The beautiful puppy never stood a chance with the owner
that he was cursed with – that owner was identified to police through an
informant.

That informant led police to the home of Bryan I. Hutcherson, 19.

Shockingly, Hutcherson is reported to have told police that the puppy was too stressful and “too expensive” to feed.

Instead
of surrendering the puppy to an animal control facility, the man and
his girlfriend reportedly watched him starve to death before their eyes.

Apparently
little Snoop was kept in a wire cage measuring 2 ft x 3 ft – the cage
was kept in the couple’s living room. The informant told police that the
puppy was covered in feces and shaking the last time that he was seen
in February.

Puppies, with their quickly growing and developing
bodies, require special puppy food during their first year of life –
food with extra calories and nutrients to keep them healthy and ensure
proper growth.

Instead, Snoop received nothing – from what his owner told police, he apparently received nothing for over a month.

Hutcherson
told the police that he decided to lay the sick puppy on the sidewalk,
just 2 blocks from his home, last Thursday – the puppy was so weak that
he could not raise his head from the cement….

A necropsy showed that the emaciated puppy’s organs had systematically shut down as a result of the starvation.

How
could a person watch another life slowly fade away before their eyes?
Surely Snoop suffered greatly – surely there was crying as the pain
wracked his little body….

Hutcherson was held on a $1000 bond
and will have a preliminary hearing on April 14. He could face fines of
$10,000 and up to 3.5 years behind bars.

In the court of public opinion, his name will forever be associated with that of a person with no heart.

His unidentified girlfriend is also facing charges – her case has been sent to the Winnebago County District Attorney.

Rest in Peace Snoop.

-Examiner.com