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2013 Animals' Advoc. 1 (2013)

handle is hein.animal/aniad0032 and id is 1 raw text is: Neighborhood Nightmare
ALDF helps win justice for family of poisoned dogs

ALL DOG LOVERS KNOW - dogs will eat just
about anything. Sometimes a well-mean-
ing neighbor will even sneak a doggy bone
or piece of meat over the fence to treat a
next-door pooch. Anyone bearing yummy
gifts becomes a fast friend for most pups.
And who can we trust if not our neigh-
bors? So imagine a neighbor taking advan-
tage of your dog's trust by intentionally
feeding him poisoned meatballs.
That's just what happened to Tesla and
Travis Doughtery's two pups, Kyera and
Dozer Boy, in Colorado. In August of
2011, Tesla found her dogs dying in their
own yard 20 minutes after being let out-

side to play. Tesla could only watch in
horror as her dog Kyera struggled valiant-
ly to survive the lethal dose of poison
flooding through her body. Tesla
explained that Kyera, a German Shepard,
even tried to comfort her as she died.
Dozer Boy, a chocolate Labrador, also
died that terrible day. Outraged at this
senseless cruelty, the Animal Legal
Defense Fund helped build a case for
Kyera and Dozer Boy, to bring the dogs
the justice they deserve.
Newlyweds, Travis and Tesla Doughtery
had only moved into the neighborhood
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