Dog Groomer Accused of Abusing Dogs In His Care

Authorities declare {that a} canine grooming store proprietor in South Florida was caught on digicam abusing the animals in his care.

Information stories say that Plinio Roberto de Camargo Jr., co-owner of American Canine Pet Grooming in Boca Raton, struck canines and mercilessly pulled their hair.

In keeping with an arrest report, a person reported that his spouse, a hairstylist on the salon, was “devastated” after seeing abuse on the institution and despatched the movies to an animal management officer. He then known as the Palm Seaside County Animal Management Division to report this. The abuse reportedly led some caregivers to resign, in accordance with the person who reported the case to the authorities on behalf of his spouse as a result of she solely speaks Portuguese.

De Camargo, 47, “deliberately tormented two canines in his care by punching and hanging the canines a number of occasions, whereas pulling the canines’ hair in a merciless and inhumane method,” detectives wrote within the report.

The worker informed authorities her boss “abuses canines every day by hitting them together with his hand, a brush, a nail file, clipper or different grooming gadgets,” the report states, including the worker believes de Camargo “will get pissed off when canines misbehave and hits them so they are going to cease transferring.”

Within the first video, de Camargo was described by deputies as violently manipulating a black poodle whereas blow-drying it within the sink and “grabbing the again of the canine’s head, pulling the canine’s hair, and pushing the canine down the sink.”

The second video depicts de Camargo hanging a canine with a closed fist earlier than hanging it once more together with his proper hand. The report states: “The canine is howling and crying and appears to be in ache as a result of the person hit him.”

Within the third video, de Camargo is seen blow-drying a small white canine whereas holding him by the again of the pinnacle and twisting his hair as he picks him up.

It’s not the primary time the person has reported the abuse to officers. In keeping with the report, the canine groomer’s husband reported in Might that de Camargo had mauled a canine that later died of a coronary heart assault, however the case was dismissed for lack of ample proof.

The co-owner allegedly informed the homeowners of injured canines that their animals “had a troublesome time being groomed” and that they need to take them to the veterinarian with a view to conceal their companion’s alleged abuse.

Brazilian nationwide De Camargo entered a not-guilty plea to the accusations.