OK I know it probably isn't fair to compare animals to humans, but I'm going to anyways.
If that had been a CHILD that she starved to death, she'd get YEARS in prison, huge cases against her, and she could even be charged with murder. (I don't know the law too well, but to me that could be murder)
But, because it's only 'a piece of property', it really doesn't 'matter'.
I never watch the animal cops, animal precinct shows anymore.. Seriously those shows just make me HATE people in general and put me in a lousy mood.