WRCBtv.com | Chattanooga News, Weather & SportsFIRST ON 3: Hixson Woman Faces Animal Cruelty Charges
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Callie Starnes
Eyewitness News Reporter
CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) -- A Hixson woman charged with animal cruelty is banned from having pets for a year, as we first reported on Friday.
Channel 3 Eyewitness News obtained pictures from animal control, when officers were called to Penny Major's home.
A cocker spaniel, named Maddie, was found in the backyard. She was covered in mud and hair.
A six-person medical team shaved ten pounds of matted fur off the dog, who was in pain and very aggressive.
Major told officers she lost her job and couldn't afford to care for Maddie.
McKamey Animal Center says she should have come to them for help.
"We would have taken the dog in," said McKamey Executive Director Karen Walsh, "if the woman would have come to us and said this dog is getting into a neglectful situation because I just cant take care of it."
A judge also ordered Major to pay McKamey $900 in restitution.
We brought you this story first thanks to a news tip. If you have a story you want Channel 3 to investigate, email newstips@wrcbtv.com.
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