In accordance to the criminal complaint, officers responded on the night of June 21, 2009 to a 911 call in reference to the stabbing of a dog. Upon arrival at the scene on Trailsway in the City of Madison, a Madison Police Officer noted a big sum of blood in the kitchen and the living area, as nicely as scattered items these kinds of as cloth and paper towels apparently used to wipe up the blood. He also observed a youthful puppy bleeding from the neck location and in need of rapid clinical attention.
The subject matter who initiated the 911 get in touch with was identified as 47 12 months previous Susanne Burgaz of Madison. The officer observed what looked to be blood on her hands and apparel. Burgaz stated that the gentleman she lived with, afterwards discovered as Richard J. Maier, had stabbed the 3-month-previous German Shepherd puppy named Shep roughly three or four hours back. She mentioned Maier stabbed the puppy since it would not be peaceful.
“(The puppy) stored yelping and barking. Rick (Richard Maier) yelled at the canine to shut up, but the dog kept barking,” Burgaz stated. “He opened the doorway and took a knife.”
When asked to more explain the stabbing, Burgaz could not describe to the officer any much more outside of stating that Maier had completed it. She claimed that she had attempted to help the dog by pouring iodine on the wound and gluing it with super glue. She also noted that she had experimented with to stop the bleeding by applying as significantly strain as she could “short of strangling the dog.”
The officer contacted Richard Maier, 60, who stated that the puppy stored barking which angered Susanne Burgaz. He additional stated that Burgaz yelled out “I’ve had enough!” and taken out a red-handled kitchen area knife from her purse. According to Maier, Burgaz ran over to the cage exactly where the dog was positioned, pulled the puppy out with one hand, and “stuck it as soon as with the knife.” The dog was stabbed in the neck area.
Maier stated that Burgaz dragged the puppy into the living room by a leash attached to the dog’s collar. Though the puppy was bleeding greatly from the neck, Maier mentioned that he believed Burgaz felt she could repair the wound.
“She believed she could correct it. She set iodine on it and super glue as well,” he stated. “I consider the efforts to preserve the dog lasted right up until you acquired right here. But ahead of you obtained here, just before you had been referred to as, she ran upstairs, known as you men, and stated I did it.”
Maier additional stated that 45 minutes to an hour went by before Burgaz known as the police, and he thought the dog was going to die. He said that he felt the police need to have been named previously, due to the fact “the canine did not deserve that at all.”
The officer once more questioned Susanne Burgaz regarding the incident. Burgaz stated that Maier had told her to “get the (expletive) canine to end barking!” She even more stated that Maier demanded that she eliminate the puppy and that she “had no choice” as “he’s even bigger than me.” She claimed that Maier held a knife to her neck and manufactured her stab the puppy. When pressed for more particulars, Burgaz would only state to the officer “I can not describe it. It was horrible.” She also could not reveal how the knife received into her hand. The officer documented no apparent marks on Burgaz’s neck.
A 2nd officer transported the puppy to an emergency animal clinic wherever the knife wound was taken care of. The veterinarian described the laceration as being about two and a fifty percent centimeters broad.
A jury trial is scheduled for Susanne Burgaz on November 17, 2009. She is getting charged with Intentional Mistreatment of Animals and Obstructing an Officer. Richard Maier is also charged with Intentional Mistreatment of Animals and scheduled for a settlement conference on August 21, 2009 in the Dane County Circuit Court.
For even more information: Madison Police Dept Incident Report
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