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Miami Herald
2 days ago
- General
- Miami Herald
Dog left in crate during blazing Nevada heat dies, officials say. Owner charged
A dog owner has been charged after being accused of leaving her pet in a kennel during high temperatures, eventually killing the pup, Nevada officials said. Olivia Underwood, 30, was accused of leaving her 3-year-old French bulldog named Jazzy in her kennel while she was at work, police told KLAS. Underwood put the crate outside on May 30, approximately 20 hours before Jazzy's death, the report obtained by KLAS said. Underwood said she put Jazzy in her kennel outside and then went to work a 12-hour shift at the University Medical Center, police told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. She arrived home from her shift and 'went inside and went to sleep' but failed to check on the pup, officers told KVVU. Although Underwood didn't check on Jazzy, she 'had enough time to get off work, order an Uber for her grandmother, eventually change into sleeping clothes and fall asleep,' according to the arrest affidavit obtained by KTNV. Temperatures reached 107 degrees in Las Vegas on May 31, according to The Weather Channel. Eventually, neighbors intervened and went through the unlocked back gate as they noticed Jazzy 'appeared to be dying,' officers told KVVU. The neighbors poured water over Jazzy's body three times before realizing she was 'no longer breathing and became stiff,' according to KVVU. Underwood went outside and began cursing at neighbors and when police arrived, she told them Jazzy's kennel was normally inside but because she 'made a mess in the crate,' it was put outside to be cleaned, officers told KTNV. Underwood was arrested and charged with willful/malicious/torture/maim/kill dog, according to a June 1 news release by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
Daily Mail
08-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Drama ensues after Vegas man moved 'ROOSTER' into his back garden
Drama ensued in a suburban Las Vegas neighborhood after a man's domesticated birds kept his neighbors from ever getting a good night's sleep. The man's neighbors were fed up with the annoying noises and filed a complaint with the Clark County Code Enforcement. The home received a violation for having 'roosters and chickens,' which aren't permitted in their residential area. The couple even sent a letter to their neighbor asking him to control the pets before local Fox affiliate, KVVU-TV, knocked on the bird-lover's door. Even though the complaints cited roosters crowing in the early hours, KVVU instead found dozens of pigeons at the property when they confronted the home owner. The pigeon-lover, Chong, claimed to KVVU that he has only a small chicken and dozens of pigeons he uses for racing. 'This is my passion. We have a huge club... we compete them and we send them to places like Arizona, 300 to 500 miles away to compete all over the nation,' Chong told the outlet. 'This is my sport, my passion,' he added. The bird owner explained that he used the pigeons to race and said the sport was his 'passion' Chong admitted he'd be devastated if his pigeons were taken away. He said he recently moved to Nevada from Cuba and wasn't aware of local laws on domesticating the birds. Clark County Code Enforcement told the outlet that Chong's property didn't have a permit to race pigeons. After a notice of violation is sent to a property owner, they may be fined up to $500 per day until it is corrected. The county had previously combated issues with pigeons in November when another property had flocks of pigeons constantly surrounding it. 'They start cooing about 5 a.m. and it goes on all day long, flying and flocking, flying and flocking,' one neighbor told KVVU at the time. 'It's a health hazard for all of us. Our cars are always covered in pigeon poop, our houses, our yards, everything,' she added. Pigeons are legal to have as pets in Nevada, provided they are kept in a proper enclosure and are kept at least 200 feet from another home. Crowing roosters are prohibited in Las Vegas, and hens are only allowed if the owner obtains written consent from their neighbors.
