Devil Dog Killed for Chewing on Bible: South...

A dog was killed in South Carolina for chewing on a Bible. A 65-year-old woman from the state is charged with animal cruelty for killing her nephew Andy FowlerÂ’s puppy after the dog chewed on her copy of the Good Book. According to the aunt, the fury creature was a Â“devil dog.Â”

Fowler called police last Tuesday to report that his aunt, Miriam Smith, had hung his 1-year-old pit bull named Diamond. What a horrific call to have to make. When police arrived, they did indeed find the partially burned dogÂ’s body under a pile of grass. The poor animal had an orange electrical cord wrapped around its neck. A necropsy later confirmed that the tortured animal had died by hanging. What a horrifying way for this creature to be killed.

Smith has been characterized as a religious fanatic by her neighbors who needs some help. The woman has been charged with animal cruelty and torture, and she is being held at the Spartanburg County Detention Center.

There does not seem to be a history of animal cruelty in SmithÂ’s past, but she obviously went way too far when Diamond chewed her Bible. There was absolutely no reason for this South Carolina woman to so brutally hang and kill this one-year-old puppy.

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Heather - child of God, C. Jan 25, 2011, 2:56pm UTC

That's insane. All she had to do was get a new Bible for crying out loud. If it was an antique family Bible then she should have kept it where a dog couldn't get at it.

There's no excuse for what she did, Puppies chew on everything. So sad, how horrific for the puppy. How awful of the woman.

Rachel Dillin Jan 25, 2011, 3:22pm UTC

I totally agree. This was obviously animal cruelty. Also, it was cruelty to her nephew!

Betty S. Jan 25, 2011, 11:30pm UTC

I wonder how old this her nephew was.This will stick in his mind forever.Plus he just might hate her or do something to her to get even.I hope they put her away somewhere.She may get to thinking every one or any animal are devilish to.

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Janet H. Jan 25, 2011, 3:12pm UTC

My first thought was that someone should hang the woman with an electrical cord. But I guess it would make more sense to put the woman in a mental hospital and never let her out. I hope she gets more than a slap on the wrist.

Rachel Dillin Jan 25, 2011, 3:23pm UTC

Since she is still in jail, it seems that something is going to happen. It is sounding like she needs mental help.

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Hope Carson Jan 25, 2011, 6:19pm UTC

Lock this crazy old b**** n an Un-padded cell on a diet of bread and water and Never let her out. Was she so stupid she'd never heard of a newfangled invention called a shelf where you can put thing up high where no one can reach them? Even
"devil" dogs? The crazy things people do in the name of religion are truly terrifying.
Question: what if her 4 year old nephew had damaged her Bible? Would she have killed him too? Probably so. After all, he would have obviously been a devil child. Stories like this make me almost physically ill.

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Hope Carson Jan 25, 2011, 6:22pm UTC

Also if the old c*** has any $$$ it should be confiscated and set aside for little Andy's therapy because after losing his puppy in such an horrific manner, he's going to need it. Poor little puppy. Poor little kid. Sad

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Franklin Newman Jan 25, 2011, 9:16pm UTC

What a disgusting woman.

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Sandi Robinson Jan 27, 2011, 5:13am UTC

She should be done the same way she killed the puppy.Animal cruelty should have MUCH tougher laws than what we do.

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Devil Dog Killed for Chewing on Bible: South Carolina Woman Detained

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