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SALT LAKE CITY Animal welfare advocates with Salt Lake County Animal Services are calling for harsher criminal penalties for those who intentionally injure animals after a dog was kidnapped last month and lit on fire. Dixie s Law, named for a 4-year-old red heeler that died days after getting taken by a family member s ex-boyfriend, would allow for enhanced penalties for premeditated animal abuse cases, said Salt Lake County Animal Services Director Talia Butler. And ideally, where there is time served by that person for the crime they committed, she said.
It would also allow animal services to remove all animals from a home when an owner is found to have abused one animal, she said. Utah law now only allows the abused animal to be taken from the home.
Owners of dog that was stolen and set on fire calling for harsher animal cruelty laws
Owners of dog that was stolen and set on fire calling for harsher animal cruelty laws
and last updated 2021-03-11 23:21:19-05
SALT LAKE CITY â The owners of a dog that was intentionally set on fire and left near a Utah highway are asking for changes to be made to animal cruelty laws in Utah.
Dixie, a red heeler, was found March 1 after being abandoned along North Frontage Road near Interstate 80.
The dog was allegedly taken by Michael Paul Busico, 40. Busico has known the dogâs owner, Trista Heywood, for more than a decade as he is her motherâs ex-boyfriend.
Animal services gives update on dog intentionally set on fire
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and last updated 2021-03-04 17:35:13-05
SALT LAKE CITY â Dixie, the dog intentionally set on fire and left near a highway in Magna earlier this week, remains in critical condition, officials from Salt Lake County Animal Services said Thursday.
The dog is suffering from second- and third-degree burns over most of her body after Monday s incident. Dixie s family says her kidneys are failing and veterinarians are worried about her burns turning into an infection. Hoping and praying that she will pull through all this, Dixie will never be the same they said if she does pull through she will likely only be 60-80% of what she use to be, but that is a long shot, said Dixie s owner, Trista Heywood, on a