A Louisiana vet lost her temper and then her job after allegedly shooting dead her next door neighbor’s dog because it wouldn’t stop barking.
Dr. Kelly Folse, 35, was charged with aggravated animal cruelty, the illegal discharge of a firearm and two counts of drug possession after Bruizer, a 15-month-old American bull dog, was found dead.
Folse, who works at a clinic in Harahan in the New Orleans’ suburbs, is a vet and is normally the one tasked with saving the lives of animals.
Folse had worked at the veterinary clinic since the age of 15 and has been fired
Bruizer’s owner, Stacey Fitzner, told Fox 8 that she’d left the pup in her backyard when she went to work.
Fitzner said that someone had deliberately forced open the gates to shoot her dog dead.
A relative returned home to find Bruizer lying in the grass with a gunshot wound to the back of his head.
Stacey Fitzner’s American bulldog would apparently not stop barking and Folse allegedly lost her cool
‘The person who did this has to be sick. A normal person would not come on someone’s property and shoot a dog in the back of the head, and such a loving dog. It’s just disturbing,’ Fitzner said.
When he was found, Bruizer was still clinging to life.
‘My brother grabbed the dog, and we went straight to a vet’ Fitzner said. ‘We thought the dog would survive. As awful as it was, we had hope that he would be OK. After being at the vet all night, we found they had to put him to sleep,’ she said.
‘We got him right after my son was born. He was such a loving dog,’ she continued.
She described him as a friendly, 15-month-old who was like a member of the family.
Folse, pictured, is accused of shooting Bruizer, a 15-month-old American bull dog that belongs to her next-door neighbor. A gun has not been found
‘He was always in the bed with us. He was always licking us. My son would ride him. He was a great, wonderful American bulldog,’ says Fitzner
‘He was always in the bed with us. He was always licking us. My son would ride him. He was a great, wonderful American bulldog,’ says Fitzner.
Sheriff Joseph Lopinto added: ‘This is crazy, a veterinarian shooting a dog of her next door neighbor. This is nuts. I don’t know how else to put it,’
Dr. Kelly Folse, 35, was charged with aggravated animal cruelty after allegedly killing her next door neighbor’s bull dog
In the weeks leading up to the killing, Fitzner and Folse had texted one another about the dog’s constant barking.
Fitzner says that she receive numerous hostile text messages and videos from her neighbor.
By sheer coincidence Bruizer was taken to the Harahan clinic where Folse works last week, although she had not been treating the dog.
Folse was taken into custody and has since been fired from the veterinary hospital which she had worked at for 20 years, since the age of 15.
She was said to be well-liked by her clients and had never been the subject of any complaints.
‘We’re shocked and disgusted,’ Dr. Scott Abadie, the owner of the vet practice said. ‘It’s just not something you expect of anybody, especially a vet.’
Deputies searched Folse’s home and found narcotics including diazepam and Adderall, although they have not yet recovered a weapon.
She is being held on bond.
The dog was 15-months old and had been treated at the same vet practice where Folse works