTICE OR GROSS INCOMPETENCE BY DA SET BAINBRIDGE FREE???

Over the weekend as I have become informed how this Grand Jury appearance was handled by the DA's office I feel compelled to post their actions to get the public's opinion. Please take a few minutes to read this and if you share my shock, my dismay, my disbelief, my anger, then please speak your mind. Not only on here but to the media in the Portland/Saint Helens, Oregon area and to the DA who supposedly handled this case steve.atchison@co.columbia.or.us
Keeping in mind it is the prosecution who is supposed to present evidence proving a crime has been committed and the defense who is supposed to present reasonable doubt as to whether a crime has been committed, draw your conclusions to what you are about to read.

(1) The DA's office, the police, the court system and animal control all state they have never had as many phone calls, emails and other contact about any case in Columbia county as they did about this case. One would think that having received so much contact and public outrage DA Steve Atchison would be handling all phases of this case personally to insure the fullest possibility of justice and to assure the public he was on it and fully capable of doing his job. Here's what happened......

With the DA's office knowing they were going before a Grand Jury on Thursday morning at approximately 10:00 a.m. they had John Berg from their office call Michelle at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, the night before, to notify her of the proceeding.

The voicemail which he left and I have personally heard several times stated, "Michelle this is John Berg with the DA office, we are taking the case to the Grand Jury tomorrow morning and I REALIZED I need to have you testify..." REALLY???!!! Am I the only one dumbfounded by this statement? Mere hours before a Grand Jury convenes you "realize" you need to have a key witness who is also the victim testify?

Not only do you realize this at the last minute but you are asking a witness to testify that you've never even spoken to let alone met!!! What competent attorney, be it for the prosecution or the defense does such a thing? Would not even an attorney fresh out of law school want to know what evidence this witness has so he can present it in an organized and convincing manner. What attorney would not want to know if this witness was a friendly or hostile witness to their case. Why would you not want to first interview the key witness and victim of a case who has full knowledge of the events before putting them in front of a Judge, a Jury or especially a Grand Jury???

What attorney would not want to know all the facts of a case before presenting it? What attorney would not want to discuss the presentation to be made with their witness, to inform the witness of how the procedure proceeds? The apparent answer to those questions is DA Steve Atchison, his office and his staff...

Wait for it, it gets even more dumbfounding. Upon arriving at the courthouse Michelle discovered it was John Berg presenting the case to the Grand Jury, not Mr. Atchison himself. The first thing Mr. Berg said upon meeting with his witness for the first time was "We have to hurry and be quick, we don't have much time." You sir are presenting a case to a Grand Jury over the cruel and drawn out taking of a life and you are in a hurry and don't have much time to present it? Did the Grand Jury have an important tee time they had to make. Did you have a movie you had to get to? What? If there was not time to fully present a case, which in all actuality you knew very little about, then why present it at all???

Here's how he "allegedly" (so I can be PC correct) presented the case. Keep in mind whose job it is to present evidence supporting a conviction and whose job it is to present reasonable doubt.

He presented a picture of the fence line that once was buried in blackberry brush, and consisted of wire fencing secured by fence posts. The picture "allegedly" showed only fence posts remaining.

It is reasonable to expect a prosecution presentation of this picture might be, "Miss Fudge, is this the remains of the fence line that Mr. Bainbridge tore down?" To which the reply would be yes. This would place in the jury's mind there was once a fence, that it had been torn by Mr. Bainbridge and that there was confirmation of it.

It is reasonable to expect the defense, to place reasonable doubt in the juries mind would present the picture in this manner, "This is a picture of the fence line once covered in blackberry, I know goats eat blackberry brush do pigs..." This would place in the jury's mind that if a 50 pound goat eats away at blackberry brush, certainly a 900 pound pig could as well. A brilliant defense strategy. But alas, the defense didn't use this strategy, Mr. Berg did!!!

Part of Mr. Bainbridge's defense was Pigs eat people. guess who implanted in the minds of the grand jury that pigs eat people. Was it the defense? No. it was Mr. Berg by stating something to the effect of , "Miss Fudge I understand pigs eat people..." do you think the jury heard the rest of the question or the answer to the question?

