A Fort Collins hospital worker has been charged with aggravated cruelty to animals for allegedly slitting the throat of her boyfriend’s Australian shepherd mix.
The woman, Nicole Ann Anderson, 31, allegedly killed the dog after it attacked and killed her small poodle. According to a police affidavit, Anderson told co-workers at the Poudre Valley Hospital the next day that it took a considerable time to kill the dog and that “it didn’t go well.”
Anderson’s boyfriend was out of town at the time of the June 21 incident, and Anderson allegedly asked her sister and ex-husband for help. Both refused to provide a gun, but Anderson’s ex-husband did come over.
Anderson told co-workers her ex-husband first tried to choke the dog and then tried to break its neck. Finally, he held the dog down while Anderson slit its throat, the affidavit said.
Anderson contended that her boyfriend gave his consent to having the dog “put down” and suggested she put it in a kennel until he returned. Anderson allegedly told co-workers it was night and the shelter wasn’t open.
