He had drowned his dog by weighing it down with concrete blocks and throwing it into the pond: the man found and taken into police custody

L’homme avait noyé sa chienne Shih tzu en la lestant à un parpaing. Pixabay

Un homme d’une cinquantaine d’années a été placé en garde à vue et a reconnu avoir noyé sa chienne de race shih tzu en l’attachant à un parpaing avant de la jeter dans un étang.

The beginning of the affair dates back to March 26, when a fisherman came across the corpse of a small Shih Tzu dog in a pond in Haute-Vienne. Vision of horror: its legs and neck had been tied to a concrete block.

An investigation was then opened and the police quickly concluded that the animal was alive when it was thrown into the water. Fortunately, it had an electronic chip, which quickly made it possible to trace it back to the dog's owner.

Weapons found at his home

This fifty-year-old was placed in police custody this Friday, May 10 Le Parisien. The man admitted the facts during his hearing and will have to appear in court in September as part of a criminal order. He is being prosecuted for an act of cruelty towards a domestic animal leading to its death, indicates France Bleu Limousin.

He faces a fine of up to 800 euros and the Brigitte Bardot Foundation has announced that it will become a civil party in this case. A search of the suspect's home also led to a weapon seizure, since the gendarmes discovered a rifle, a rifle, cartridges and jaw traps, which he was holding without authorization. He faces another sanction for these facts.