{"id":756097,"date":"2019-02-02T08:35:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T13:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756097"},"modified":"2019-02-02T08:36:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T13:36:12","slug":"cold-cold-heart-dogs-left-freezing-to-death-in-cold-all-across-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756097","title":{"rendered":"COLD, COLD HEART: Dogs Left Freezing to Death In Cold ALL ACROSS U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>In Iowa, two dogs, Chloe and Sophie, were chained outside without reach to food, shelter or water with temperatures of - 20 degrees on some days. The 'owner' was issued a 'citation'.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BENJAMIN FEARNOW:<\/strong> &#8216;<em>Dogs across the U.S. are being found frozen to death or left to die in subzero temperatures as animal rescue and police departments report dozens of &#8220;horrific&#8221; scenes of neglect. Despite widespread warnings from law enforcement and animal rights groups about leaving pets outside in this week&#8217;s frozen weather, canine owners throughout the Midwest are being cited for negligent, often deadly, decisions to leave dogs out to die in the bitter cold&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In Iowa&#8217;s Polk County, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa said two dogs, Chloe and Sophie, were chained outside without reach to food, shelter or water outside of a Northeast 120th Street plastic crate doghouse, the Des Moines Register reported. The owner, Rebecca Woods, 22, was charged with two counts of animal neglect on January 25, and issued a citation but not brought into jail&#8230; Temperatures in the state have seen lows of minus 20 degrees on some days&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In Youngstown, Ohio, an Animal Charity humane agent and two Mahoning County Dog Warden deputies freed three animals chained outside with bolt cutters&#8230; Local police called animal care agents to a Wilson Avenue junkyard where they rescued one dog before finding another dead inside of a dog house behind a yard of someone who may not even face any legal trouble&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Darcie Kurtz, the founder of Friends of Indianapolis Dogs Outside, or FIDO, told Newsweek that&#8230; police department cooperation and the backing of local legislation has dramatically reduced canine cold weather deaths &#8212; even against reluctant pet owners&#8230; &#8220;You can&#8217;t do this anymore, they&#8217;re finally learning that it takes education, takes an ordinance and it takes outrage. The media and the police have helped&#8230;in previous years there were a lot more animals who suffered and died&#8221;.&#8217;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/dogs-animal-care-neglect-indianapolis-deaths-pets-polar-vortex-freeze-weather-1313767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qOeYxnZfM-I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BENJAMIN FEARNOW: &#8216;Dogs across the U.S. are being found frozen to death or left to die in subzero temperatures as animal rescue and police departments report dozens of &#8220;horrific&#8221; scenes of neglect. 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