Gucci Celebrating 15th Birthday This Weekend

Alabama Mobile The Chow-husky mix was hanged beaten and set on fire in 1994. Gucci survived and had an animal cruelty law named after him.

by Jamie Burch

Published: Tue, March 24, 2009 - 2:51 pm CST Last Updated: Tue, March 24, 2009 - 2:55 pm CST

The dog behind Alabama's tougher animal cruelty law's will celebrate his 15th birthday this weekend in Mobile.

Gucci was hanged, beaten and set on fire in 1994. The Chow-husky mix managed to survive, despite the second and third degree burns. In 2000, Governor Don Siegelman signed a bill that makes intentional cruelty to domesticated animals a Class C felony, punishable with up to 10 years in prison.

You can meet Gucci this weekend and help celebrate his birthday Saturday at B&B Pet Stop. The Friends of the Mobile Animal Shelter will be serving birthday cake at Noon.

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Monkeys Uncle Says:

Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 9:49 am

DEW26M, I totally agree with you. That could easily have been a small child that was abused. So often laws are not enforced (Mobile’s ordinance regarding bicycles is ignored). This guy should be made to do pound duty for a long time, and a long course of anger management.

DEW26M Says:

Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 9:18 am

A whole lot of good it did passing the laws, beings how they NEVER utilize them! Why weren’t the laws used against that pathetic little excuse of a human being labeled as “Kitten Killer” ????
http://www.wkrg.com/crime/article/kitten_killers_sentence_changed/22230/

Monkeys Uncle Says:

Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 8:54 am

Happy Birthday Gucci!. Your collar looks homemade and appears to be comfortably loose