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Over the past few days we have been receiving many letters from around the world on dog abuse case in Lithuania (see video here). We are grateful to all those who are concerned about this incident and we want to assure everyone that this case actually resulted in a significant resonance in Lithuania (1, 2, 3, ...), and a person charged with this crime has already been identified and arrested.
Svajūnas Beniukas....
The dog in the video survived, but its condition is very serious.
Originally posted by DrumsRfun
Can someone tell me whats in the video?
I can't watch stuff like that.I am an animal lover and it will ruin my day and piss me off if I watch it.
Whats in it...someone mentioned a broken back?
Nvm,I just saw Raist's post so I think I get the jist of it.
Too bad its not eye for an eye...I would love to see someone like that in the same position.
[edit on 19-11-2009 by DrumsRfun]
[edit on 19-11-2009 by DrumsRfun]
The person with a dog in his hands is a 22-years old Svajūnas Beniukas of a small Seredžius town (district of Jurbarkas). The dislike of animals he appears to have is linked to infamous history of animal abuse in his family: just a two years ago his grandfather killed a cat by throwing it over to an aggressive dog. Unfortunately, he was fined 20 LTL (8,5 USD) only – Lithuanian laws in that sense are very mild.
Svajūnas Beniukas is well-known to local police. He is unemployed, drinks regularly and has been involved in many local conflicts – he is a known town roughneck. He previously was charged with theft in Kaunas and Jurbarkas districts.
On 20th of November court session regarding the dog abuse case was held. The jury has listened to witness testimonies and will pronounce the verdict for Svajūnas Beniukas on 23th of November. Beniukas in his defence said he have sought revenge on the dog after it was suspected of killing some of his mother's chickens.
The widely circulated dog abuse footage was most likely made during the weekend [November 14-15th]. For some time the dog was lying under a bridge. Then he was found by one man who took the dog to the police station, from where it was sent to medical treatment facilities at "Nuaras". Pipiras (so was named the dog, Lithuanian for Pepper) which was estimated to be around 4 years old was for a few days treated in animal care center "Nuaras", in Kaunas. Pipiras avoided serious bone fractures but had many injuries to internal organs - these were in severe contusion because of the high fall (over 20 meters). On the night between 21st and 22nd of November Pipiras died.
Both "Nuaras" staff and we at Animal Rights Lithuania received numerous calls or emails from concerned people. They offered their assistance, many wanted to take care of Pipiras after it would recover (which, sadly, eventually never happened).