Did Collin Gordon neglect his dog.

1. What the sources actually show: a legal case titled People v. Gordon

The Animal Legal & Historical Center summary describes People v. Gordon as a New York prosecution under Agriculture and Markets Law § 353 in which the defendant was arraigned on February 23, 2018, charged with allowing a dog locked in the yard to become emaciated by failing to provide food, water or proper shelter; the court emphasized that protection from animal abuse and neglect is a key consideration in the case ^[1]. The source quotes the court noting animals’ protection from abuse and neglect and cites precedent recognizing animals are not merely property when considering cruelty ^[1].

2. What the sources do not show: no clear match for “Collin Gordon” neglecting his dog

Search results provided do not contain any article, arrest report, or news story that directly names “Collin Gordon” as an individual accused or convicted of neglecting his dog; the People v. Gordon material gives the defendant surname “Gordon” but does not in the supplied excerpt provide a full name “Collin Gordon” ^[1]. Available sources do not mention a person named Collin Gordon in connection with animal neglect; they instead reference other Collin-related items ^{[2] [3] [4]}.

3. Similar names and potential for mistaken identity

The dataset includes municipal and shelter items about “Collin County” and a television character named Gordon, which can create confusion when a search combines “Collin” and “Gordon.” Collin County Animal Services suspended or paused dog adoptions amid a possible disease/distemper outbreak (reported by WFAA and Dallas News and NBC DFW) — those items are institutional actions unrelated to an individual animal-owner neglect charge ^{[2] [3] [4]}. A TV series summary mentions a fictional character Gordon and an injured dog named Colin, further increasing the risk of conflating sources ^[5].

4. Legal context: what People v. Gordon indicates about neglect charges

The People v. Gordon summary shows courts treat failures to provide sustenance — food, water, shelter — as potential criminal neglect; the court cited statutory and precedent-based reasons to deny dismissal and stressed the seriousness of harm when an animal slowly starves or becomes emaciated ^[1]. Animal-law commentary in the collection also shows ongoing legal debate about what “sustenance” includes (for example whether veterinary care is required), suggesting cases vary on facts and statutory interpretation ^[6].

5. How to interpret an inconclusive search result responsibly

Given the supplied sources, asserting that “Collin Gordon neglected his dog” would be unsupported: the materials either discuss a generic People v. Gordon prosecution without a full matching name in the excerpts or discuss Collin County shelter operations and unrelated stories ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}. Reporters and readers should avoid conflating the surname “Gordon,” the given name “Collin,” and institutional “Collin County” items without corroborating evidence; available sources do not mention that specific name-pairing.

6. Recommended next steps for verification

To confirm whether a person named Collin Gordon was charged or implicated, consult primary sources: court dockets for People v. Gordon (to obtain the defendant’s full name and case number), local police or sheriff press releases, and contemporaneous news reports from the jurisdiction where the alleged neglect occurred — none of which are present in the supplied results ^[1]. If you want, I can search for court docket entries or local news for the specific full name and date to resolve whether “Collin Gordon” and the People v. Gordon case are the same person; current reporting in these sources does not provide that linkage.