VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The state on Wednesday filed a motion for a rehearing in a case involving a man who beat his puppy to death, which sparked public outrage and led to the creation of Ponce’s law.Travis Archer’s 9-month-old Labrador was found gagged and bleeding from his mouth in the backyard of Archer’s Ponce Inlet home in April 2017.
Archer told police that the puppy made a mess in the house and when he went to discipline him, the dog bit his hand.[TRENDING: How to get vaccine in Florida | Could $600 checks grow into $2,000 payments? | Fla.
child porn suspect had hidden bunker]Records show Archer admitted to throwing the puppy against a wall and punching the animal at least twice.