SAN ANTONIO -- After pictures of a dog she decapitated surfaced online, San Antonio teen Wolfie Blackheart told local TV station KSAT she's a misunderstood "wolf," not a killer.
Blackheart, 18, said she's taken on the ways of the wolf.
Word of the decapitation brought on threats and an investigation, but Blackheart claims she loves animals and has been completely misunderstood.
She said she goes by Wolfie Blackheart because she "follows the ways of the wolf" and is part of what she calls the Crimson Blood Wolfpack, which she said "work(s) as a unit (with) loyalty, honor and respect."
Blackheart wears a wolf tail, a dog collar and is often accompanied by her best friend, a wolf/dog hybrid.
Blackheart said she decapitated the dog for a friend, and that the animal was already dead.
"I'm not a killer," she said. "I'm really not. My friend said it was her dog and she said to get the skull. I had no idea it belonged to someone else or previously to someone else."
When photos of the decapitated dog surfaced on the Internet, Animal Care Services began investigating.
"I gave them all the information and I gave them the head so they could tell it was not animal cruelty and what I did was legal," Blackheart said.
Blackheart said despite what anyone else may believe, she loves animals and taxidermy is her hobby.
"I like to learn and a lot of times I like to figure out the cause of death," she said. "I've always been interested in autopsies."
Blackheart, 18, said she's taken on the ways of the wolf.
Word of the decapitation brought on threats and an investigation, but Blackheart claims she loves animals and has been completely misunderstood.
She said she goes by Wolfie Blackheart because she "follows the ways of the wolf" and is part of what she calls the Crimson Blood Wolfpack, which she said "work(s) as a unit (with) loyalty, honor and respect."
Blackheart wears a wolf tail, a dog collar and is often accompanied by her best friend, a wolf/dog hybrid.
Blackheart said she decapitated the dog for a friend, and that the animal was already dead.
"I'm not a killer," she said. "I'm really not. My friend said it was her dog and she said to get the skull. I had no idea it belonged to someone else or previously to someone else."
When photos of the decapitated dog surfaced on the Internet, Animal Care Services began investigating.
"I gave them all the information and I gave them the head so they could tell it was not animal cruelty and what I did was legal," Blackheart said.
Blackheart said despite what anyone else may believe, she loves animals and taxidermy is her hobby.
"I like to learn and a lot of times I like to figure out the cause of death," she said. "I've always been interested in autopsies."
