Man Arrested After Puppy Found Buried Alive In Yard

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Man Arrested After Puppy Found Buried Alive In Yard


ST. CLOUD, Fla. -- An anonymous tip led animal control officers to a shocking case of animal cruelty. A puppy was found buried alive in a yard near New York Avenue and 192 in St. Cloud. Osceola County Animal Control said they had never seen anything like this.

In this photo, the puppy is shown before he was saved from the hole he was buried in.

The dog's owner was arrested and before he was taken to jail said he buried the dog alive in a hole because he kept digging.

Animal Control officer Crissy Simmons had tears in her eyes when she found the 5-month-old puppy buried at his owner's home on New York Avenue in St. Cloud.

"I felt really bad for him. I picked up the wood as soon as possible and got her out of there," she said. "Sweet dog, not a mean bone in its body."

Animal Control said the dog's owner was the one with mean bones. St. Cloud police arrested 25-year-old Shawn Longfellow on the spot. Longfellow said this was only to teach his dog a lesson.

"No! He's a good dog. I just wish he'd stop digging holes!" Longfellow said.

A piece of wooden fence was placed on top of the puppy and he was placed in a hole with the wood weighing down on him. Animal Control believes the dog was buried like that for a day. There was only enough room for him to breathe, but not move.

Longfellow is charged with animal cruelty, a third-degree felony, and he was cited with a $500 fine. Now Animal Control has to petition for custody of the dog before he's available for adoption. That could take several months.

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[Daisy and Delilah]

Suddenly I feel like driving over to St. Cloud and burying the idiot Mr. Longfellow myself!! What a stupid jerk!

God, please don't ever let him own another pet

[Vela]

As the saying goes, the more I know of people, the more I like my dog. Poor baby.

[jackie]

that is sickening.

[anna_66]

I just seen this on the news a little bit ago.
He said he was "Trying to teach the dog a lesson"...what an idiot I'd like to teach him a lesson

[just me]

[.sarah]

Oh my ... that is absolutely horrible. How will that teach a dog a lesson? Some people are so retarded

I hope the puppy gets a great home! I wonder how they found out about him in the first place though? Maybe someone saw him burying his dog ...

[joycenalex]

Suddenly I feel like driving over to St. Cloud and burying the idiot Mr. Longfellow myself!! What a stupid jerk!

God, please don't ever let him own another pet

i'll rent the backhoe...lord, lord

[QueenScoopalot]

I saw it on the news too... Reminds me a bit too much of the other piece of excrement that buried the litter of rotti pups alive and the neighbor saw the mom dog digging and whining. That must have been at least 10 years ago. I forget how much of a wrist slapping that one got, but most of the pups did live. So happy this pup was found, and hope this cretin gets his, be it (so called) justice system, or street justice.

[Addie]

omg...how evil! I would like to hit him over the head with the shovel he used to bury that puppy! But i have a question...not really concerning this...but what ever happened to the guy that had to sighn over his dog when his home was flooded...did he ever get the dog back?

[elizabethann]

They showed the guy on t.v. getting arrested. He said he was teaching his dog a lesson because his dog kept making holes in the yard.

This guy deserves a kick in the a$$ and groin.

[Van10]

i'll rent the backhoe...lord, lord

I'd like to bury his a$$ too!

What an IDIOT!

[Addie]

what did happen to the other guy though? The one i asked a question about...

[senorita02]

He needs to die by being buried in a hole!

[lvpets2002]

It is just digusting & I hope they punish this man the same way & or making this man stay outside in the cold or something.. Well lets see all three of my dogs digg & digg & have holes all over the yard & the way I see it is that keeps their toe nails trimmed & I dont have to get a Vet to do it..