At the time, Hamlin served as Alpha Delta Phis chapter president.
A passerby who heard BKs screams as he was being tortured notified police.
Hamlin is not the only Republican to come under fire for their mistreatment of animals in the past year.
National Rifle Association members during the NRA’s Annual Meetings and Exhibits on May 4, 2013, in Houston.Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle/AP
The justification he gave to his colleagues was that he found the dogs barking annoying.
Roberts denied the report.
The National Marine Fisheries Service confirmed in September that it haslaunched an investigationinto the incident.
