Where they used to Drown the Dogs

Believe it or not, in New York City they used to take care of stray dogs by drowning them. God help you if your dog got loose and wasn't identified by a collar and tags. To understand the scale of the operation, in a single day 738 adult dogs and 20 puppies were purposefully drowned in 1877. I find it hard to believe a person could carry out such an act, but carry it out they did. The dogs were put in cages that were purposefully put under water for 10 minutes. The dead dogs were then sold for their furs. Thank God Americans now find the idea of dog fur horrific.

I guess there is a bright side to everything. About ten years ago I saw a horrific report on the dog fur trade in China. At least the dogs in New York were drowned before their furs were taken. In China, dogs are skinned alive to obtain their fur. On a news report I watched they showed a gorgeous German Shepherd being skinned alive by some wacko Chinese woman who was a fur trader. I hope she burns in hell.

Well if the good people of New York can go from a city that once drowned dogs to one that will be entirely no kill by 2015 (their current goal), maybe the Chinese will give up their torture of dogs and the dog fur trade. Interestingly the humane societies, which were originally formed to stop horse abuse, took action in the late 1800s to stop the practice of drowning dogs in New York. Here we are more than a hundred years later and great progress has been made, last year the percentage of dogs euthanized in NYC dropped from 75% to 43%. This is a goal every city should strive for.

Incident Between Miami City Employee and Dog Probed

Wow if you can believe this some wacko city employee in Miami was caught with his pants down-with a dog. Seems like everywhere you turn these days there is a fruitcake of some kind. This weirdo is 69 years old for Christs sake!! But the poor sap only makes $28 k a year, so maybe he's having a hard time picking up the babes.

Read the Story Here

Dog fighting: Using your dog as bait

Here is something you need to be aware of: dog fighters are stealing peoples dogs to use as "bait". In a tragic story, one woman had two dogs stolen, one of which was found dumped on the side of the road with several injuries. The dog had been shot in the head.

It is amazing to me that people would engage in such sick behavior with our canine friends. And its one thing to engage in dog fighting, which is bad enough. But to steal someone else's pets, their family members, is beyond sick. In fact its pure evil.

I post this story to remind people to be vigilant about your dogs safety. Read the details here.

Dog Sexually Assaulted at Animal Shelter!

If you can believe it, a dog was sodomized at an animal shelter in Albuquerque, New Mexico which happens to be my home town. When I first read the story, after getting over my shock, I thought that this was probably a city animal shelter. But I was even more shocked to find out it was the Animal Humane Society shelter.

At least it wasn't a shelter employee, which was what I first thought. Apparently the suspect has broken into four different animal shelters to engage in his sick behavior. Police have collected evidence using techniques normally reserved for rape victims. All I can say is this guy has severe problems, and it certainly causes worry about the security of animal shelters.

Read about it here.

Dog Abuse: Dogs die in care of animal control officer

From CNN. An animal control officer in Houston, Texas leaves 8 dogs in a truck with no air conditioning during a lunch break. Six of the dogs died immediately and two others had to be euthanized. So who is at fault? Is it just a thing that happened with a broken air conditioner? I agree with the mayor-animal control officers ought to wait until they have no animals in their trucks before taking a lunch break.

Dog Abuse

In a horrible comment on the human psyche 11 dogs were stolen from an animal shelter in Grants Pass, Oregon. Four of them, all puppies, were found beaten to death by assailants unknown. One of the beaten dogs was laid out in the street. Maybe to shock passers by? What kind of sick person would do such a thing?

I guess people get a sense of power by beating and abusing defenseless animals. Take this recent case in Shreveport, Louisiana. A large dog was found hanging in the closet of an abandoned house. The unfortunate thing about cases like this is that its not going to be high priority and its going to be very hard to track down the assailants. Police are taking this more seriously these days, but probably not seriously enough. If you don't care about the dogs welfare, ask yourself this question. Is a person willing to hang a dog in a closet someone you want to associate with? What makes you think they wouldn't kill a child or your grandmother?

In another bizarre case in Louisiana a woman named Mia Sterling (is that a stage name?) locked a puppy in the trunk of her car while she went shopping. This case sounds more like sheer stupidity than anything else. Maybe Ms. Sterling doesn't have the brains to realize a dog will suffocate and get heat stroke, and probably die if you lock him in the trunk. I wonder if she has children and if she would lock them in the trunk of her car too.

If you live in Fort Bragg, NC you might want to keep your dog inside. Apparently Sergeant Sasha Lee was so bothered by a loose dog in his neighborhood that he went home and got a gun, returned and shot the dog. Lee claimed the dog growled at him and he shot the dog in self-defense, but the police noted that he was able to go inside his home to get the gun and the dog didn't follow him in there. Charges have been filed, but the owner of the dog was also cited for having a dog off leash. I think people stationed at Fort Bragg might be more careful in the future about letting their dogs roam loose. Just a side note-you have to wonder about a man named Sasha!