She Walks Free Which Is Something Her Dogs Never Did

According to the Tampa Tribune this morning, a Tampa woman was released on $6000 bail Saturday after being arrested on felony counts of animal abuse and neglect. She kept the male pit bull with scars all over his face, chained and emaciated. The female mixed breed was locked in an almost airless shed surrounded by feces. Neither dog had food or water. The police also found four six week old puppies, dead and decomposing in a crate. Alexiadreona Sampson said she had moved from the house and returned two weeks later to feed the dogs. A neighbor reported a bad smell coming from the place and said he hadn't seen anyone at the house in eight days. Yep, Ms. Sampson deserves every one of those six felony counts of animal cruelty and six counts of abandonment. But how hard would it have been for a neighbor to call animal services when they saw her move out of the house and noone return the next day? Dogs are not silent. Those puppies had to whine, those adult dogs, bark. How can people stand by and not do anything to help while those dogs starved and became dehydrated?