I wondered why Mr. Bainbridge hadn't hired an attorney to represent him in this case. I tried to figure out what he had up his sleeve. Now the answer is clear. He knew from years of past experience he couldn't get a better attorney working for him than the DA!

The voicemail that the DA's office left for Michelle telling of the Grand Jury's verdict, which I have also listened to several times, included the lady leaving the message stating, "I hope that when he is released you pay special attention to your surroundings and if you feel endangered contact...."

Well no shit!!! You bungled yet another case and all you can say is watch your back????

You tell me, is this justice or incompetence? If you believe it to be the latter I implore you to remember two things said by people much wiser than I. (1) What it takes for evil to prevail is for good people to simply do nothing. (2) Lawlessness does not need to be fought for, it occurs naturally. It is law, order and justice that must be valiantly fought for and defended.

If you believe these statements to be true, then do something, continue to fight and contact the media and the DA, share this wherever you can.

Fight for and demand "Justice for DJ!" In doing so you are fighting for all the future victims of this style of brutal torture and killing for I promise you, this case, if left as is, sets a precedence for all future Bainbridge's to have free reign in committing these crimes without fear of punishment or consequence. We must not, as a civilized people allow this to happen...

Mr. Bainbridge is supposedly to appear in court concerning this case Monday morning at 11:15 a.m. in front of Judge Callahan, please let your voices be heard before then...

I think the reason he was charged was because he did not kill the pig in a humane manner. He shot it once, chased it down, shot it again and then simply walked away - leaving it to suffer horribly - for hours. 

(Chronicle Online - March 9, 2017)

Earlier:

• Oregon: George Bainbridge claims self-defense after shooting, killing rescue pig with two arrows
• Oregon: George Bainbridge, 54, charged with animal cruelty after shooting his neighbor's pet pig and then leaving him to suffer and die

Oregon: George Bainbridge, 54, charged with animal cruelty after shooting his neighbor's pet pig and then leaving him to suffer and die

OREGON -- Deputies arrested a man for animal abuse after he killed his neighbors rescue pig in St. Helens Monday morning.

Columbia County Sheriff's Office said George Bainbridge, 54, was arrested two days after he shot his neighbor's rescue pig with two arrows. The pig later died.

Bainbridge told FOX 12 on Tuesday the 900-pound pig named "DJ" got onto his property and when he saw the pig he feared for his safety and shot it with two arrows.

 

However, he never told the owner that the pig tried to attack him. Instead what he told her was that it had "dug up" his backyard:

“I come home and he says, ‘Well your pigs dug up my backyard again,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh no, which one?’ and he’s like, ‘It’s the one with two arrows in it,’” Fudge-Snow said.

Michelle Fudge-Snow, DJ's owner, said she found the pig badly wounded - FIVE HOURS AFTER BEING SHOT - but still alive on her property. She said he lived for a few hours, but there was nothing the veterinarian could do.

 

Fudge-Snow says Bainbridge has a history of erratic behavior toward her and her family and has killed other animals from her rescue farm in the past.

“I think he has a strong dislike for me. I think he’s a psychopath. I think with everything he’s done to us this is normal,” Fudge-Snow said. “I don’t think he’s all there.”

Bainbridge used the "it tried to attack me" defense saying, “The thing scared the [expletive] out of me. I stand in my backyard and I shoot archery as a hobby and there it was, okay, about 40 feet from me, and I shot it. That’s why. People get eaten by hogs, okay? I know a 74-year-old farmer that got eaten by his beloved hogs, okay?”

On Wednesday, deputies obtained a search warrant for Bainbridge's home in the 61300 Robinette Road. Deputies seized evidence connected in the case and interviewed Bainbridge.

Bainbridge was later arrested and has been charged with two counts of animal abuse in the first degree and one count of criminal mischief in the second degree. He was taken to the Columbia County Jail on $36,250 bail.

