Arizona Opens Investigation Into Deadly Doggie Disneyland

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Arizona Opens Investigation Into Deadly Doggie Disneyland
Sheriff Joe Arpaio ("America's toughest&quot has launched an investigation into the owners of a high-end kennel where 30 dead pups were discovered over the weekend.

"Over the weekend, some owners of the 28 dogs who were boarded at Green Acre received phone calls from Todd Hughes notifying them that their dogs were missing. In reality, according to authorities, many of those dogs were dead, their bodies piled on top of one another inside a shed on the Hughes’ property. Todd Hughes admitted that he had initially lied about the dogs running away and said that he had panicked while trying to resuscitate the dogs as they lay dying from heat exhaustion. One of the dogs had apparently chewed through the cord that powered the air-conditioning unit in the room where the pups were staying."

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"It has also come to light that Todd and MaLeisa Hughes were on vacation in Florida when the dogs died. Their daughter, Logan, and her husband, Austin Flake—who is Republican Senator Jeff Flake’s son—were supposed to be in charge of taking care of the dogs. Recanting its initial declaration that the deaths were no more than “a tragic accident,” the Maricopa County Sheriff's office has since launched a full criminal investigation into whether the Hugheses are guilty of neglect or animal cruelty. The investigation is being led by none other than Sheriff Joe Arpaio, notorious for his support of arguably racist immigration enforcement and the accusations of corruption against him. Apparently, “America’s Toughest Sheriff” is an animal lover.

“There are a lot of questions that both this sheriff and the dogs’ owners have, and, believe me, by the time we are done with this investigation, we’ll have the answers to most, if not all, of the questions,” Arpaio told reporters Monday. “If a crime occurred, someone will be held accountable.”



http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/25/arizona-opens-investigation-into-deadly-doggie-disneyland.html