Posted on 12/02/2012 11:56:08 AM PST by Daffynition
There has never been a documented case of a dog killing a police officer.
The same can't be said for police killing dogs.
Every year, hundreds — if not thousands — of animals, mostly canines, are killed by police or animal-control officers. According to the National Canine Research Council, up to half of the intentional shootings by police involve dogs.
Sometimes, the animals have been injured and need to be put out of their misery. Sometimes, they are vicious and killed for reasons of public or officer safety.
But mostly, they die tragically and needlessly, victims of misunderstanding, prejudice or simple convenience, according to animal-rights and behavior experts.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...
This thread is gonna be fun. Too bad I’ve got choir practice. I’ll check back later.
Doggie ping!
And a fair number of unintentional shootings by police involve their own left foot.
I’ve got two pit bulls living next door that the owner claims are docile, but one jumped off the roof to intimidate me. I guarantee a lot of those dogs do require elimination.
That might be true, but it’s hard to side with the police when one of them shoots an aging black lab which was friends to all in the neighborhood.
“half involve dogs,” and ALL involve PIGS! Ha, ha, ha.
I had the same problem back in college when I was living in this house for rent. Neighbor had a pack of pit bulls. The owner had the gall to say they don’t bite when right in front of us, one of them lunged towards my roommate and went for the throat. Good thing he was 6’4’ and plays for defense for the football team. Grabbed the sucker by the collar quickly. Looked at the owner and said “if your dog bit me, I’ll turn you into dog food.”
A lot? Some? A few?
I’ve never run into a hostile pit bull.
Guess I’m just living right.
People who do run into hostile pit bulls sometimes don't live long enough to ask themselves "Was I just living wrong?"
I'll venture to guess that you don't hang around drug dealers?
Or people that try to "rehabilitate" pit bulls that used to belong to drug dealers?
OMG...even more wretched are those lunatics who rehab fighting dogs!
The horror!
http://www.badrap.org/vick-dogs
http://vickdogsblog.blogspot.com/
[and so cross-eyed Mary goes jumping in, again]
;]
How about deliberate thuggery and intimidation of lowly 'civilians' by armed government agents?
Too bad for them when their jobs, their pay and their pensions are put on the chopping block. And they will be.
That crap-infested site is run by a PETA-freak liberal Obama worshiper.
Still wanna use her as your ‘expert cite’?
The murdered dogs are “object lessons” we are being taught.
“I kill because I can.”
No more, no less.
“Osorio, a former cop, tells them there are dogs in about one in three households — nearly 80 million in all. He says officers shoot about 250,000 dogs a year... often needlessly.”
That’s one quarter of one million dogs a year.
Just let that sink in a bit.
Obviously, this happens because the police are racist.
Which breaks down to 684.9315068493151 dogs per day.
Nonsense. The Ruger LCP comes out with any hostile...animal or otherwise.
Yeah, you’re right. I’ve structured my life so that I don’t have to associate with, or brush up against, human kind’s detritus.
In the event that happens, out comes the LCP.
He’ll I just had 3 of them straining at their leashes trying to get at us in a park not 2 hours ago. No doubt about what would have happened
He’ll I just had 3 of them straining at their leashes trying to get at us in a park not 2 hours ago. No doubt about what would have happened
All I care about is truth (thus my username). The stories check out. Truth is not defined by political affiliation, it is what is. I’m tired of dealing with people who’s entire concept of truth is based on listening to those who tell them what they want to hear.
I assume the decimal amount includes a number of dogs with fewer than 4 complete paws.
3-legged dog walks into a bar. Looks at the bartender and says, "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw."
The lawyers (married couple) brought home a pair of Presa Canarios that were owned by one of their convicted clients that was going to get into the dog fighting biz.
Sure it did.
Sure you did.
They can fly.
I’ve seen ‘em do it.
Oof.
That was bad.
:P
The “truth” is that she’s in cahoots with a lawyer who makes a fortune prosecuting dog owners and she’s a paranoid obsessive because she got bit by a dog, once.
dogsbite.org cites the studies of Merritt Clifton, whose methodology is seriously flawed and whose agenda has been previously exposed. If you are, as you say, concerned only with the truth, you may want to take a look at these articles
Debunking Merritt Clifton’s “Statistics”
Merritt Clifton -- when the numbers just don't add up
Dangerous breeds,” dog bite statistics, and the Merritt Clifton report
If you subscribe to this guy's ccredibility as a researcher, you'll also have to accept the notion that vegeteriansim combats global warming.
Not only are these Cretans overtly stealing....they are padding their overtime so they can retire. getting six-figure retirement checks, again stealing from the overburdened tax payers of the state...erstwhile shooting pets when they enter private property. I despise every last one of them.
A state police commander said: If the allegations of misconduct are proven true, we wish that it not reflect the perception of the police or its union,"
Hello? hello? Can anyone hear me?
Good post Joe.
However most people who state that “all they care about is the truth” usually have an agenda and are liars. This is how they try to cover up their lies.
It’s not the dog, it’s the idiots that turn them into rage machines. I’ve been around large and dangerous dogs all my life. I have three German Shepherds now. I’ve never had an issue. Part of it is because I know how to work with large and potentially dangerous dogs. The other is that I’ve never met a dog that couldn’t be rehab’ed.
Now, if anyone tries to shoot my dogs, we’re gonna have some real ugly issues. Badge, no badge, it doesn’t matter. My dogs are there to protect my daughter, you assault them, you’re proving to me that you are trying to harm my daughter. It’s called constructive intent.
But, if that happens, I’m feeding the offender(s) to my snakes. One piece at a time if necessary.
I love it!
This one goes on my Good Guys list!
:)
OMG...that was horrible.
[and it was a goat, not a cow]
There are creeps who catch recently-fed Pythons and Anacondas and torment them until they regurge because the snakes can’t escape from their torturers with their bellies full.
They do this for YouTube hits.
I have a feeling the person who filmed this was involved with snake regurging.
B@stards.
The human is so depraved who would do that....I hope there is a special place in Hell for them. Events like this make me ashamed to be part of the human race. It’s disgusting.
It’s especially horrid when you consider a lot of the snakes die from doing that.
That one in the video also threw up blood, most likely from the goat’s horns tearing its throat on the way back up.
They don’t care.
It’s “just an animal”.
“However most people who state that “all they care about is the truth” usually have an agenda and are liars. This is how they try to cover up their lies.”
That has got to be the most ignorant illogical post I have read in all my years at FR. Seriously.
Were the words too big for you to understand?
If so then it is your problem.
Perhaps you can find someone to explain it on a second grade level as I am done with you.
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