AKRON, Ohio -- Petland Inc. has closed an Ohio franchise store over a Facebook photo showing an employee who brags about drowning two injured rabbits.
Chillicothe-based Petland, which closed the Akron store Wednesday, calls the incident "horrific mistreatment" and says it prohibits employees from euthanizing any animal.
The store's animals are being moved to another store.
Liz Carlisle, 20, of Ravenna, has been charged with two counts of cruelty to animals is to scheduled for arraignment on Aug. 17.
Senior Humane Officer Tim Harland of the Humane Society of Greater Akron says Carlisle told investigators it was her decision to drown the rabbits.
A woman answering at a phone listing under Carlisle's address says she doesn't live there. No attorney is listed in her court records.
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