by Melissa Iaria 30th Jan 2021 11:50 AM A 25-year-old man has been charged with stabbing a dog to death in the backyard of a home in north east NSW. Police were called to a home in Cossa Street, West Tamworth, after reports a dog had been stabbed just after 5pm Friday. The resident, a 36-year-old woman, took the female dog to a nearby animal hospital but it died a short time later, police said. A man, known to the woman, was arrested in a nearby street about 5.40pm. He was taken to Tamworth Police Station and charged with torturing, beating and causing the death of an animal and contravening an apprehended violence order.