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58-year-old John Lowe is facing two charges of animal cruelty after an appalling incident that took place on October 21st.
According to LaPorte County, Indiana County Sheriff's Department, a hunter that was on the same property became aware of the incident when he heard two dogs he was familiar with start loudly yelping and whimpering.
The dogs were a beagle named Josie and a chocolate lab named Bear.
The hunter who heard the commotion got down from his tree stand to investigate. As the hunter began to survey the area, he spotted John Lowe and his 22-year-old son Hayden dragging the body of Bear along the path.
According to the hunter, John told him he was looking for somewhere to dump the deceased dogs. In addition to attempting to hide the two pet dogs he had killed, John and Hayden destroyed the GPS collar on the beagle in order to hide its location.
However, the dogs' owner was able to locate the bodies by simply going to the last place the dogs were detected.
When authorities went to question John Lowe about the deaths, he admitted to shooting the dogs with his bow. He claimed he had not killed them due to them scaring off the deer, but rather because they had been acting aggressively towards him.
Authorities quickly dismissed these claims due to the fact that the dogs' injuries made it clear they were shot from a tree stand. The hunter who reported the killings also informed authorities that the dogs had always been incredibly friendly.
In addition to the animal cruelty charges, John Lowe is being charged with obstruction of justice.
His son Hayden Lowe is also being charged with obstruction of justice. All charges are felonies.
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This is just such a sick thing to do, in my opinion.
Pictured below- both of the dogs that were lost and this awful incident. The owner shared the picture in comments. Our thoughts are with the owners.
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