Friday, June 22, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Dearborn Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
On Wednesday at about 4:35 p.m., a call was made to Dearborn Police about a dog left alone in a car parked in the parking lot of Target on Ford Rd. The pooch, an 11-year old Chow-Cocker Spaniel mix, was left unattended in the sedan in direct sunlight while it was 95 degrees outside. The windows, however, were slightly ajar and when the responding officer arrived, he was able to unlock the door by reaching through the opened back window. Shortly after freeing the dog, the owner, a 59-year woman, arrived to the car at about 4:50 p.m. The man who called Dearborn Police was still present and he got into an argument with the dog's owner. The argument eventually escalated and the owner yelled at the caller, whom the owner felt had no reason to …
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
Adoption is the best option, says shelter director Elaine Greene.
As animals taken from the Dearborn Heights store Pet Station are nursed back to health after owner Razmi Daklallah was charged with animal cruelty this week, the question remains: What more can be done? While the 37 charges against Daklallah are pending, the effect on Dearborn-area families is palpable. Former patrons of the store said are horrified at the charges. "My husband and kids bought me a kitten from there in 2009," wrote Dearborn resident Christie Thomason on the Dearborn Patch Facebook page. "It was very underweight and sick when we got him. They also were feeding the poor thing adult cat food that was too big for him to eat. He was licking the food. We have not been in there since." "Horrible horrible place," added former …
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Dearborn Heights resident Hamzi Daklallah was charged with 37 counts relating to alleged animal cruelty in his story, Pet Station.
A case of animal cruelty was revealed in Dearborn Heights Thursday with the charging of a local pet shop owner accused of abusing or neglecting more than 100 animals. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced the charging of Heights resident and Pet Station owner Ramzi Daklallah for alleged criminal acts including cruelty to animals, pet shop violations regarding record keeping, and animal industry act violations regarding the importation of dogs. The case involves more than 20 dogs, more than 70 birds, a number of guinea pigs, hamsters, frogs, snakes, lizards, tarantulas, chinchillas, mice and rats. It is alleged that Dakhlallah, and his corporation Pet Station, L.L.C., engaged in keeping animals under unsanitary and unsafe conditions …
Friday, February 3, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Dearborn Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
An unlikely culprit was cited for animal cruelty this week, according to Dearborn police. Police were called to Sanford-Brown College on Mercury Drive on Tuesday by a veterinarian and teacher at the school who claimed that a dog was locked in the trunk of a car parked in the school's lot. Officers approached the car and, upon hearing whimpering from inside, broke into the trunk and released the dog–determined to be a 4-month-old pit bull mix. The dog was wearing a collar and appeared to be physically fine; however, the trunk contained fecal matter and smelled like urine, according to the police report. As police interviewed witnesses, the owner of the car–and the dog–came out of the college. A resident of Westland, she explained that she …
AndreaVH
4:10 pm on Sunday, June 24, 2012
DUMB pet owner! Even a short time in a car with 95 degrees outside can get over 100 degrees inside a car. Ricardo, a dog breathing heavy means that he is in distress and is trying to cool itself off. If the dog had any medical problems in the past it could mean death for the dog. Yes the bystander was right in calling the police. Next time leave the dog at home or in the backyard with a bowl of … more ›