Palm Beach Post
July 23, 2014
Unable to move and suffering from excruciating pain, a dying Labrador Retriever mix named named Blabo howled and wailed for a week in agony but was ignored by his owner, according to a Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control report.
By the time Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies and animal care and control officers found Blabo, it was too late. A veterinarian was forced to euthanize the dog.
Sadrae J. Baptiste, Blabo’s owner, is facing two animal cruelty charges. Baptiste, of Belle Glade, was released from the Palm Beach County Jail on Saturday after posting a $3,000 bond.
Sheriff’s deputies were called March 22 by Baptiste’s neighbor, who told them that the dog had been continuously crying for a week. Blabo was found unable to move in a kennel that was fouled by feces and vomit, the report said. The water provided for the dog was dirty and had not been changed in some time.
The animal control officer noted that Blabo’s front left paw “was very swollen with raw flesh showing…” Blabo also had a broken tooth and had worn down his other teeth.
Baptiste told the animal control officer that he intended to take Blabo to the vet, but couldn’t because he had to work.
An animal control veterinarian examined Blabo and found the dog had a large tumor on his paw, cancer and heart worms. Despite being thirsty and hungry, the dog could not drink or eat because of pain, the veterinarian wrote in her report.
“To watch and allow an animal who is obviously in pain, suffer without any aid or intervention is a blatant act of animal cruelty and abuse,” animal control staff veterinarian Dr. Stephanie Martin wrote.
Baptiste was arrested Saturday.