Arrest Information
Full Name: George Elvin Bainbridge
Gender: Male
Height: 6'00"
Weight: 225 lbs
Hair Color: BRO
Eye Color: BRO
Date:02/15/2017
Arresting Agency: Columbia County
Total Bond: $31,698
Charges
#1 ANIMAL ABUSE 1ST DEG - 1
NOTES: OPEN

#2 ANIMAL ABUSE 1ST DEG - 1
NOTES: OPEN

#3 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 2ND DEG
NOTES: OPEN

A petition titled "Justice for D.J." got more than 7,000 signatures asking prosecutors to charge George Bainbridge with animal cruelty.  

I am writing this to urge all of you to take a moment of your time to call the Saint Helens, Oregon Police department at 503-366-4611 and demand they take action against George Bainbridge for one of the most senseless acts of animal cruelty I have ever heard of.

He lives next door to the Baxter Potbelly Pig and Farm Animal rescue on Robinette Road and for months has been tearing down the fence between the properties trying to entice an animal onto his property and threatening to shoot it while patrolling the fence line with his compound bow. Today he succeeded.

He coaxed D.J. a wouldn't hurt a fly farm pig to cross the property line and then shot him in the neck.

As D.J. ran for his life, Mr. Bainbridge, as he proudly told animal control, "I chased him down and shot him again figuring I could use the meat." 

He then shot D.J. a second time after he re-crossed the property line running for his shelter. D.J. passed from his wounds after surgery to try to save him.

Mr. Bainbridge is a two time convicted felon who the local authorities have taken a "Well that's just George" point of view on.

I pray you inundate the police with calls until they are forced to take action. Do not let the murder of D.J. go unnoticed or unpunished....

(KPTV - Feb 16, 2017)

Earlier:

• Oregon: George Bainbridge claims self-defense after shooting, killing rescue pig with two arrows

Oregon: George Bainbridge claims self-defense after shooting, killing rescue pig with two arrows

OREGON -- A St. Helens man tells Fox 12 he acted in self-defense when he shot a neighbor’s 900-pound rescue pig with two arrows, killing it.

It happened Monday morning at the Baxter Potbelly Pig and Farm Animal Rescue when the pig named “DJ” got onto George Bainbridge’s property.

Bainbridge tells Fox 12 he is an amputee who doesn’t move very quickly and he feared for his safety when he saw the pig.

“The thing scared the [expletive] out of me. I stand in my backyard and I shoot archery as a hobby and there it was, okay, about 40 feet from me, and I shot it. That’s why,” Bainbridge said. “People get eaten by hogs, okay? I know a 74-year-old farmer that got eaten by his beloved hogs, okay?”

PROOF THAT BAINBRIDGE IS A LIAR
He said he shot DJ as the pig was coming at him,
trying to attack him. This arrow shows that he
shot DJ while DJ wasn't even looking at him,
certainly not charging towards him

The owner of the animal rescue, Michelle Fudge-Snow, says she’s devastated.

“I come home and he says, ‘Well your pigs dug up my backyard again,’ and I’m like, ‘Oh no, which one?’ and he’s like, ‘It’s the one with two arrows in it,’” Fudge-Snow said.

She found DJ badly wounded but still alive back on her property. She says he lived for a few hours, but there was nothing the veterinarian could do.

“He was shaking, he was in so much pain,” she said. “His life should have mattered and to take his life that easily, it’s just not right. He meant the world to us.”

Bainbridge and Fudge-Snow share a daughter together and both admit they have a history of disputes going back several years.

Bainbridge claims Fudge-Snow’s animals have damaged his property before and she neglects to maintain a fence between their two properties.

“This whole thing is about an animal owner not containing her animals, not abiding by the law like everyone needs to,” Bainbridge said. “She’s never once tried to repair the damage that her animals do and I’ve never taken her to court but this time I’m going to.”

Meanwhile, Fudge-Snow says Bainbridge has a history of erratic behavior toward her and her family and has killed other animals from her rescue farm in the past.

“I think he has a strong dislike for me. I think he’s a psychopath. I think with everything he’s done to us this is normal,” Fudge-Snow said. “I don’t think he’s all there.”

Investigators from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office say they will turn the case over to the District Attorney’s office to determine whether animal abuse charges will be filed.

