Mom ran pet ‘concentration camp,’ son says

[rebel with a cause]

Associated Press
updated 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

SELDEN, New York - A mother of seven is accused of running a house of horrors for pets at her suburban home, forcing her children to help torture them and burying at least 20 dogs in her backyard. Neighbors now fear their pets that went missing over the years may be among the victims.

Sharon McDonough pleaded not guilty last week to six counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty on suspicion of abusing five dogs and a cat found crammed into cages, covered in feces and urine, their coats matted with filth. A judge has taken away custody of the 43-year-old woman's six young daughters.

McDonough's neighbors began fearing their missing pets met a worse fate than the abused animals after her son led officials to a backyard filled with the shallow graves of 20 dogs.

Douglas McDonough, 21, who turned his mother in to authorities on Nov. 5, called the home "a concentration camp for the animals" in comments to reporters after the arrest.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33895944/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
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If this is true she is another sicko with a house full of kids. :mad:

[Raine]

1. Sometimes people

really disgust me. x(

[lukasahero]

2. Bless that young man for coming forward

What a sick f*ckin' world we live in.

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. +5

[flvegan]

3. Misdemeanor animal cruelty.

Sigh.

If guilty, part of her sentence should be to NEVER be allowed to have a pet of any kind EVER again.

[Kajsa]

6. It's a felony here in CA, flvegan.

As it should be.

:(

[rebel with a cause]

8. Yes, it should be a felony.

If she could do this to an animal, what would stop her from doing it to moving on to humans (such as her children).

[Kajsa]

9. That's true!

Nothing would stop her-

:(

[rebel with a cause]

7. or a child. nt

[msanthrope]

13. Beat me to it. n/t

[surrealAmerican]

10. It doesn't sound like she came by any of those pets legally ...

... so I'm guessing "allowed" won't make much difference here.

[Shell Beau]

21. misdemeanor my ass!!! IT should be a huge felony.

OF course I know you agree with that. This woman is sick. Sick. Sick. And how will this effect her children? I am sure they will be all cuddly with animals in the future because their mama showed them how to love on them. :eyes:

[Kajsa]

4. That man is a hero

to me.

He put the welfare and safety of those poor animals
first.

Good for him!

:applause:

"forcing her children to help torture them"- Oh,my God!

:(

[uppityperson]

11. I wonder what religion she is

[sakabatou]

12. What does that have to do with anything?

[uppityperson]

17. just being snarky. Glad they got her stopped. There are some sick people

[Withywindle]

14. Good for him!

It can't have been easy for him to turn his own mom in, but it's worth it to make the suffering stop. For the animals AND the other kids.


I can't imagine. Fucking SICK. :puke:

[8 track mind]

15. It takes a lot

To make me want to cry. This story is getting me pretty damn close. I need to go hug my rescued border collie, mike

[Initech]

16. Man there are some sick fuckin' people in this world.

[Canuckistanian]

18. I'd like to see her brain dissected after she dies

What is it that makes seemingly normal people do such horrific things? There MUST be a reason.

It's the only thing I cling to to make me believe that humans aren't one step away from savage brutes.

[MadBadger]

19. Vick went to jail for a couple years, and shes being charged with a misdemeanor?

Throw the book at that Piece of Shit.

[Shell Beau]

20. For real, what is wrong with some people????????????????

WTF? How can you get your jollies torturing anything? I think compassion is an emotion too many people lack. How terrible for these animals, their owners, and her very own children. What kind of adults will they become because of this nastiness?

[rebel with a cause]

24. probably sick puppies...(sorry for the pun or whatever the use of the saying is)

unless they get a lot of counseling and even then there is no guarantee that the harm this has done can be undone. Of course, this is if this is all true. (just trying to give her the benefit of a doubt.)

[EmeraldCityGrl]

22. If the rest of the world is reading the stories

coming out of this country, they must think we are a sick bunch. On second thought they would be right.

[Smarmie Doofus]

23. The son has to apologize for comparing animal cruelty....

... to victims of Nazi depravity.

( I'm kidding.)