Sarah Diane McMenamin
Sarah Diane McMenamin
Sarah Diane McMenamin is an American resident of Ames, Iowa. [4]
Personal Life
She is in a relationship and is a mother of one child.
Animal Cruelty
McMenamin was charged with animal neglect causing serious injury or death after performing a botched surgery on her pet dog which resulted in it's death in June 2017.
She had previously taken her dog to Iowa State University VetMed because the dog had fallen ill. veterinary staff advised her that the dog had an obstruction that required surgery and that without surgery the dog might need to be euthanized.
McMenamin arranged to have the dog euthanized at a different veterinary clinic on June 1, 2017, but did not take the dog to the appointment, prompting veterinary staff to call the police.
Upon arriving at her residence on the 2800 block of Arbor Street, McMenamin told authorities that she attempted to perform surgery that morning to remove the obstruction from her dog using a paring knife and tongs. She also told police that she did not think the dog had an obstruction, but that the dog might have consumed rat poison.
She told police that she believed she could perform the surgery herself because she grew up on a farm and had castrated pigs before.