An Upstate woman has spent more than a week trying to find her beloved dog, and now an animal control officer has been fired for his role in the loss.
(Above video is the Tuesday morning headlines.)Nancy Lee said her blind, deaf, and old Chihuahua named Minnie wandered over to her neighbor’s yard while she was working outside on May 5. Lee posted to Facebook about her missing and beloved pet, explaining how she disappeared from the area of Crestview Road in Anderson, near Y.L. Hanna High School. She also called nearby veterinarian offices, checked neighbors’ security cameras, called animal control, and even offered a $2,000 reward. She finally found out three days later that a woman spotted Minnie along the road.”She (Minnie) is so old and emaciated due to age and kidney failure that a woman picked her up,” Lee said. That woman drove Minnie to Clemson, where she lives, called animal control in Pendleton, and turned the dog over to an animal control officer named Jason Carda.Lee continued to “frantically search for our dog” and finally was able to reach Carda, who told her he dropped Minnie off with people who foster dogs and offered to meet her somewhere to give her back her dog.”A few (minutes later), he calls us back and says he was sorry but the foster people (sic) daughter left the gate open and our old blind deaf dog got out when she left for school,” Lee said. She says she told Carda she would come to help him look for the dog, but he would not give them the address where he took Minnie. Carda had Lee meet them at a recycling center in Pendleton, then took her to a neighborhood and told her, “Somewhere in here,” she said. Lee said she called the police and finally got some help in the form of a police search of the known area with dogs from Black River Search and Rescue out of Camden. On Tuesday, Pendleton police Chief Robert Crosby released the lengths his department has taken to find Minnie. His information included a detailed account of who has been interviewed, when the dog searched for Minnie, and where the bloodhounds lost her scent. Also released on Tuesday was a statement from the Town of Pendleton explaining its investigation into the lost dog and announcing that Carda had been terminated. To read all the information released in this case, click here.”The Town is genuinely sorry for the unacceptable actions taken by our Animal Control Officer,” the statement also said. It encouraged anyone who thinks they have seen Minnie to contact the police department at 864-646-9409. As for Lee, she posted to Facebook Tuesday night, saying: “We are still holding out hope that someone may have picked up Minnie on E Queens Street. We are still offering a reward for Minnie’s safe return. We of course are devastated by the animal cruelty that our dog suffered at the hands of someone who was supposed to protect animals. As devastating as this is we are asking everyone to help us turn this into a positive. If you are moved to do so please support your local animal shelter, rescue group, or any animal welfare organization.”
(Above video is the Tuesday morning headlines.)
Nancy Lee said her blind, deaf, and old Chihuahua named Minnie wandered over to her neighbor’s yard while she was working outside on May 5.
Lee posted to Facebook about her missing and beloved pet, explaining how she disappeared from the area of Crestview Road in Anderson, near Y.L. Hanna High School.
She also called nearby veterinarian offices, checked neighbors’ security cameras, called animal control, and even offered a $2,000 reward.
She finally found out three days later that a woman spotted Minnie along the road.
“She (Minnie) is so old and emaciated due to age and kidney failure that a woman picked her up,” Lee said.
That woman drove Minnie to Clemson, where she lives, called animal control in Pendleton, and turned the dog over to an animal control officer named Jason Carda.
Lee continued to “frantically search for our dog” and finally was able to reach Carda, who told her he dropped Minnie off with people who foster dogs and offered to meet her somewhere to give her back her dog.
“A few (minutes later), he calls us back and says he was sorry but the foster people (sic) daughter left the gate open and our old blind deaf dog got out when she left for school,” Lee said.
She says she told Carda she would come to help him look for the dog, but he would not give them the address where he took Minnie.
Carda had Lee meet them at a recycling center in Pendleton, then took her to a neighborhood and told her, “Somewhere in here,” she said.
Lee said she called the police and finally got some help in the form of a police search of the known area with dogs from Black River Search and Rescue out of Camden.
On Tuesday, Pendleton police Chief Robert Crosby released the lengths his department has taken to find Minnie.
His information included a detailed account of who has been interviewed, when the dog search for Minnie, and where the bloodhounds lost her scent.
Also released on Tuesday was a statement from the Town of Pendleton explaining its investigation into the lost dog and announcing that Carda had been terminated.
To read all the information released in this case, click here.
“The Town is genuinely sorry for the unacceptable actions taken by our Animal Control Officer,” the statement also said.
It encouraged anyone who thinks they have seen Minnie to contact the police department at 864-646-9409.
As for Lee, she posted to Facebook Tuesday night, saying:
“We are still holding out hope that someone may have picked up Minnie on E Queens Street. We are still offering a reward for Minnie’s safe return. We of course are devastated by the animal cruelty that our dog suffered at the hands of someone who was supposed to protect animals. As devastating as this is we are asking everyone to help us turn this into a positive. If you are moved to do so please support your local animal shelter, rescue group, or any animal welfare organization.”
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