The connection between violence against humans and violence against animals WRITTEN BY: KELSEY GILMORE FUTERAL, JD
The articles published in Lowcountry Dog are usually family-friendly reading, so I wanted to give readers a warning that the following article mentions sex and abuse of both people and animals. This is an important topic and must be addressed by our community, but please exercise your discretion whether to share it with the youngest members of your family. In early May, I learned of a tragic case in Spartanburg in which police responded to a report of domestic violence and arrived on scene to find a woman crying outside her home. According to Spartanburg law enforcement, a man who had been heavily drinking shot the victim’s dog to death as the dog hid under
