An American Staffordshier Terrier.
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Rapper Leto is the subject of a complaint, filed at the police station of the 15th arrondissement of Paris by the association Action protection Animale, for voluntary abandonment and act of cruelty to an animal, reports
Le Parisien
this Sunday.
Leto had entrusted the care of his dog, Captain, an 11-month-old American Staff, to his brother, who had "locked him up night and day" on an "unsanitary balcony" of a square meter where "urine and excrement strewn the floor. soil ”, according to Anne-Claire Chauvancy, president of Action protection animaux.
The association was alerted by the residents, tired of hearing the dog "howl to death".
"All the neighbors heard him cry daily, it had been going on since last September," continues Anne-Claire Chauvancy.
"It was a foil"
Captain has made a few appearances in the rapper's music videos.
“It was a foil,” she laments.
When he no longer needed it, he no longer took care of it ”.
No other trace of mistreatment was detected.
Leto was summoned to explain himself, he faces two years in prison and a 30,000 euros fine.
Captain was taken in by a shelter.
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