christmas eve bummer

[ssssnakeluvr]

well, crap.....been a crappy night......my male eastern het piebald passed away today..... sucks...
and I got paged by the Lt...officers needed help out near where I live... deputies got a call to check on a house with an open door....animal services was called in....in the end we found 11 dead cats, 2 dead dogs, 1 dead goose, and a feral dog colony living under the house in the basement. we had to remove the dogs....nasty animals...the puppies might be savable, but most of the adults are wild and may get euthanized. one of the puppies was sick too. the dogs had dug dens in the ground under the house....the house had more cat crap in it than our shelter cleans up in a year!!!!!! one cat we found on our final walk thru had gotten his claws hung up in a curtain....the owner left the cat there.....the cat died hanging from the curtain... one dog had been dead since this summer, was found in a closet and had been thoroughly eaten by maggots..the other dog was in the garage.....eaten by the other 2 dogs in the garage.... will be meeting with the county prosecutors to see how far we can take this...just a simple cruelty citation isn't enough...this woman needs to be put in an institution..

well....time to get out of here and get ready for tomorrow. will be a better day!!!!!

[Loren]

Wow Don- tough day. Hope tomorrow is indeed better!

[reptile3]

Don, that is horrible. & to see it all, I would have been in tears! How can someone do that to animals! I am in tears now.

I hope you have a Merry Christmas... I am going to hug & love on my cats!!

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

wow. its never THAT bad on animal cops the tv show
merry christmas tho.

[drache]

Don - how horrible
I know your job probably isn't this awful most of the time, but this sort of thing would rip right into me - just reading it was hard
I'm so sorry you lost your baby - this was one of Brett's, right?
merry Christmas anyway - may the rest of it be wonderful

[Lori P]

Oh Don... bless you for what you do. Animal control officers are my heroes. You guys see the most horrible things and so often the law just shrugs and looks away. You get this one, Don, nail her ***. One of my friends is a local AC and she's been having a really hard time with a particular cruelty case... it's been haunting her. I don't think you guys get enough support when you need it, either... emotional support, I mean. All I can do is send you a big HUG and my undying gratitude for the voiceless ones you do you best to protect.

[mtolypetsupply]

my male eastern het piebald passed away today

this woman needs to be put in an institution..

So sorry to hear about your baby. And I'm glad to know there are people out there looking out for the animals. Thank you for your rescue, despite the possible Euth of the feral adults. I'm glad you're there to look out for the people, too. You're right, this owner isn't negligent or mean, she's mentally ill.

Today is a new day, and I hope its a Merry and Beautiful one for you!

[Sid]

Sorry to hear all the bad news, Don. Especially about you losing your Eastern.

[infernalis]

Speechless...........

[anji1971]

What a horrible image that story puts in one's mind............
So sorry you had such a tough day, Don. I really hope the rest of your holiday season is wonderful, and I hope this woman gets the punishment she deserves. How sad.