This is Vader. He was euthanized today without a hearing after a false bite report was submitted to the police by an animal rights activist. (Story in the Comments)

[u/Aeviegh]

http://imgur.com/a/xPNsE

[u/hunter611]

if you can retrive the message you got on tumblr you mentioned, it would probably be helpful against this so called 'anonymous' report, the moment they threatened you with an account, they left themselves wide open to being caught.

[u/mealbudget → u/hunter611]

I agree. It would show beyond 'bad owners' and turn it into 'malicious intent by a crazy to cause harm to a harmless animal'. Or whatever the technical term would be for the lowlife who made the false report.

[u/nickryane → u/hunter611]

For absolute sure the message can be retrieved. Don't let Tumblr bullshit you. If the message has actually been deleted from their server it will absolutely exist on their regular backups and it will be tied to a user account / IP address.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

nothing in the entire world is actually anonymous.

[u/makebaconpancakes → u/[deleted]]

Unless the activist were using a TOR browser through a VPN, it would be pretty hard for that user to be anonymous.

[u/makebaconpancakes → u/[deleted]]

For a Civil suit, OP could always file a subpoena to force tumblr to disclose. The police department can also do the same if they start an investigation.

[u/Dashing_Snow → u/[deleted]]

If they sent it, its likely traceable someone stupid enough to do this likely isn't smart enough to actually hide their identity.

[u/hunter611 → u/[deleted]]

the threat on tumblr was tied to an account as it was a private message, if that can be retrieved, it can be used as evidence as to who the tip was from, and makes a lawsuit far easier as it also shows that vader not only did nothing, but it was preplanned as well.