POSTED: 11:35 am EST December 14, 2004
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- A Gainesville man is charged with animal cruelty after authorities say he bit his Jack Russell terrier as punishment.
Mount Lee Lacy, 21, told officers he bit his dog, Lady, because she had defecated in the house and that he routinely bit her as punishment.
Police said the dog was cowering in the back of her crate when they found her. The dog had a bloody left front paw from the bite. Jack Russell terriers normally weight 10 to 16 pounds.
Authorities were called to Lacy's apartment on Saturday after receiving a concerned phone call from his girlfriend's mother.
Lacy is charged with felony animal cruelty and resisting arrest without violence. He is in jail with bond set at $25,000.
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Of all the ways to incur PETA's wrath, I don't think that's the one I'd choose.