SALISBURY, N.C. -- A 25-year-old Salisbury woman has been charged with cruelty to animals after authorities say she taped her dog's mouth shut to prevent the dog from barking, according to the Rowan County Sheriff's Office.
She then took photographs of the dog and posted them to Facebook, with the caption "Ha ha."
Kimberly Ann Howell is out of jail on $3,000 bond.
Someone saw the pictures and reported them to the Rowan Sheriff's Office.
Howell told authorities that she removed the tape immediately after posting the pictures.
Howell has since posted to her Facebook page:
On Wednesday, she posted a long post about the incident (post has since been deleted):
In a post on Thursday morning, she again wrote about the incident (post has since been deleted):