Taken to court... for mailing a puppy

A 39 year old woman, Stacey Champion, is currently under investigation for attempting to mail a puppy from Minneapolis to Atlanta. The woman walked in the post office, paid for parcel shipping and continued about her day. Before leaving the post office, the Stacey told the desk clerk the package was a 'toy robot' because the desk clerk was throwing the box around.

Post office workers were forced to open package when box began 'moving on it's own'. Post office workers were stunned to fine 4 month old puppy in package. Box had tiny air holes and contained no food inside. The package would have been 'shipped via air in an unheated, unpressurized compartment' and would have taken 3 days to arrive. Workers say the small pup would have suffocated to death.
Stacey Champion stated she sent the package to her son for his birthday.

Mrs. Champion said on the stand, "They don't have no display of what should be shipped and what should not be shipped" in her defense. Stacey Champion faces two criminal counts for cruelty to an animal. But Stacey didn't stop there. She asked the courts for the puppy to be returned to her. The request was denied, and Stacey now has 5 days to appeal before the puppy is put up for adoption.