Authorities have arrested the owners of a dog rescue who they said shot a pit bull dead before telling their social media followers that he died of cancer.
Thomas Thompson, 37, and his wife Brooke, 34, of the Browns Mills section of Pemberton, are charged with two counts of animal cruelty and other offenses, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement on Thursday.
The Thompsons were the owners of a now defunct canine rescue organization called Gone Rogue Girls Rescue, which they operated out of their home in Browns Mills, authorities said. The investigation started last month when a woman reported that a dog she fostered from the organization had been killed at her home by the Thompsons…