Florida woman allegedly drags dog for miles behind car — sheriff calls what she did next ‘reprehensible’

A Florida woman was arrested on an animal cruelty charge after she allegedly drove away for miles with a dog tied to her vehicle, dragging the animal along the roadway.

Wendy Pena, a 27-year-old from Pomona Park, was arrested last week. She was charged with one count of aggravated animal cruelty, a third-degree felony, according to jail records obtained by People magazine.

‘I cannot imagine the horror this poor animal felt as its body scraped the roadway, and it had no way to escape the torture being inflicted.’

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that Pena inflicted serious harm on a dog that she “had tied to a vehicle, forgotten, and later drove away with the dog still attached.”

“A Good Samaritan flagged down Wendy Pena