‘It takes a cold-hearted person’: Florida woman fatally poisons neighbor’s cats, pregnant Chihuahua with ‘special seasoning,’ police say

Polk animal poisoning

Tamesha Knighten of Lakeland, Florida, was arrested after she fatally poisoned a neighbor’s two cats and pregnant Chihuahua named Daisy, right, because she was upset they kept coming in their yard, cops say. She’s facing animal cruelty charges. (Polk County Sheriff’s Office)

A Florida woman is facing charges after she poisoned her neighbor’s two cats and dog who was pregnant with eight puppies to death because she was upset they kept coming in their yard, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said.

In August, the sheriff’s office agricultural crimes unit began investigating after a Lakeland couple’s cats died within hours of each other. Before they died, the cats — named Luna and Pancake — were foaming at the mouth, choking, unable to breathe and in “obvious significant pain,” a press release said. About four hours after the cats died, the couple couldn’t find their Chihuahua named Daisy. When they found the dog, she was “obviously deceased” along with the unborn puppies.

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