adminATLANTA – A north Georgia animal shelter’s “Lucky Dog” adoption programme deceived pet owners by promising not to euthanise their dogs for a $100 fee, then killed them instead, authorities said. Dozens of animals were euthanised in this way, a 60-count indictment alleges.Charges against the shelter’s former director, Lowanda “Peanut” Kilby, include theft by taking, theft by deception, computer theft and racketeering, Rabun County District Attorney Brian Rickman told Reuters on Thursday.
Pet owners surrendered their animals to the Boggs Mountain Humane Shelter for a variety of reasons, including the owners’ failing health or an animal’s incompatibility with children or grandchildren, Rickman said. “They had researched and were specifically looking for a shelter that did not euthanise,” the prosecutor said.
After paying $100 for a guarantee that the pets would not be killed, the owners would receive emails and hand-written notes from the shelter saying that the pets had been adopted, said Rickman.
“In fact the pets were already dead,” the district attorney said.
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