EUCLID, Ohio (July 8) - An Ohio woman who found a fawn in her flower garden has been accused of beating it to death with a shovel.
Dorothy Richardson, 75, was charged in a warrant with animal cruelty at her Euclid home near the Cleveland Metroparks Euclid Creek Reservation, a wooded park where deer, foxes and other wildlife roam.
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Animal control officer Ann Mills requested the warrant. She said "everybody's very upset" about the fawn's June 15 death.
Richardson hasn't appeared in court. She told Cleveland's WKYC-TV she was afraid of the fawn and used a shovel to try to make it move. She said after it died she put it in a box and took it to the curb on trash day.
Euclid's cruelty to animals charge is punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Information from: The Plain Dealer.
