In August of 2011, Haniyyah Barnes got into a dispute with neighbor Nazirah Bey over a parking issue, and her anger quickly escalated.  Bey allowed Barnes’ mother to park in her driveway two houses down on their Newark street, and on the 26^th of August, Barnes became enraged because Bey’s car was blocking in her mother’s.

Barnes kicked in the front door, and when Honey Bey, a two-year-old Shih Tzu began barking, the enraged woman grabbed her by the throat, went outside and threw her into traffic.  Honey was struck by a vehicle and died.

A Newark police officer was in a patrol car nearby, and witnessed Barnes hurling the tiny dog into the street.

Bey’s father, Daryl Williams, is still deeply shaken by the incident. He was ill when this occurred, and says Honey Bey “kept me going.”

“I mean, it hurts, ’cause I don’t have a friend no more,” he said.

Bey said telling her children what happened was devastating, as they loved her very much.

“It’s not a dog,” Bey explained to the courtroom. “It’s family to us.”

Superior Court Judge Richard Sules said Barnes showed “callous indifference” to the dog, and said she has an “anger problem which needs to be addressed.”

On October 13th, 2015, a jury convicted her of animal cruelty, theft, and criminal mischief. Attorney Michelle Treiber said her client had changed and was remorseful.

“I think she has gotten herself together and this was a changing event, a life-changing event for her,” said Treiber. “This is not something that is ever going to happen again.”

But Essex County Assistant Prosecutor Michele Miller asserted that Barnes hadn’t changed, and “never took this seriously, always took this as a joke.”

At her sentencing hearing, Miller says Barnes showed no remorse and even stuck her tongue out at Miller and Bey.

Judge Sules sentenced her today to four years in prison for her crimes, with six months of time served. She must also pay restitution to Bey in the amount of $2,000, and will perform 30 days of community service with an anti-animal cruelty organization upon her release.

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As they were driving along the highway, they noticed a helpless dog, weaving in between oncoming traffic, cars and trucks nearly colliding. Edina and Caki came to a dead stop in their car and jumped out, comforting the dog on the roadside. They both noticed that she was clearly puffy around the middle, but unable to tell if she had recently had her puppies or if she was soon expecting.

So Edina and Caki decided to follow this poor dog who they thought was abandoned, covered in scars with a clear sadness in her eyes. But when they walked nearly a mile with her, she brought them to an old house where they could hear the sounds of puppies crying out to their mother.

Edina was so upset by the mistreatment of this poor animal, so she bravely knocked on the owners door to ask them if they could take this dog who clearly wasn’t wanted. The man shockingly revealed that he had plans to abandon this dog and her remaining 2 puppies, 3 of which who had passed. To their amazement the mean man’s wife broke through the door, telling Edina and Caki that she’d secretly been feeding the dogs behind her husband’s back and begged for them to take the animals to a safer place.

A photo of the two remaining puppies in safe hands:

Currently, Edina and Caki are looking for a home(s) for this sweet dog and her two pups, the same dog who lovingly wagged her tail at the coldhearted man who wanted nothing to do with her. If you’d like to help, please click on their link (harmonyfund.org) to learn more about ways to help this poor dog in need.

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But you probably wouldn’t mind the slight inconvenience if it was all in the name of saving a dog, right? That’s exactly what happened in the video you’re about to watch.

A group of bikers in Brazil spotted a dog who had apparently jumped out of a car on a crowded highway (how terrifying!). Instead of carrying on with their ride and assuming it was someone else’s problem, the brave group formed a protective line with their vehicles to stop oncoming traffic in order to attempt to catch the petrified dog who was darting all over the road.

As a few of them tried to surround the dog and keep him out of harms way, others approached the scared pup and finally got him to safety. Such a terrifying situation for any dog lover to watch, but it’s so reassuring that there are still good people left who would go through such trouble to help an animal in need.

http://youtu.be/RWspYhZpVQk

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