“In animal cases there’s usually a lot of emotions, especially when things get on social media,” animal control investigator and CCSO Deputy Roger Kadell said. “People need to understand we are investigating it, we do take it seriously and we’ll do what we can on this case.”

(KPTV - Feb 12, 2017)

Australia: Cat skewered with an arrow in vile attack - as animal welfare groups desperately try to save injured feline

AUSTRALIA -- Animal welfare groups are desperately searching for a ginger cat with an arrow pierced through its body.

A disturbing picture of a cat with an arrow protruding from its side has been issued by the RSPCA, who hold grave fears for the feline's wellbeing.

The distressed cat was last seen in Brisbane's Lange Court at Calamvale on Thursday, reports Brisbane Times.

'It's still very agile, so that's the very difficult part,' RSPCA Queensland metro inspector Yorick Walburgh Schmidt said.

'I saw it up close and was able to take a photo, but it ran off. It does seem to be in pain, because it was miaowing.'

A woman had reported seeing the cat run down a storm drain after her neighbour had attempted to catch it.

Mr Walburgh Schmidt said he expected the popularity of shows such as Walking Dead and Hunger Games had driven a surge in arrow attacks in recent years.

 'We have seen an increase in relation to that, but it's usually brush turkeys we see it with,' he said.

My guess is that it's a teenaged boy in this neighborhood who has done this. 

He has urged anyone who saw the stricken animal to come forward and contact RSPCA Queensland.

(Daily Mail - Feb 9, 2017)

Vermont: Quinton Clayton, 21, accused of killing horse with bow, arrow free on bail

VERMONT -- A Granite City man accused of killing Bunny the horse with a stolen bow is now out on conditions of release after posting $10,000 bail.

Quinton Clayton, 21, is facing a felony count of unlawful mischief, a misdemeanor count of cruelty to animals resulting in a fatality and a misdemeanor count of petit larceny. If convicted, Clayton faces a maximum sentence of seven years in prison. He pleaded not guilty to the charges on Oct. 27.

After posting bail, a hearing was held in Washington County criminal court Friday in a packed courtroom where Clayton’s conditions of release were set, including that he be released to Sasha Pellerin and Victoria Stauff. Court records don’t indicate Pellerin or Stauff’s relationship with Clayton.

Bunny the horse with her family before she was killed

He was also ordered to obey a 24-hour curfew and can’t leave Washington County without permission from the court. Clayton has to report to the Barre City police department on Monday, Wednesday and Friday by 11 a.m.

He also can’t drink alcohol, can’t have any guns or dangerous weapons and can’t have or use a regulated drug without a valid prescription.

The drug condition was put in place because court records show on Sept. 29, nearly a week before Bunny died, Clayton was found unconscious on the railroad tracks between Cumberland Farms and Allen Lumber in Barre with a syringe sticking out of his arm. Police say he was found face down and was having trouble breathing.

Police say he was given Narcan, regained consciousness and admitted to using heroin.

According to the affidavit concerning the horse killing, written by Officer Nicholas J. Alden of the Barre City police, on Oct. 5 Clayton shot Bunny, a quarter horse valued at $7,000 and owned by Regan Howard, with a bow and arrows that he had stolen from a vehicle at the Highgate Apartments.

Alden said he received a report from a witness that Clayton and another man were on Prospect Street, where Bunny was shot, on the day of the incident, and they were going to “shoot a house or a horse.” He said he received a tip that the bow was at a residence on Granite Street.

Alden said he went to the residence and was given permission to search the rooms by a woman who lived there. He said he found the bow in a closet.

Alden said he received a report from a woman saying she had let Clayton use her cellphone and when she got it back he was still logged onto Facebook. The woman told Alden that she saw messages Clayton had sent to three other people and the horse was mentioned.

Screen shots of the messages were included in court records. In one of the messages, someone is talking to Clayton about the items stolen, including the bow, and how they can sell them. He’s also called a horse killer in the message.

News of Bunny’s death quickly made the rounds on social media. Howard, Bunny’s owner, had posted on Facebook that there was a reward for information leading to the arrest of whoever killed the horse.

