TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A veterinarian will avoid jail and probation after prosecutors said she falsified business records to avoid returning a support dog named Benji to its owner on the Tuscarora Nation.
A criminal complaint says a whistleblower told investigators that Parkhill-Brown removed Benji’s microchip and altered records to deceptively identify the dog as a female. According to the complaint, those actions were driven by Parkhill-Brown’s belief that Native Americans do not properly care for their pets and allow them to roam.
News 4 Investigates broke the story last year…