An animal groomer in Florida allegedly subjected cats and canine to horrific therapy whereas the pets had been in her care, police stated.
In keeping with an affidavit from the Sarasota Police Division, citing witness testimony, 41-year-old Diana Stevens allegedly misplaced her cool on plenty of individuals’s treasured pets at a Woof Gang Bakery and Canine Grooming franchise in Sarasota, Florida.
Authorities, citing surveillance footage, stated that Stevens was heard calling a canine a “piece of sh—.”
“Stevens was bathing a tan golden doodle and the canine was being troublesome,” authorities wrote within the affidavit. “Stevens turned very upset and punched it with closed fists a number of occasions within the ribs and stomach.”
Authorities stated that whereas she punched the harmless canine, she yelled, “fu– you.”
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In one other occasion, the proprietor of the grooming salon was seen yanking a canine by his neck.
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“Stevens lastly will get the noose across the canine’s neck, tightens all of it the way in which after which yanks the canine up by the noose,” police wrote relating to footage dated Aug. 16, 2023. “The canine is hanging by its neck within the air, she hits the canine twice and the canine spins round within the air.”
She allegedly jerked cats round and flipped them over, and he or she tethered them as properly.
“Witness #1 said tethering a cat may trigger the cat’s neck to interrupt,” authorities stated. “Stevens would additionally seize the canine by the scruff out of frustration, and he or she was aggressive with them whereas she groomed them. Witness #1 said a number of the prospects complained that their canine had been appearing in a different way once they introduced them house.”
Stevens additionally bought French bulldog puppies and saved them in unsanitary circumstances.
One of many puppies died after they had been left in a single day and unsupervised in a “sink/bathing tub,” police stated.
Investigators with the Sarasota Police Division advised FOX 13 that it was all captured on surveillance digital camera.
“To press play, rewind, pause and to clarify in such element the violence that was occurring on this enterprise is difficult on anyone,” stated Cynthia McLaughlin with the Sarasota Police Division.
McLaughlin stated that the 5 incidents recorded had been captured in only a 17-day interval.
“There’s no approach to know the way lengthy this has been happening. The 5 incidents we discovered on surveillance video was only a 17-day interval final 12 months,” McLaughlin stated.
Detectives, utilizing a search warrant, received video from the shop that confirmed the abuse. They stated that the video seems to assist allegations that Stevens beat, berated, and tossed animals as she groomed them.
Stevens was arrested on 5 counts of felony aggravated animal abuse and 5 counts of felony animal cruelty.
Fox Information has reached out to Woof Gang Bakery’s company places of work.
