Texas Municipal Worker Ordered Stray Dogs Drowned

The Indy Channel ^ | July 31, 2005 | A.P.

[Andy'smom]

No, dogs are domesticated. They are companion animals. This guy and his helpers are scum.

[little jeremiah]

Thanks for the ping...gotta get a little kleenex first before I read it.

:-(

Cruelty to animals comes from extreme hardness of heart. If it's perfectly legitimate to rip babies from the womb piece by piece, what's a little cruelty to lower species? Cruelty begets more cruelty.

[Nowhere Man]

Yeah, people like this, I would just love to toss them in the back of a C-130, put a "I Hate Islam" T-Shirt on and parachute them right in the middle of Mecca during the Hajj. Or if I can't do that, I am conflicted on capital punishment, tie them to a chair and play nothing but Minnie Ripperton's "Loving You" and The DeFranco Family's "Lovebeat is a Heartbeat" 24/7 as I flash pics of old Tiger Beat covers on a monitor in front of their faces.

[tob2]

This is sickening.

[Xenalyte]

Sick bastard is right.

Animals and children are sacred. You do NOT abuse them in front of me. Not if you want to go home with the same amount of arms and legs you left the house with.

[Miztiki]

Some of the comments on this thread make me sick. What's with FR lately? Drowning some living dogs is perfectly acceptable but a mother breastfeeding her baby (from another thread) is disgusting?

Sick world, sick people!

[tob2]

Have you heard that 2 PETA employees were found in possession of euthanisia materials and putting down healthy animals in North Carolina and dumping the bodies in dumpsters behind grocery stores? Possession of these materials by anyone other than veteranians in North Carolina is not permitted. Hope these employees spend a lot of time behind bars.

[Zacs Mom]

HEALTH & SAFETY CODE
TITLE 10. HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANIMALS
CHAPTER 821. TREATMENT AND DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS
SUBCHAPTER A. TREATMENT OF ANIMALS

§ 821.052. METHODS OF EUTHANASIA. (a) A person may euthanize a dog or cat in the custody of an animal shelter only by administering sodium pentobarbital or commercially compressed carbon monoxide.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 30, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

§ 821.053. REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF SODIUM PENTOBARBITAL.
Text of section effective January 1, 2005
(a) The board by rule shall establish the requirements and procedures for administering sodium pentobarbital to euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter.
(b) A person may administer sodium pentobarbital to euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter only in accordance with the requirements and procedures established by board rule.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 30, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

§ 821.054. REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF COMMERCIALLY COMPRESSED CARBON MONOXIDE.
Text of section effective January 1, 2005
(a) The board by rule shall establish:
(1) standards for a carbon monoxide chamber used to euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter; and
(2) requirements and procedures for administering commercially compressed carbon monoxide to euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter.
(b) A person administering commercially compressed carbon monoxide to euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter:
(1) may use only a carbon monoxide chamber that meets
the standards established by board rule; and
(2) may administer the commercially compressed carbon monoxide only in accordance with the requirements and procedures established by board rule.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 30, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

§ 821.055. TRAINING FOR EUTHANASIA TECHNICIANS.
Text of section effective January 1, 2005
(a) A person may not euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter unless the person has successfully completed, not more than three years before the date the person euthanizes the animal, a training course in the proper methods and techniques for euthanizing animals. The training course curriculum must include:
(1) the pharmacology, proper administration, and storage of euthanasia solutions;
(2) federal and state law[0] regulating the storage and accountability of euthanasia solutions;
(3) euthanasia technician stress management;
(4) proper restraint and handling of an animal during euthanasia;
(5) the procedures for administering commercially compressed carbon monoxide to an animal;
(6) techniques for verifying an animal's death; and
(7) the proper disposal of a euthanized[0] animal.
(b) The department must approve the sponsors and curriculum of the training course required by this section.
(c) This section does not apply to a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an employee of an animal shelter is not required to have successfully completed the training course before the 120th day following the date of initial employment.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 30, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

§ 821.056. OFFENSE AND PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this subchapter or a board rule adopted under this subchapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 30, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. ***********************

[Miztiki]

Not only that, but the people on this thread who have the sick views about it are the same types who breed their dogs, whether intentional or not, don't have a clue how to train them or deal with behavioral issues, then dump the dog when it's no longer convenient. It's people like them who contribute to the millions of dogs in shelters every year who are put to sleep.

Absolutely disgusting and makes my blood boil!!

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Just give me 5 minutes alone with that piece of crap....I'll teach him a lesson he'll never forget.

Will you? A little less talk and a lot more action, please. You know his name, you know where he is. Go look him up...

[Zacs Mom]

oops sorry ~ I mean't to include the link on the above post...here ya go:
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE - CHAPTER 821

[tob2]

Sometimes a person's just got to vent. Fortunately, the majority of people who express wishes of harming of others do not act on those threats.

[deport]

Thanks.... I had looked in the Statutes and but guess I didn't did deep enough.

It seems this statute would apply in this situation since the dogs were taken from the pound at the direction of some supervisor.

I was looking for something in law where it addressed the actions of an individual not associated with a pound...

Again thanks.

[festus]

Death by Drowning is Torture.

And so is putting undies on their head.

This outrage is so amusing. Its making my original point better than I could ever have hoped.

[Zacs Mom]

"I guess I don't see what he did wrong"

Specifically what he did wrong was he broke the State of Texas Law ~ see my post at #68 or click here to read the State of Texas Laws regarding TREATMENT AND DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS HEALTH & SAFETY CODE - CHAPTER 821

[beckysueb]

Same thing happened to me with a mouse who didn't die in the trap. He looked at me with these sad little eyes. It was pitiful. I put him outside but it was really cold and he was trying to get across the porch back to the house so I took him in, made him a little bed in a box. He died the next day but at least he was warm. Sometimes I hate being so tenderhearted.

[chuckles]

I have to agree with you on this. I'm as softhearted as anyone, but this was just some aborted doggies. We do much worse everyday with no punishment. I've seen cows gutted and hung and the hide removed while still kicking. I don't like it, but if I want steak, we can't have a coroner to pronounce them dead before the work starts.Personally, I would have shot them in the brain pan if I needed to rid this Texas town of these pesky doggies.

The truth is, the same people that rant about the dogs demise, won't ever go to the pound to get one. If it doesn't have papers and cost $300, they ain't interested. Millions of babies scream and writhe in agony as they are dismembered, but there is no punishment for their murders.

If you've never butchered your dinner, you can't fathom the difference between an animal and a human. I don't want animals to suffer, but that's a far cry from what we allow to happen to humans.

BTW, THis is why the Bible says we have dominion OVER the animals. They don't have souls, contrary to what the PC crowd thinks. There is no evidence that animals go to heaven or hell. We have many posters here that talk of being with their animals in heaven. Jesus is the reason for heaven, not Fido. Animals are here to serve us, not the other way around. I don't revel in an animals pain, but I know the difference between animals and human.

[beckysueb]

Animals don't have souls but they are very loving creatures who love you unconditionally, no matter what your faults. They deserved better than this.

[Zacs Mom]

"I was looking for something in law where it addressed the actions of an individual not associated with a pound... "

Look under Texas Penal Code - Chapter 42 (§ 42.09. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS)

[Andy'smom]

"Not if you want to go home with the same amount of arms and legs you left the house with."

LOL, I wouldn't let him keep all his testicles, either.