PERHAPS AN URBAN LEGEND…..
but, remember, this is the state that gave us George W. Bush………….
Man Accused Of Eating Dog Alive
A 49-year-old Texas man has been accused of eating his dog alive. Shelby County Texas District Attorney Linda Key Russell is preparing to prosecute what she says is the strangest animal cruelty case she has ever encountered. Reggie Paul Fountain stands accused of eating his pit bull puppy alive in the case. “He chewed that and ate it, he had blood all over his face, he had blood on his chest, he was in his underwear walking down the street talking to himself and the dog,” says Russell.
When Fountain was confronted by police, he had to be restrained so the dog could be removed from his hands. The puppy was taken to veterinarian Robert Hughes who said it looked like the dog had been in a fight when it arrived at his clinic. “We anesthetized the dog and we surgically evened out the edges. We did something similar to an ear crop,” says Doctor Hughes.
Russell said she will prosecute the case to the fullest extent. “This is actually called torture to an animal, and that is why we are doing it. His excuse, which I don’t care what his excuse was, was that he was on PCP and cocaine,” says Russell.
“I will not offer this man probation. I will take it to a jury trial and if the citizens of Shelby County want to give him probation they can, but I will not offer that,” says Russell.