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- Landrum woman charged after baby in her care dies - Greenville News
- Baby dies at Royston day care - Anderson Independent-Mail
- Inside the Conservancy Wildlife Clinic: No At-Home Care Please! - Naples Daily News
- Landrum woman charged after baby in her care dies - Greenville News
- Woman Charged After Baby in Her Care Dies - WLTX.com
| Landrum woman charged after baby in her care dies - Greenville News Posted: 23 Sep 2009 12:06 PM PDT LANDRUM A South Carolina woman has been arrested after a 5-month boy in her care died. Multiple media outlets reported Wednesday that 43-year-old Evelyn Deneice Petty of Landrum is charged with homicide by child abuse. The charge carries a sentence of 20 years to life in prison for a conviction. A police report shows Petty told authorities she put the boy to bed with his sister around 1:30 a.m. Sunday and tried CPR after finding him unresponsive around 7 a.m. An autopsy determined that the baby's death was suspicious. Authorities are awaiting the results of a toxicology report, but they think the baby was shaken. Petty was being held Wednesday at the Spartanburg County jail. It's unclear if she has an attorney.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Baby dies at Royston day care - Anderson Independent-Mail Posted: 23 Sep 2009 11:23 AM PDT ROYSTON, Ga. — Royston police have called in Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents to assist in investigation of the death of an infant at a day-care center. The death happened sometime between late Monday morning and early afternoon at the First Steps Learning Center on Grizzle Street in Royston. That's when day-care workers found 5-month-old Serenity A'nyia Brown of 486 Shirley Road in Royston dead in her crib after hearing her cry, according to officials. "My office got a call about 1:41p.m. Monday. When we arrived, (emergency medical technicians) were administering CPR to the baby before transporting her to the hospital," said Royston Police Chief Daniel Cleveland. The baby was taken to Cobb Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Cleveland said the day-care center workers said they noticed nothing out of the ordinary before the child stopped breathing. "They had heard the baby crying," the chief said. "When they checked on her, she was moving. They went to check the chart to see when she had been fed last, and when they went back to check on the child, she wasn't breathing. They picked her up, and she went limp." Cleveland said it's not yet known if the child was healthy when she was brought to the day-care center that morning. Right now, GBI agents along with Royston Police Investigator John Thomas continue to talk to witnesses and family members. The autopsy is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the GBI Crime Lab in Atlanta. There are no comments yet.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Inside the Conservancy Wildlife Clinic: No At-Home Care Please! - Naples Daily News Posted: 23 Sep 2009 01:32 PM PDT NAPLES — A young squirrel was one of the 29 animals admitted to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic during the past week. Some of the new bird admissions include an osprey, an Eastern screech owl, and two laughing gulls. Reptile and mammal admissions include a red rat snake, a Florida box turtle, a peninsula cooter, three Eastern cottontails and eight grey squirrels. Injured Wildlife Need Immediate Attention Back to the baby squirrel. Earlier this week, a person phoned the Conservancy Wildlife Clinic after a young squirrel was found on the ground. Because no nest or mother was located, we asked the man to keep the baby warm and bring it to the Clinic immediately. The "rescuer" had additional questions and as the conversation progressed, the clinic team realized the person had already kept the baby for 24 hours! And, the "rescuer" had fed the baby squirrel cow's milk two times in that 24-hour period. Cow's milk has no nutritional value for a squirrel, or for any other wildlife baby. The size of the baby indicated it most likely had needed at least five feedings throughout the day and night, not just two. It was no surprise to us that the man reported that the baby was inactive and unresponsive compared to when it was first found. The caller said he appreciated the gravity of the situation and would bring the baby in as soon as possible. But, he was concerned his young son was attached to the baby and wouldn't want to surrender the animal. The clinic team implored him to bring the baby in immediately, advising that it would be even more traumatic for his son to see a dead baby squirrel. We even offered to send a volunteer to pick up the baby if that was easier. Again, the man assured staff he understood the baby needed professional care and that he would bring the baby in immediately. Alas, another seven hours passed before the squirrel was brought to the Clinic. By that time, the baby was severely dehydrated, had discharge from its nose due to aspirating cow's milk into its lungs and was cold and lethargic. The squirrel was found within a 10-minute drive to the Conservancy Wildlife Clinic. Yet, over 30 hours passed before it was transported to us for treatment. Upon admission, the squirrel was too weak and dehydrated. It needed electrolytes administered