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FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) Two people accused of shooting and killing a ferret in Chambersburg were in court for their first preliminary hearings Tuesday afternoon at the Franklin County Courthouse.
Dylan Sellers, 29, and Amanda McCoy, 36, are facing multiple charges related to animal torture and neglect after an investigation by Pennsylvania State Police.
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According to the affidavit, Dylan Sellers shot and killed the animal in Sept. 2024, which was the pet of a 16-year-old boy and his sister. The alleged killing was part of Sellers punishment for the two children after they had gotten home past their curfew.
All of us in the ferret community obviously, you know, our love for these animals again, giving a voice to the voiceless, said Dawn Carter, the Director of Legal and Legislative at the American Ferret Association. But most of us are also parents, like, we cant even imagine what life has been like or is like for those two kids.
Charging documents state that Sellers used a BB gun to shoot the ferret. He reportedly shot it multiple times and a forensic test determined that the first shot did not instantly kill the animal.
The defendants are originally claimed at the end, and this is according to what I read, claimed that the animal was shot twice, Carter explained. The forensics examination revealed shot four times and so the what the examination revealed was the first shot wouldnt have been enough to kill it.
Carter told CBS 21 that the animal likely suffered during the time between the first shot and its death. After their pet was killed, Sellers told the children Now were even, and forced the two of them to clean up the mess and the body.
They viewed this which is traumatizing and it doesnt set a good example for them on how to deal with curfew violations or disciplining kids. You know, committing violence is never appropriate ever, said Carter.