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Man faces animal abuse charges - by Sara Welch

(Seymour-WTNH, Jan. 20, 2005 Updated 12:46 PM ) _ A disturbing
story of animal abuse out of Seymour. A man faces charges for
allegedly slitting the throats of several puppies there.

by News Channel 8's Sara Welch
Police are calling this attack "sick and vicious."

They followed footsteps in the snow to a wooded area and
found a basket of puppies that were left to die.

The lone surviving puppy had her throat slashed and a stab
wound in her back.

"This is brutal, it's the worst thing I ever saw in two
years as the dog warden in the town. He brutally cut her
throat. It was terrible," says Joe LaRovera.

Twenty-year-old Brandon Chandler is facing six counts of
animal cruelty. The vicious attack happened at a house on
Skorkorat Street where the suspect lived with dogs' owners.

"Police responded to the home on Skorkorat Street in
Seymour, at which time they spoke to the accused and
asked where the puppies were. He had stated that he
'sent them to heaven,'" says Paul Beres from the Seymour
Police Dept.

Behind the house police found six puppies left outside in
the woods in a basket. Five of the dogs were dead, the
remaining animal is now struggling to stay alive.

Police say the suspect used a buck knife to slit the dogs'
throat.

"He appears to show no remorse. He told officers that he
had been drinking prior to the episode--that he had several beers."

The suspect was arraigned this morning and held on
$50,000 bail. Police tell News Channel 8 that the man
may have attacked the dogs because the owners refused
to give him one of the puppies.

The owners are devastated by this and say they don't have
the financial means to care for the dog. They signed over
custody of the puppy to the Town of Seymour. The puppy is
now receiving around-the-clock care at the animal hospital.
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