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Minneapolis Woman Accused of Mailing Puppy (Idiot Alert!)
KSTP-TV (ABC Affiliate in Minneapolis/St Paul) ^ | 2/01/11 | Katie Lynn - Staff Reporter

Posted on 02/01/2011 7:19:42 PM PST by MplsSteve

A Minneapolis woman has been cited for animal cruelty after postal workers say they discovered a puppy in a box she was mailing to Georgia.

Police say the box was taped shut and had no air holes. And, had it been sent for delivery, the box would have been put in an airplane's unheated and non-pressurized cargo hold. Sgt. William Palmer says the Postal Service told police the dog would have died.

Postal Service spokesman Pete Nowacki says post office employees became suspicious when the box fell off the counter after the woman left last Tuesday. Postal inspectors were summoned, the box was opened and the 4-month-old poodle mix was found inside, panting hard, but unharmed.

Nowacki said it was the first time he heard of something like this in his 25 years on the job.

"I'm dumbfounded," said Nowacki. " I can't see a way you look at this and think it's a good idea."

(Excerpt) Read more at kstp.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dog; doggieping; idiot; minneapolis; minnesota; mixedbreed; mutt; napl; poodle; poodlemix; puppy; usmail
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Wow, I hardly know where to start. This is idiotic on EVERY level.

Comments or opinions - anyone?

1 posted on 02/01/2011 7:19:50 PM PST by MplsSteve
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2 posted on 02/01/2011 7:22:00 PM PST by MplsSteve
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To: MplsSteve

I’d bet the person votes Democrat.


3 posted on 02/01/2011 7:23:37 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: MplsSteve

publik skoolz?


4 posted on 02/01/2011 7:25:53 PM PST by GeronL (http://www.stink-eye.net/forum/index.php)
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To: MplsSteve

I hope they track her down and then wrap her head in plastic wrap and put her in a laundry bag and hook it on a high speed centrifuge and give her a few spins. She sounds like the kind of woman you would want to follow around just to see what she does next. I hope she doesn’t have any children.


5 posted on 02/01/2011 7:26:43 PM PST by Harley (Life is Tough, But It's a Lot Tougher When You're a Liberal. Stop Global Whining Now.)
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To: rockinqsranch
Most likely a precinct chair.
6 posted on 02/01/2011 7:27:16 PM PST by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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7 posted on 02/01/2011 7:30:20 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: MplsSteve

Judge: “How do you plead?”

Woman: “Too stupid to live.”


8 posted on 02/01/2011 7:34:37 PM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: GeronL

“publik skoolz?”

Zactly.


9 posted on 02/01/2011 7:37:10 PM PST by bukkdems (Moral people; speak out against polygamy and ban the burqa!)
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To: MplsSteve

Did she not answer these question when mailing the package?
Does your package contain any? :
Perishable Items
Some items require special
packaging or special permission to be mailed. Call 1·800·ASK·USPS or visit your Post Office to find out how to mail these items:
· Live animals
· Fresh fruits and vegetables
· Plants
Keep the Mail Safe: Hazardous and Restricted Materials
Some things cannot be mailed
or can be mailed only in small
quantities for safety and legal
reasons. Some items have
restrictions on how they can be mailed, including:
· Aerosol cans
· Firearms
· Tobacco and tobacco products
· Flammable materials
· Liquids and powders
· Lottery tickets
· Poisons
Some items, however, are not
permitted in the mail, including:
· Alcoholic beverages
· Ammunition
· Drug paraphernalia
· Fireworks and other explosives


10 posted on 02/01/2011 7:39:18 PM PST by Bronzy (We Remembered In November.)
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To: MplsSteve

Waddayoubet she watched too many of this cell phone commercial and is now planning to sue the company for giving her the idea?

(I think the commercials are funny and to the point - but some people, I bet, have no idea what the point was)

11 posted on 02/01/2011 7:41:00 PM PST by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: MplsSteve

I CAN HAS NOO ONUR? DIS WUN STOOPID.

12 posted on 02/01/2011 7:41:49 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: MplsSteve

Put her in a box and tape it shut and send her USPS across the country and see how she’d like it.

What a totally clueless moron.

If there’s ever a case for someone not being allowed to own any pets ever again, she’s the poster child.


13 posted on 02/01/2011 8:06:43 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Bronzy

You can’t mail lottery tickets? They must be a haz-mat item when the letter spills its contents of them!


14 posted on 02/01/2011 8:17:41 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Apparently not. That was from the USPS postal guidelines. They ask me those questions every time I mail something. I just jokingly tell them, “Not today”.
15 posted on 02/01/2011 8:22:43 PM PST by Bronzy (We Remembered In November.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Ping


16 posted on 02/01/2011 8:30:31 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Harley
She sounds like the kind of woman you would want to follow around just to see what she does next. I hope she doesn’t have any children.

So invariably she'll have four or five. Go figure.

17 posted on 02/01/2011 8:39:42 PM PST by truthkeeper (Life is a pre-existing condition - Rush Limbaugh.)
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To: MplsSteve
It was only a pit bull, so it was OK.

</sarcasm>

18 posted on 02/01/2011 8:49:03 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
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To: MplsSteve

Obama voter.


19 posted on 02/01/2011 8:51:50 PM PST by lonestar
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To: MplsSteve

Maybe she wanted the person to receive a dead dog in the mail. She might be more evil than stupid...


20 posted on 02/01/2011 8:57:19 PM PST by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php - World Disaster Map)
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