Asheville man kills 3 dogs after argument with his children

Quarrel over care led to shooting

by Mike McWilliams, MMCWILLIAMS@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM

published February 27, 2008 12:15 am

An Asheville man shot and killed three dogs following an argument he had about their care, authorities said Tuesday.

“Basically, the guy came home, he had been drinking, got into an argument with his children about their lack of care for the dogs and then decided to go out and shoot them with a handgun,” Buncombe County Sheriff’s Lt. Ross Dillingham said. Read the rest of this entry »

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Eighteen-year-old Asheville resident Jennifer Thornburg has won an Outstanding Activist Award from PETA2 the world’s largest youth animal rights organization for her successful effort to have a dissection choice policy for students adopted at her school. She is also being recognized for her other efforts to help animals and promote animal rights.

Jennifer went vegan more than three years ago, and when she was in seventh grade, she was given an assignment to dissect a chicken – something she instinctively knew was wrong.

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