Regina woman says police shot dog, then she was arrested for the 'theft of my own pets'
CBC
Amid a family dispute over the ownership of two dogs, a Regina woman says she's devastated after police shot one of the animals in front of her house.
Jennifer Godfrey said one of the officers who came to her home on the morning of May 14 "allowed her dog Bane to escape," then another officer shot the dog in the chest.
"My dog was already subdued and he shot him again," Godfrey said.
According to a Regina Police Service (RPS) news release, officers were dispatched to a home in the 1500 block of Athol Street after a report of theft. Police say they were told two dogs had been taken without permission and they were believed to be at that address.
Godfrey said the call came from her mother, who Godfrey had spent six months trying to retrieve her two dogs from. Godfrey said the dogs are hers.
CBC News has tried to contact Godfrey's mother, but she has not responded.
Godfrey said that when police arrived at her house, she tried to show them proof of ownership, including registration, veterinary records and photos. She claims officers refused to look at any of it.
"They knocked on my door threatening a warrant," Godfrey said. "[They said] they were going to take me to jail."
The news release from Regina police says a dog then "ran out the front door and toward one of the officers."
Godfrey said an officer was propping the door open while speaking to her, which caused her two dogs to escape.
That's when another officer fired a shot at Bane, and then another approximately 15 seconds later, she said.
"I felt powerless," Godfrey said.
Godfrey said officers arrested her shortly after and charged her with theft.
"They arrested me for the theft of my own dogs."
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