Please send message about woman responsible for dog freezing to death
Please email, fax, and/or call your grievances about the Shih Tzu who was left out in the sub-freezing temperatures to die, details, contacts, and sample messages following article. The information, including the email address, has been verified.
BACKGROUND
Vermilion, Ohio – A Lorain County woman was arrested after a dog was found dead in her backyard in the sub-freezing temperatures.
Vermilion police say it appears the white Shih Tzu froze to death.
“It’s a pretty quick death from these elements if the dog doesn’t have the common sense enough to go into shelter or seek shelter from the weather. A dog like this can pass in hours,” Gregory Willey, with the Friendship Animal Protective League, told Fox 8 News.
Sandy Hayslett, 38, is now facing a charge of cruelty to companion animals.
“The law states that you have to care for your animals,” said Vermilion Patrolman Scott Holmes. “If you’re going to keep them outside, you have to provide adequate shelter, adequate food, water.”
Police say Hayslett agreed to surrender a second dog, an English bulldog/boxer mix, to the Frienship Animal Protective League.
Fox 8 went to Hayslett’s home to ask about her decision to keep the pets outside, but she was in no mood to talk.
She shouted from behind a closed door, “Go away.”
Investigators say Hayslett told them the dogs belonged to her ex-boyfriend and that she had been trying to find them a new home.
The FAPL, which will now put the surviving dog up for adoption, says there was an easy and humane solution that the owner could have taken advantage of.
“If you can’t keep the dogs, or if you’re determined not to have the dogs inside, that’s why humane societies like ours exist. The dogs should simply be surrendered over to a humane society for their case and placed into a home that’s appropriate for them,” Willey said.
Hayslett was released on a personal bond of $750 and scheduled to appear in court on Thursday.
If convicted, she could face up to 90 days in jail.
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WHOM TO CONTACT
Email: vermilionprosecutor@hotmail.com
Telephone: 1-440-204-2430
Fax: 1-440-204-2431
Attn: Judge Zack Dolyk, Municipal Court, and District Attorney O’Bryon
SAMPLE MESSAGE ONE
Dear Honorable Dolyk and Prosecutor O’Bryon,
I have learned of an extremely disturbing and malicious case of animal cruelty in which Sandy Hayslett allegedly with deliberation caused the suffering and death of a Shih Tzu dog. This alleged incident occurred on or around January 22 in Vermilion.
I am writing today to respectfully request that you sentence Ms. Hayslett to the maximum penalty as allowable; although this sentence, as I understand it, is wholly inadequate, I hope you will demonstrate that such crimes against animals is inexcusable.
Thank you for taking the time to read this important message.
NAME
ADDRESS
SAMPLE MESSAGE TWO
Dear Honorable Dolyk and Prosecutor O’Bryon,
I have learned of an extremely disturbing and malicious case of animal cruelty in which Sandy Hayslett allegedly with deliberation caused the suffering and death of a Shih Tzu dog. This alleged incident occurred on or around January 22 in Vermilion.
Please allow me to elaborate. Our global communities share laws, moral and written, and when one person demonstrates such a gross lack of respect for both, our societies must react with concern for the innocent and potential victims, who include both non-human and human animals. It is our obligation to protect them from both manufactured and intrinsic cruelty, and although the distinction is often difficult to identify, the effect is not, and our priority is the innocent, in this case the dog. Nobody possesses such heightened intuitive ability to determine the thoughts of another, but past behaviours are potentially indicative of future actions, and Ms. Hayslett’s callous disregard, so easily adopted as demonstrated by her indifferent attitude, needs to be regarded rather than dismissed.
Please respect the victims by penalizing the guilty and demonstrate your commitment to justice, responsibility, and integrity, attributes unquestionably necessary in an law enforcement setting: rejecting cruelty by maintaining an unyielding position towards it would be a model for all community members and would serve to characterize this type of behaviour as both impermissible and punishable.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent issue.
NAME
ADDRESS
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sandy hayslett did not care
leaving her helpless dog,
exposed and bare
to die in agony and alone
in the cold,
his “owner” as heartless
as a stone
justice must be served
for this innocent
people of such cruel behaviors
a long time spent
in a jail cell
cold and dank
they only have their own
vicious selves to thank
Karen Lyons Kalmenson
Our Compass 
Done and shared and will continue to do so..x
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Dear Honorable Dolyk,
I have learned of an extremely disturbing and malicious case of animal cruelty in which Sandy Hayslett allegedly with deliberation caused the suffering and death of a Shih Tzu dog. This alleged incident occurred on or around January 22 in Vermilion.
Please allow me to elaborate. Our global communities share laws, moral and written, and when one person demonstrates such a gross lack of respect for both, our societies must react with concern for the innocent and potential victims, who include both non-human and human animals. It is our obligation to protect them from both manufactured and intrinsic cruelty, and although the distinction is often difficult to identify, the effect is not, and our priority is the innocent, in this case the dog. Nobody possesses such heightened intuitive ability to determine the thoughts of another, but past behaviours are potentially indicative of future actions, and Ms. Hayslett’s callous disregard, so easily adopted as demonstrated by her indifferent attitude, needs to be regarded rather than dismissed.
Please respect the victims by penalizing the guilty and demonstrate your commitment to justice, responsibility, and integrity, attributes unquestionably necessary in an law enforcement setting: rejecting cruelty by maintaining an unyielding position towards it would be a model for all community members and would serve to characterize this type of behaviour as both impermissible and punishable.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent issue.
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will email this poem:
sandy hayslett did not care
leaving her helpless dog,
exposed and bare
to die in agony and alone
in the cold,
his “owner” as heartless
as a stone
justice must be served
for this innocent
people of such cruel behaviors
a long time spent
in a jail cell
cold and dank
they only have their own
vicious selves to thank
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I truly feel that, if it were up to most Judges to prosecute the inhumane way people treat their animals, I’m sure the time spent in jail/fine would far exceed what the law can only require.. I see much improvment in favor of the animals being done to more protect them.. I am an animals advocate.. This said woman is w/out any conscience at all.. She needs to be fined, which would go to a picked shelter, & NEVER be able to own another dog/any animals again.. dobrd@yahoo.com
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cruel actions without appropriate excuses or justifications are absolute crimes, animals are helpless and need our protection, thank you
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I did send a letter to the Judge several months ago. I am just sick that these people get away with this abuse
.http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-vermilion-dog-freezing-death-sandy-hayslett-sentenced-js-txt,0,755641.story
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