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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Andrew Buncombe

Second woman charged with animal cruelty after taping shut her dog's mouth

The silliness over the taping shut of dogs' mouths is getting stranger and stranger.

Katherine Lemansky, a 45-year-old woman from North Carolina, was arrested and charged after she posted a photograph online of her dog with its mouth taped shut with tape.

“This is what happens when you don’t shut up?” she wrote, sparking widespread outcry.

Katherine Lemansky was arrested and charged after she posted a photograph online of her dog with its mouth taped shut with tape

Now another woman has got in on the act. 

Attisyn Chadwick, of Thayne, Wyoming, posted a video on Facebook of her taping shut her own dog's mouth and defending the actions of Ms Lemansky, according to Fox13 News.

The channel reported that she said she did not do it to punish her dog but to show that the tape can be gently removed. 

But Ms Chadwick is apparently getting the same backlash that Ms Lemansky received.

Attisyn Chadwick posted a video on Facebook taping her own dog's mouth shut and defending the actions of Ms Lemansky

She is also facing the same legal problems.

Although she later posted a public apology on Facebook, on Tuesday the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office announced she too would be charged with animal cruelty.

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