A CBS47 exclusive. An Oakhurst man speaks out about what lead him to put down a severely beaten puppy. Eugene Christopher said he was at a park in Oakhurst when a woman came up to him with a puppy in her backpack. He heard it whimpering and noticed it had been badly beaten. "It just needed to be put out of its misery. I mean I don't mean to say it all rude and stuff like that but I took care of it," Christopher said. The woman is identified as 39-year-old Janice Aguilar. She is accused of beating the puppy. A witness says she slammed the puppy's head into the ground. The Madera County Sheriff's Department says the beating was so severe, one of the dog's eyes popped out. Aguilar claims a pitbull attacked the puppy. She is now facing felonly animal cruelty charges.
