Woman Who Doused Her Ex’s Dog In Gasoline, Put The Dog In A Cage And Lit The Dog — And House — On Fire

We’re not even gonna use the name of the miserable scrap of carbon-based-life-form who thought — we assume — she could get back at her ex by setting his dog on fire and trapping it in a burning cage. The name we will use? Suncoast Animal League, who championed Denali’s cause, kept her alive, and found her a furr-ever home filled with love and compassion. We realize this award is, um, incendiary but you know what? Fuck you, that’s what. suncoastanimalleague.org 

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Cathy's portfolio includes pieces for Visit Florida, USA Today and regional and local press. In 2016, UPF published Backroads of Paradise, her travel narrative about retracing the WPA-era Florida driving...