Town pol accused of strangling lost golden retriever as good Samaritan watched in horror: ‘All I can see is those dog eyes looking at me’

Source: New York Post

A local official in Wisconsin is facing death threats after he allegedly used a leash to strangle a lost and scared golden retriever in front of the horrified good Samaritan who had just rescued the pooch. Town of Chester Chairman Richard Van Buren, 55, is facing a single count of felony mistreatment of an animal, according to a criminal complaint, after allegedly lifting the dog by its neck with a leash and saying, “This f–king dog is going to die. ” “That was not a mistreatment of an animal; that was murder of an animal.