Man Beats Tiny Yorkie to Death for Vomiting in His Car!
What's more, Miami Beach police allege Sigman Hernandez abused the dog--which weighed less than 10 pounds--in a fit of rage brought on when the animal vomited in his car.
The Yorkie was found the night of April 7 in a parking garage next to a Publix grocery store by an employee who thought it was dead.
According to a police report, officers responded to the scene and found the dog still breathing, but with her abdomen badly swollen.
As officers rushed the dying dog to an emergency veterinary clinic, she would occasionally "moan in pain" according to the police report.
An X-ray revealed the dog had seven broken ribs on just one side, with more broken on the other.
Vets told police that the dog, who authorities would nickname Lily, had bloodshot eyes and thoracic swelling that indicated she had also been choked.
Lily clung to life for two days, but vets were not able to save her.
Police say they identified Hernandez from surveillance footage they say shows him pulling into the garage at Publix, where he was working as a security guard.
On Wednesday, Hernandez turned himself in to police, who say he confessed to "slapping and possibly choking his dog because she had vomited in his car," according to a police report.
Cops say Hernandez also admitted to removing the dog from his car and abandoning her in the parking garage.
He faces a charge of animal cruelty and bonded out of jail Thursday morning.
As he left jail, WKMG asked Hernandez if he'd injured his dog.
Hernandez replied, "No."
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5 decades in slavery
The story of Shirley the elephant is as emotional and inspiration as it gets. There is light at the end of the tunnel but Shirley had to wait 50 years to get to a place of her dreams. For the last two decades, Shirley was the only elephant at the Louisiana Purchase Zoo Solomon James is the name of her caretaker over the years but even he agrees that she needs to be with other elephants in order to be truly happy.
Cruel welcome
Shirley had to face even more suffering as she was attacked by another elephant as she arrived and she was badly crippled. Therefore the Zoo decided to take the elephant in but even they knew that it wasn't a good place for more than one elephant. The facilities were insufficient and that's why they decided to give up the elephant and give her a good life at Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee USA. There was an ecstatic surprise waiting for here over there and she finally got a home she always dreamed of.
