Owner Chad Stricker from Ozone, Mississippi, spent an entire week anxiously looking for his missing 10-month-old dog, Nymeria.
His hopes came to an abrupt and devastating end when he received an anonymous letter in his mailbox claiming that Nymeria was killed by the sender of the letter on the very night she was deemed “missing”.
Source: Chad Stricker/Facebook
The spine-chilling letter further stated that the unleashed Nymeria was “digging through the person’s garbage”, which gave them the right to kill the dog under the County’s Leash Law.
The unapologetic letter was accompanied by a zip-lock bag containing Nymeria’s collar. This is what the neighbor wrote in the chilling letter:
“I am sorry to inform you that your dog was shot and killed Saturday night while digging through my garbage. It did not suffer and I did not take pleasure in killing it. There is a county leash law which you should abide by so that I do not have to kill any more of your pets.”
Source: Chad Stricker/Facebook
Chad took to social media and asked the anonymous killer to at least let him know where Nymeria’s body lay say he can give her a proper burial. In a heartbreaking Facebook post, Chad wrote:
***RIP Nymeria, you were worth more than garbage to me baby girl****
Update: 12-12-19 10pm First off, thanks to all 670 folks who shared my post it really meant a lot knowing there are still people out there who have a heart for animals.
I received a ziplock bag with Nymeria’s collar and an anonymous typed note in my mailbox tonight that stated she had been shot and killed because she was in someone’s trash on Sat night. There are soooo many things wrong with this I can’t even begin to name them all. I hope this post reaches the person who shot her.
This is to the coward who shot my girl:
I want you to know she was one of the sweetest dogs anywhere around and very loving. You, my friend, are a POS for one, not calling me to let me know, man to man, you shot my baby Sat night. You allowed myself and countless other people to waste their time looking for my baby who was already dead.
Secondly, you never gave me a chance to correct the problem, you never came to me and told me my dog was tearing up your trash. The type of person I am, I would not only have picked it all up but would have made sure it didn’t happen again.
You made reference to a leash law and unfortunately she was off for a brief moment (I take responsibility for that). That gives you no right to shoot my dog without giving me a chance to make it right. It’s sad to think I have a neighbor of your moral character living so close to me that would do this.
Do I hate you, no, I pity the person you are and those who have to tolerate you. Only thing you did right here was return her collar and let me know you had killed her. Ohhh and btw, I was only about a week away from having her 1 acre yard completed and fenced and she would never have gotten into your precious garbage again. To think Nymeria was worth less than garbage or a damn phone call.
If it wouldn’t be too much trouble could you please leave me another note in my mailbox (because obviously you’re too much of a coward to call me) and tell me where her body is so that I can give her a proper burial or if you’d like just put her at the beginning of my road.
I hope you feel good about your actions as they reflect the type of person you really are. I pray one day you come to realize what you have done and teach those in your household to be better.
Source: Chad Stricker/Facebook
Animal shelters have come out in support of Chad, pointing out that this isn’t the first time someone unnecessarily killed a dog and used the leash law as cover.
Activists feel that such people do not value a pet’s life and must be stopped. Let’s raise our voices to have such unjust laws changed!
Click the video below to watch the impact of Nymeria’s unfair death on her family.
