An animal abuse investigation is underway after a picture was posted on Facebook of a dog's mouth taped shut.

 Independent

Animal abuse investigation launched after woman 'posts picture of dog with mouth taped shut'

Defending her actions, she wrote: 'Don't panic everyone it was only for a minute but [the dog] hasn't barked since. POINT MADE!'

• Samuel Osborne

 

The Facebook post showed the dog with tape wrapped around its mouth Katie Brown/Facebook

 

An animal abuse investigation is underway after a picture was posted on Facebook of a dog's mouth taped shut.

The picture, captioned "This is what happens when you don't shut up!" was posted on a Facebook account operated by Katie Brown, from South Daytona.

The post has been shared more than 80,000 times and has attracted a slew of negative comments.
In response to someone who commented "Katie assure everyone you did not do this", Ms Brown replied: "I can't lie I did it for 60 seconds. It was time out and no more barking."

The post has been shared more than 80,000 times and has attracted a slew of negative comments.
In response to someone who commented "Katie assure everyone you did not do this", Ms Brown replied: "I can't lie I did it for 60 seconds. It was time out and no more barking."



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