I have an aunt who lives in Logan, Utah, a town a couple of hours north of Salt Lake. Yesterday her neighbor was angry with her husband over something, tied their two dogs outside and left for her mother's house and both dogs died. My aunt called the Humane Society and their response was to tell my aunt that their spiritual advisor could talk to her about animal neglect/abuse. She then called Animal Control who "came to investigate", but according to my aunt, the man was more concerned with the neighbors accusing him of killing them above anything else. Animal abuse was recently voted a felony in Utah, so I am particularly bothered that no one seems to be taking this seriously. And this is not the first time my aunt has tried to involve Animal Control with this family's activities. Not only is Logan is a farming community, but also home to Utah State University (a huge ag. school), so I think this may be interfering somewhat with anyone's reaction. I know my aunt is frustrated by the fact that she has not been able to get anyone to deal with this family now or in the past. In addition, they have already "replaced" one dog today and "have made arrangements to replace" the other as soon as possible. I sent her the link to contact PETA, but I'm not sure how likely she is to actually contact them; I would have done it myself, but all of my information is hearsay and I don't know all the details or past issues. Basically, this is my long-winded attempt to ask people for any advice or thoughts on whether or not there is anything more I could do with this and if so, what.
Thanks. I appreciate anything anyone has to say, even if it's to keep out of the situation.