Puppies Dumped at Roadside by Local Pastor
Jacksonville, FL USA

A Springfield pastor was arrested and charged with animal cruelty after a witness told police he saw the pastor throwing puppies from a pickup truck, according to a report.

Robert Tiencken said he saw Vincent Kohn, pastor of The Anointed Church of God, throwing several puppies into the woods and leaving them to die.

"He was actually throwing them, not setting them down, but throwing them as far as the trees. Just chucking them," Tiencken said. "He said, 'I told my wife. You don't have to call the police. You don't have to call them.'"

Tiencken called the police anyway.

The detectives who tracked down Kohn said they found the malnourished mother of the puppies chained-up at Kohn's home along with four or five more puppies that had no food or water, according to the news report.

The dogs are now being cared for at animal control.

Many of the abused puppies had lost patches of fur and some were covered with sores hidden beneath their fur. 

Local media wanted to give the pastor a chance to speak for himself, but when reporter Jennifer Waugh arrived at Kohn's home, a livid man pulled into the driveway and started yelling, cursing, and threatening to sue the station.

"Any footage that y'all put on the news that shows you was past the property line, just know y'all going to get it," said the irate man.

He then sped away in reverse, nearly hitting an on coming vehicle. It was unclear if the man knew Kohn.

Kohn has been charged with abandonment and cruelty to animals with unnecessary suffering.

"I just wonder what his parishioners are going to think. It's just unbelievable," Tiencken said. "Just to haul buggy and leave them on the coldest night. It's just terrible."

 

References

First Coast News - Feb 6, 2006

Local 6 News - Feb 7, 2006

Fox 30 - Feb 7, 2006

WLTX - Feb 8, 2006