THORP, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – Charges have been filed in an animal abuse case from last fall.
A Thorp woman is now accused of zip-tying a puppy’s front legs and abandoning it near a creek.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office posted a picture of the pet last October while searching for the person responsible. Deputies said the puppy was weak and skinny and the zip-ties caused severe cuts so deep they could see bone.
Jill Warminski is now charged with felony animal mistreatment. Detectives say she admitted to doing it because her kids couldn’t take care of the dog and neither could she. She claimed the Humane Society told her they did not have room for the animal.
Warminski is also charged with lying to investigators about the puppy’s brother, which hasn’t be located.
