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Tuesday, October 7, 2008


Owner Muzzles Pit Bulls with Electrical Tape, Leaves House

Pleads to Misdemeanor
UPDATE 10/24/08: Diana Tetrault pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of unnecessary cruelty to animals. Tetrault must serve 11 months of probation and pay $1,000 for muzzling her two pit bull dogs with tape and leaving them without food or water while she went to the hospital to give birth. A judge ordered her to continue mental health counseling.

Many owners of dogs that attack human beings receive no penalty at all.

10/07/08: Pit Bull Owner Gives Birth, Gets Charged
Johnston, RI - In what may be a pit bull's worst nightmare -- the dog's owner -- yet another abuse story unfolds. It appears the dogs' owner, Diana Tetrault, 20, taped their mouths shut and left them alone in her apartment while she went to the hospital and gave birth. This is the type of thing you can't make up. One only hopes she does not think a similar remedy of "electrical tape over the mouth" is appropriate for a newborn crying baby.
"Instead of celebrating the birth of her son, a Johnston woman is dealing with legal troubles. According to police, Diana Tetrault, 20, muzzled her two pit bulls with tape and left them in her apartment without food or water last week. Neighbors called animal control after they heard the dogs whimpering inside the apartment, said Johnston Police Major Ralph Bubar, III. They told officers they hadn't seen anyone visit Tetrault's Osgood Ave. apartment for two days. When officers got inside, Bubar said they found both animals in emaciated condition and with wounds from the electrical tape that was wrapped around their snouts. Tetrault is charged with two counts of animal cruelty and is schedule to appear in District Court in Warwick Wednesday morning."
Related articles:
06/09/08: Toddler Mauled by Family Pit Bull-Mix, Mom Skips Hospital
04/08/08: Woman Charged with Animal Cruelty After Hanging Pit Bull

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Anonymous Anonymous  |  10/08/2008 12:21 AM  |  Flag  
WOW! She is NOT qualified to own dogs or have kids!

I hope CPS will be watching her.

Anonymous Anonymous  |  10/08/2008 9:13 AM  |  Flag  
And then brought the baby back to throw in there with the pit bulls?

Since there was no one else who lived in that home to care for these dogs, obviously the baby was going to be left alone with them.

Social services, what are you doing?

Anonymous Felony  |  10/08/2008 11:01 AM  |  Flag  
What's the problem? I am sure she is another outstanding citizen who just happens to own a couple of pit bulls and just happens to be a BRB, BathRoomBreeder.

Every NEW young mother needs an intact male pit bull and (probably) an intact female pit bull while trying to raise an infant in an APARTMENT! She can sell the puppies in between batches of meth. That should keep her and her baby fed and clothed until her father/boyfriend gets out of prison.

Besides, Isn't better that she isn't on the dole?
I mean society WILL need what would have been her portion of government welfare to stitch up or bury the victims and pay for the HAZMAT team.

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