A pet owner has come forward to say her dog was a victim of animal traps. This is the second case made public in a matter of days.
Gregory Tyra of Mount Sterling admitted to setting animal traps in Garrard Park in Bourbon County.
One of those traps killed a pet dog, who was caught in the trap while on a walk. Since then, police in Bourbon County have found more animal traps at the public park, and now, more pet owners have come forward.
Jacqueline Muth’s dog, Billy Boy, died almost a month ago after he was caught in an animal trap. “I was screaming, I was hysterical. I was helpless,” says Muth. Since then, Muth has been begging for justice. “He was just a very loving boy. And he didn’t know a stranger. There’s a tag on the trap, the serial number is on the tag. And that was enough to lead them to Greg Tyra.”
Tyra was arrested this past week and admitted to setting the trap that killed a dog in Bourbon County.
When the dog reached inside the animal trap, it snapped on his head, killing Billy Boy almost instantly. “There were kids right across the creek at the time that it happened. They could have gotten caught! And believe me it can do tremendous damage,” says Muth.
But for Muth, the damage has already been done.
Tyra is being held at the Bourbon County Detention Center for carrying a concealed deadly weapon.
I sure hope that this man gets served with a sentence.
Those traps killed animals and could have severely or even killed a child.
I know the laws are different around the world on this but they should be treated almost the same.
It was intentionally set, and if he says it wasn’t for dogs but for something else, please we are not all that stupid you set something and no matter what something is going to get into it, whether it be what you wanted or not.
This sickens me as I am a dog lover and rescuer and have placed about 25 dogs in the last 2 years.
I can not believe that someone is that sick and someone didnt notice before, the man needs some real help.
That mother F’er! What kind of sick person sets animals traps in a public park, or anywhere for that matter. I hope he gets every ill fate that can happen to a person.