In one of the Facebook messages, Clayton was sent a screen shot of the reward announcement and replied, “Yo don’t be telling anyone I did that.”

He was sent the announcement by someone else on Facebook and responded with, “Yo I know lol” and “haha buuuuuuny nooooooo lol.” [making fun of Bunny the horse that he shot and killed]

(Times Argus - Nov 8, 2016)

Earlier:

• Vermont: Quinton Clayton, 21, charged with killing horse by shooting it with arrow

Vermont: Quinton Clayton, 20, charged with killing horse by shooting it with arrow

VERMONT -- A local man accused of fatally wounding a quarter horse with a stolen bow and arrow earlier this month pleaded not guilty Thursday to criminal charges stemming from what prosecutors described as a “horse slaying.”

Hours after his arrest early Thursday afternoon, Quinton Clayton, 20, was arraigned on charges of aggravated cruelty to animals and petty larceny — both misdemeanors — as well as a felony charge of unlawful mischief.

Clayton’s arrest and unscheduled arraignment at the criminal courthouse in Barre capped a near month-long investigation into a bizarre case that outraged animal activists and claimed the life of a beloved horse, Bunny, on Oct. 5 in Barre.

Police described the killing, which occurred in a Prospect Street pasture owned by Larry and Silvia Lozier, as purposeful at the time. That view was reiterated by Deputy States Attorney Rory Thibault during Thursday’s brief hearing and reflected in court documents.

Though the incident occurred during archery season for deer, moose and turkey, Thibault suggested it was intentional, not accidental. Records suggest Clayton used a stolen bow to intentionally slaughter a horse.

“This was the senseless killing of an animal,” Thibault said, defending his request that Clayton be held on $25,000 cash bail for fear he might flee the state.

Despite three missed court dates — including two this month — Clayton’s court-appointed lawyer, Maggie Vincent, argued against any monetary bail given Clayton’s ties to the community.

Judge John Pacht split the difference.

Pacht acknowledged the seriousness of the crime that left a horse dead, its owner, Regan Howard, emotionally wounded, and the community scarred.

“As a community we are horrified by allegations such as this,” he said, suggesting the case may highlight the need for the Legislature to revisit the statutory penalties for cruelty to animals, which currently include a fine of up to $1,000, a jail term of up to one year, or both.

The judge said that seemed inadequate. But he indicated Thibault’s bail request was inflated by emotion and Vincent’s client-friendly counter ignored a recent record of Clayton’s failure to appear for hearings. Those were for unrelated charges including leaving the scene of an accident, selling drugs to a minor and violations of his conditions of release.

“We do have a history of Mr. Clayton not showing up,” Pacht said, noting one of the charges he now faces is a felony.

He set Clayton’s bail at $10,000 while imposing most of the conditions of release requested by the prosecutor in the event he is able to post it.

Among other things, those conditions include a 24-hour curfew, a prohibition on the use of regulated drugs without a prescription, and a requirement that he report to the Barre City Police Department three times a week.

Pacht deferred a decision on a condition requested by Thibault that Clayton be released only to a “responsible adult” if he is able to make bail.

Vincent argued that amounted to holding Clayton without bail because he had “no such person” to fill that role.

Pacht chose not to decide at this time, suggesting instead that if Clayton is able to post bail, he must return to court to discuss where he will stay before he is actually released.

Barre Mayor Thomas Lauzon and Public Safety Director Tim Bombardier were on hand for the late afternoon arraignment, as were Howard and the Loziers.

Court documents indicate the arrow used to kill the Howard’s horse was among several items — including a compound bow — reported stolen on Oct. 5 from vehicles owned by Corey Maloney and his girlfriend, Rebecca Laplant.

They also show that Clayton emerged as a suspect very early on and the bow was seized as evidence two days after it was taken.

According to court records, police conducted a number of interviews and collected information involving social media posts about the slain horse and text messages that refer to the incident and the stolen items.

Records show two of those conversations occurred Wednesday — arming police with the electronic and anecdotal information they needed to arrest Clayton.

(Times Argus - Oct 28, 2016)