Woman arrested after posting photos of allegedly abused porch dog wants answers 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 It's been two weeks since Amber Cammack noticed a dog that she said had its mouth tied shut and never seemed to leave a neighboring balcony at her northwest Harris County condominium. 
 
 After Cammack posted photos of the dog on Facebook, concern over its welfare went viral. She ended up getting arrested when the Harris County Sheriff's Office received complaints of harassment from other residents. 
 
 She spent a night in the Harris County Jail at 1200 Baker St., triggering a protest Thursday afternoon in front of that lock-up. Cammack was joined by her attorney, Randall Kallinen, and about 25 supporters carrying placards decrying animal cruelty and supporting "porch pooch." 
 
 Authorities, however, say a veterinarian and an animal protection investigator have examined the pit bull mix named June, who reportedly is in good health and is now back with her owner, rather than the condo dweller who had been caring for her. 
 
 Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson, acknowledging that the photos on Facebook painted an unhappy picture, said during a news conference that the story had a happy ending. No charges of animal cruelty would be filed in the case, she said, because there was no evidence to support it. 
 
 "The pictures are bad," Anderson said. "I'm a dog owner. You'll never see my dog with a muzzle, or stuck on a porch with a diaper. Nobody in this office condones that or thinks that person was properly caring for that dog." 
 
 Anderson's office also declined to file formal charges against Cammack, who on Thursday disputed the story's happy ending and called for an apology from Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman for her arrest. She said the reason she posted photos on Facebook was because she tried every other avenue to report what she thought was inhumane treatment but got no response. 
 
 Once the posts got widely distributed, Cammack said, she got a call from the sheriff on Monday, advising her that she would be arrested if she didn't remove the posts. 
 
 "When the sheriff himself calls you and threatens you with arrest, that is an extreme chill on your right to freedom of expression," Kallinen said in a statement. 
 
 Ryan Sullivan, a spokesman for the sheriff's office, wrote in an email that deputies responded to a complaint Monday from the Villas of Westador condominium regarding "continuous harassment of the residents." 
 
 Sullivan said deputies took multiple statements alleging that Cammack "had repeatedly published allegations of animal abuse on social media sites, including their personal information, their physical locations, security access information, personal vehicle information, and more." 
 
 Deputies contacted the district attorney's office, which it says initially accepted the misdemeanor charges for repeated electronic harassment. Cammack spoke with the sheriff and other members of the command staff. Sullivan said. 
 
 "After a lengthy discussion, Sheriff Hickman advised Ms. Cammack that repeated posting of personal information to social media could result in arrest should the District Attorney move to file charges," the statement said. 
 
 Cammack wasn't satisfied with the outcome Thursday. She questioned whether an investigator with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had examined the dog. 
 
 Christina Paaske, a representative of the rescue group Pitbulls of Houston, who also spoke at the news conference, said she had examined the dog in a private meeting with the owner at the suggestion of sheriff's deputies. 
 
 Paaske said the dog couldn't apply pressure to her rear left leg, but Anderson said the veterinarian's report attributed that to a limp from an old injury. 
 
 Paaske also said the dog was "emaciated" but, in spite of her condition, was "kissing everyone and wagging her tail." 

 I'M JENNIFER BAUER, CHANNEL 2 NEWS. AN UPDATE TO A STORY WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU AT 5:00 TODAY. THIS IS VIDEO THAT HAS GONE VIRAL AND HAS HOUSTON AND THE ENTIRE NATION TALKING TONIGHT. IMAGES OF ALLEGED DOG ABUSE. SOME ARE OUTRAGED THAT NOBODY IS BEING CHARGED WITH A CRIME. NEW TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING FROM A WOMAN WHO LIVES IN THIS HOME WHERE THIS DOG WAS BEING KEPT. CHANNEL 2'S KEITH GARVIN LIVE TONIGHT WITH NEW DETAILS ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY. KEITH? Reporter: DOMINIQUE, WE'RE OUTSIDE THE D.A.'S OFFICE AND THIS IS A STORY THAT HAS TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF ANIMAL LOVERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT HAS THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SPEAKING OUT AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE HEARING FROM THE WOMAN WHO HEADS THE HOME WHERE THE DOG WAS STAYING. OTHER THAN MY NEIGHBOR, NOBODY ELSE ATTEMPTED TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR, ASK ABOUT THE DOG, INQUIRE ABOUT THE DOG, ONR ANY OF THE ABOVE. Reporter: SHE DOESN'T WANT HER FACE SHOWN BUT SHE WANTS TO TELL HER SIDE AFTER BEING CAUGHT UP IN A SWIRL OF CONTROVERSY INVOLVING THE PUBLICKY THAT'S BECOME KNOWN AS THE PORCH POOCH. THE STORE WENT VIRAL AFTER ONE NOBODY POSTED VIDEOS ONLINE SHOWING THE DOG IN ABUSESIVE CONDITIONS. -- ABUSIVE CONDITIONS. PEOPLE WERE UPSET ABOUT THE DOG HAVING A STRING AROUND HUR MOUTH AND THE DIAPER. THE DIAPER WAS DUE TO THE DOG HAVING LOOSE STOOLS. Reporter: SHE IS JUNE. THE PUPPY SEEN IN THE PHOTOS AND VIDEO WHO BUCKMAN SAYS IS A 6 MONTH LAB/GERMAN SHEPHERD MIX. SHE SAYS JUNE BELONGS TO HER SON'S FRIEND. IT'S LED THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO SPEAK OUT. THE SPCA DID CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER. Reporter: IN RESPONSE TO ALLEGATIONS, HER OFFICE FAILED TO PROTECT THE DOG, ANDERSON DEFENDED HERSELF ON THE COUNTY'S FACEBOOK PAGE. AS THE OWNER OF A BEAUTIFUL DOG NAMED ELLIE, I DO NOT CONDONE HOW THIS DOG WAS TREATED. BUT UNDER TEXAS LAW, THERE IS NO PROBABLE CAUSE TO WARRANT CRIMINAL CHARGES. Reporter: AND BUCKMAN ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT STRING AROUND THE DOG'S MUZZLE. SHE SAYS IT WAS NOT A WIRE BUT A SHOESTRING AND SHE SAYS THAT THE OWNER OF THE DOG HAS ADMITTED THAT THAT WAS THE WRONG THING TO DO. 
 
