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Continued from Page B1defecation was atrocious. Streeter could see the emaciated dog’s bones. It had multiple sores on its legs, and its teeth werestained.Streeter lifted the pups head out of the urine so that it could get a breath of air, court records stated. He immediately brought the dog to Raven Veterinary Services, where it died seven hours later. A necropsy and specimens sent to the University of Washington showed the dog died of starvation, records stated.Burk wrote in a letter to animal control, “Now that I look back on everything, I should have had her put down a long time ago and should not have let her suffer the way she did. I wish I could change a lot of things but I cannot.”A witness told authorities that Burk encouraged her son to kick the dog for amusement.Attempts to contact Burk were unsuccessful. The charges against her are misdemeanors.Reporter Amanda Bohman can bereached at abohman@newsminer.com or 459-7544
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Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Sat, Mar 18, 2006
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