{"id":306738,"date":"2019-03-22T11:10:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T18:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=306738"},"modified":"2019-03-22T11:10:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T18:10:40","slug":"frank-shamrock-responds-to-reports-of-animal-cruelty-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/frank-shamrock-responds-to-reports-of-animal-cruelty-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Shamrock responds to reports of animal cruelty investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Thursday night,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/ex-ufc-champ-accused-of-leaving-dog-at-love-field-for-5-days-im-an-animal-lover\/287-1a024c5f-1509-4bdb-9a45-ceb5cfcc38b5\" target=\"_blank\">WFAA-TV<\/a>\u00a0in Dallas reported that inaugural UFC light heavyweight champion Frank Shamrock was being investigated for animal cruelty after tying his mother&#8217;s dog Zelda to the back of a parked pickup truck and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-former-ufc-champ-frank-shamrock-under-investigation-for-animal-cruelty\/\">abandoning it at an airport for five days.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shamrock actually admitted to this incident, explaining that he first tried to find a home for the dog, and only decided to forsake the animal, which he says has a \u201cgoofy hip,\u201d when he was unable to find a more suitable alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey can charge me with whatever. I will show up,\u201d Shamrock told WFAA-TV. \u201cIt is what it is. I\u2019m not hiding in any way. It\u2019s an unfortunate and terrible thing. I\u2019m an animal lover and I ran away crying. \u2026 It\u2019s an old dog \u2013 no one wants a 6 1\/2, 7-year-old dog with a goofy hip.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Frank Shamrock already admitted to abandoning this dog at the airport, he is taking issue with how the story is being covered. He says that, despite leaving the dog at the airport, he is not actually being investigated by Dallas police. That part of the story, he is calling Fake News. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is fake news ABC News edited to create a story,\u201d Shamrock wrote on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BvTDM-PgA6h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Instagram<\/a>. \u201cVery sad. \u201cRebecca Lopez you should be ashamed of yourself, I am not being investigated and only took the call to help bring awareness to animal cruelty and elder abuse. Funny how you don\u2019t report the all the facts \u2014 just the names that create headlines.\u201d<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, the alleged lack of an official police investigation doesn&#8217;t change the fact that Frank Shamrock has admitted to leaving an abandoning an aging dog for five days&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for further developments on this story as details emerge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 3\/22\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday night,\u00a0WFAA-TV\u00a0in Dallas reported that inaugural UFC light heavyweight champion Frank Shamrock was being investigated for animal cruelty after tying his mother&#8217;s dog Zelda to the back of a parked pickup truck and abandoning it at an airport for five days. 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