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 A story involving a dog known as the "porch pooch" has gone viral and continues to have legs. 
 
 The story made headlines after one of Karress Buckman's neighbors posted video and pictures online of the dog allegedly being held on a balcony in abusive conditions at a condo in north Houston. 
 
 People were most upset about the dog having a string around its mouth and wearing a diaper. 
 
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 "The diaper was due to the dog having loose stool," Buckman said. "We didn't want it to drip down on the neighbor below because she had urinated." 
 
 "She" is June, the puppy seen in the infamous photos and videos that Buckman said is a 6-month-old Lab-German shepherd mix. Buckman said June belongs to a friend of her son's who was staying with the family for about a week. 
 
 "Other than my neighbor below, nobody else attempted to knock on the door, ask about the dog, inquire about the dog or any of the above," Buckman said. 
 
 The controversy has even led Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson to speak out. In response to allegations, her office failed to protect the dog Anderson defended herself on the D.A. Office's Facebook page. 
 
 "As the owner of a beautiful dog named Ellie, I do not condone how this dog was treated," Anderson said in the recorded message. "But under Texas law, there is no probable cause to warrant criminal charges." 
 
 Buckman's neighbor, Amber Cammack, is the neighbor who posted the photos and video. Cammack was arrested after Harris County Sheriff's deputies said residents complained that Cammack posted their private information online. 
 
 "I was not asking anyone to harass them. I was asking for somebody to call the S.P.C.A. if they knew anyone there, animal control, anyone who could help us," she said. 
 
 The Sheriff's Office confirms Cammack talked to supervisors and even the sheriff himself who warned her she could be arrested. The Sheriff's Office said the district attorney's office accepted misdemeanor charges of repeated electronic harassment. 
 
 Cammack said she spent 14 hours in jail. 
 
 "I was treated like a hardcore murderer, felon," she said. 
 
 The district attorney said a veterinarian checked the dog Monday and an investigator checked the dog Tuesday. Anderson said the examinations found no open wounds or marks and the dog was not dehydrated or malnourished. The district attorney chose not to file charges against Cammack and Cammack was released from jail. 
 
 Anderson said the dog is back with her owner. 
 
 Thursday, Kim Ogg, a crime victims' advocate, appeared at a press conference held by Cammack's attorney, Randall Kallinan, to ask the DA to fully investigate Cammack's original animal abuse report. 
 
 "Since disbanding the Animal Cruelty Unit of the HCDAO, this district attorney has done nothing to protect animals from senseless cruelty. So few criminal cases have been filed since Anderson took office in 2013, it affirms nothing will be done to stop abusers and leaves the impression that animal cruelty is acceptable," Ogg said. "Reports of animal abuse must be responded to immediately. Delayed response kills animals. No response insures that even more abuse will occur. Putting a complaint form on your website and then failing to follow up on the complaints is worse than doing nothing." 
 
 In response to Ogg's claims, the Harris County District Attorney Office said they do in fact have an animal cruelty division that consists of six people including, three prosecutors, two administrators and one investigator.
– About two weeks ago, a Texas woman noticed a dog on a neighbor's balcony that she suspected was being neglected: The dog, June, was wearing a diaper and was allegedly muzzled with some type of string. Amber Cammack took photos and then posted them on Facebook—a last resort, she says, after her attempts to report the alleged abuse went nowhere. She was arrested on Tuesday for her troubles. The Harris County Sheriff's Office says deputies took several statements from neighbors at the Villas of Westador condominium accusing Cammack of repeatedly publishing "allegations of animal abuse on social media sites, including their personal information, their physical locations, security access information, personal vehicle information, and more," per the Houston Chronicle. She was apparently first given a warning on Monday, when she was told she faced arrest if she didn't take down the photos. "When the sheriff himself calls you and threatens you with arrest, that is an extreme chill on your right to freedom of expression," her attorney said in a statement. She spent a night in jail and was on Thursday joined by not just her attorney but two dozen protesters carrying signs in support of the "porch pooch." The district attorney admits "the pictures are bad" but says there's no evidence of animal cruelty; the dog, who was being dog-sat for roughly a week by condo dweller Karress Buckman, is in good health and back home with its owner. Buckman explains the diaper to Click2Houston.com as being due to "loose stool. We didn't want it to drip down on the neighbor below." The DA won't be filing charges against Cammack. (See how this man used his dog as a weapon.)