A hunter was charged with animal cruelty last week after authorities said they found a dog caught in a hunting trap near Troutman for what appeared to have been several days.
Iredell County Animal Services responded to the 100 block of Justin Drive, south of Troutman, on Dec. 14. In the woods in that area, the officers found a dog with its foot caught in a coyote trap, according to an investigation report.
The dog “appeared to be emaciated, dehydrated, very weak and in excruciating pain,” the report claimed. Officers estimated the male dog had been stuck in the trap “for several days.”
The trap severed the bones in three of the dog’s toes, which remained attached to the dog by a small piece of skin.
The dog is a large brown and black Akita-shepherd mix.
Animal control officials freed the dog from the trap and brought it to the animal shelter for treatment. According to county spokesman Ben Stikeleather, the dog was adopted by a rescue group and will continue to get medical attention.
Officers found one other trap in the woods, according to the report. Stikeleather said the traps did not meet state regulations.
After an investigation, authorities said they determined that Alex Kraig Cummins, 30, of Carpenter Cabin Drive, Charlotte, was the hunter who set the trap. He had a hunting license, Stikeleather said, but he is accused of not checking the trap every 24 hours as required by law.
“The factors caused suffering for an extended period of time,” Stikeleather said.
On March 12, Cummings was served an arrest warrant for misdemeanor cruelty to animals. He was released on an unsecured $2,500 bond.
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The Silent MajHunting is cruel, trapping is cruel. We must continue to speak out Against Hunting/Trapping which is an integral part of The Cycle of Violence in this country–why are so many people surprised that there are so many shootings, bombings, violent abuses going on? Hunting, promoted by the NRA is a direct cause. We sanction and /or ignore the influence that game agencies have in teaching young children to hunt with guns–these hunting programs are paid for by us. Oh, but hunting is ok, has nothing to do with all this violence?? And, don’t forget all the rationales for hunting, just as soon as hunting is discussed: “I feed my family…I’m an Ethical Hunter(whatever that means)…I just love to get out in Nature” (I do too, but I don’t kill any being, or carry a weapon of destruction.
With all the discussions, letters to editor about this creeping violence across the country, we need to shout it out: It is about guns, the adoration of the Military Complex, Hunting, and the acceptance of such by most Americans, even those most of them don’t hunt. The Silent Majority must Not Remain Silent Any Longer!
http://www.foranimals.org
Sorry for the mistake at the first sentence. It should start with “Hunting is cruel…”
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