A Central Texas man stabbed his nephew's dog in retaliation for the dog killing his chicken last year, authorities say.
Owen Jay Pettit, 45, was arrested Saturday on a charge of cruelty to non-livestock animals. He has since bonded out of the Travis County jail.
According to an arrest-warrant affidavit obtained by the Austin American-Statesman, Pettit's 28-year-old nephew told Travis County authorities that he could hear his dog, Jess, yelping and barking around 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
