By Mikayla Van Loon
A man has been charged with two counts of alleged animal cruelty after what could be described as the brutal killing of a dog and the entrapment of another in Kilsyth.
The 39-year-old was arrested after police executed a warrant at a property on 5 December for an animal cruelty incident just two days prior.
It comes after a post to the Facebook group Lost Animals in the Yarra Ranges and Surrounds documented the disappearance of a beloved family dog named Millie on 3 December.
According to the owner’s post, CCTV captured the animal abuse where “Millie was beaten to death by a steel pole“.
“Millie and her best friend our golden retriever went down his driveway he then blocked them both in with a chicken wire fence and proceeded to beat them not letting them out,“ it reads.
“Our golden retriever managed to escape but our poor little Millie did not and has been put into his boot and disposed of.“
Heartbroken by the loss, the owner’s post said “we are completely devastated as a family“.
Outrage about the death of Millie was also shared by the community, as comments flooded in expressing absolute shock at the “unspeakably horrific“ incident.
The man was also charged with theft.
He was bailed to appear at Ringwood Magistrates’ Court in March.