under the skin for several days in order to get it rehydrated. It also needed a tube inserted down its throat into the stomach to provide nourishment since it was now too weak to suckle. The squirrel was started on a broad spectrum antibiotic and has been kept in an animal intensive care unit to help it maintain a warm body temperature. It is imperative that baby animals receive immediate treatment. As in humans, the very young are always at greater risk of complications if they become weak or sick. Many of these wildlife babies are already in dire straits when found. Additional time wasted makes successfully treating them even more difficult. Unfortunately, this phone call and resulting situation is not unique. Yet, it is so completely unnecessary. It happens constantly: People find baby birds and mammals and think it will be fun and easy to raise them. We get the animal after it has become weak, sick and unresponsive. Often, the animal is beyond the point of being saved. Many of the "rescuers" don't realize this because they drop the baby off and leave. Then the WRC team works furiously to remedy the situation. But many times we have to watch the baby die while we are trying to save its life. These are babies that could have lived if only "rescuers" realized that home care is not the proper venue to care for native wildlife. The average person is ill equipped to properly care for a wild animal. It is also illegal to possess native wildlife without the proper state and federal permits. Collier County is fortunate to have a Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic that is able to care for native birds, mammals and reptiles. There is no reason animals in need can't receive the care they require and deserve. The Conservancy Wildlife Clinic is open 365 days a year from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Wildlife Clinic team and volunteers work to ensure all injured and orphaned wildlife receive the care they require with the ultimate goal being to release them into the wild. A Happier Note An osprey was admitted after being found on a fourth floor condo balcony on Marco Island. Thankfully, the rescuers were able to quickly capture the bird and bring it to the Clinic. The osprey was underweight and had small punctures and lacerations on its wings and feet. Blood work indicated the bird was slightly dehydrated but had no active infection. The wounds have healed nicely. Currently the debilitated bird is receiving oral electrolytes and being hand fed fish throughout the day. Releases this week include a Northern parula that had been admitted with slight head trauma from flying into a window. It was released after two days of care. Five orphaned opossums had grown enough to fend for themselves and were released in a rural area of Collier County. An Eastern cottontail hit by a car was fortunate to survive the collision and was released after five days of treatment. A gopher tortoise, also hit by a car, was able to be released after four months of treatment. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission strictly regulate any activity involving gopher tortoises so this animal was returned to the neighborhood where it was originally found. Operating expenses for the Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic exceed $250,000 on an annual basis. Please visit www.conservancy.org and become a member. Memberships and donations are our primary source of funding to help us continue our work to protect Southwest Florida's water, land and wildlife.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Landrum woman charged after baby in her care dies - Greenville News Posted: 23 Sep 2009 10:55 AM PDT LANDRUM A South Carolina woman has been arrested after a 5-month boy in her care died. Multiple media outlets reported Wednesday that 43-year-old Evelyn Deneice Petty of Landrum is charged with homicide by child abuse. The charge carries a sentence of 20 years to life in prison for a conviction. A police report shows Petty told authorities she put the boy to bed with his sister around 1:30 a.m. Sunday and tried CPR after finding him unresponsive around 7 a.m. An autopsy determined that the baby's death was suspicious. Authorities are awaiting the results of a toxicology report, but they think the baby was shaken. Petty was being held Wednesday at the Spartanburg County jail. It's unclear if she has an attorney. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Woman Charged After Baby in Her Care Dies - WLTX.com Posted: 23 Sep 2009 07:27 AM PDT LANDRUM, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina woman has been arrested after a 5-month boy in her care died. Multiple media outlets reported Wednesday that 43-year-old Evelyn Deneice Petty of Landrum is charged with homicide by child abuse. The charge carries a sentence of 20 years to life in prison for a conviction. A police report shows Petty told authorities she put the boy to bed with his sister around 1:30 a.m. Sunday and tried CPR after finding him unresponsive around 7 a.m. An autopsy determined that the baby's death was suspicious. Authorities are awaiting the results of a toxicology report, but they think the baby was shaken. Petty was being held Wednesday at the Spartanburg County jail. It's unclear if she has an attorney. |
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