Today's rant - dog treatment in San Antonio

[Guest guest]

I am beyond speechless and so mad that postal doesn't begin to describe it!

 

Lynda

 

> This just makes me mad. Dogs are living creatures, this is cruel and the

slap on the wrist is plain wrong.

>

> Texas Municipal Worker Ordered Stray Dogs Drowned

> http://www.click2houston.com/news/4791300/detail.html

> *JOURDANTON, Texas -- *Some city officials in Jourdanton, Texas, are

outraged that a public works supervisor ordered employees to drown six stray

dogs at the city sewer plant, rather than having the animals properly

euthanized.

>

> For punishment, the supervisor was ordered to attend classes with animal

control officers.

>

> City councilman Darrell Richter said the workers took the dogs from the

pound to the sewer plant and dropped their cages into the water.

>

> A child saw the drownings and told his mother, who complained.

>

> Richter told the San Antonio Express-News that he's disgusted by the

incident and upset with the supervisor getting " a little slap on the hand. "

He said a crime has been committed and should be dealt with in a more

serious manner.

>

> A Jourdanton city councilman wants an outside agency to investigate the

drownings.

>

> *Charges possible in Jourdanton dog drownings*

>

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA073105.5B.jourdanton_folo.2d1\

0429.html

>

> Several dogs were drowned at the city sewer plant July 11. It became

public after a child performing community service at the plant witnessed the

drownings and told his mother.

>

> Lawson said the dogs had been kept in the pound for days and that when it

came time to dispose of them, the employees found out the veterinarian was

on vacation and then drowned them.

>

> Lawson said two or three dogs were drowned, but others said there were as

many as six.

>

> City Manager Dan Nick said he disciplined a city employee and that he

considered the case closed.

>

> <snip>

>

> " I thought about it, and if I had to put a dog down that was injured, I

would have a problem taking its life if I had to shoot it, " Richter said.

" But drowning it, that is sick. I don't know what they were thinking when

they did this. "

[Guest guest]

Our Sheriff Arpaio here in Phoenix is really tough on animal cruelity. He's really toughened the laws on convicted animal cruelity cases. He's also started a program at tent city (our jails are over crowded and so he opened tent city where the prisoners stay in tents) where prisoners take care of animals from the shelters to ease the overcrowding at the shelters. The prisoners seem to really like it and have learned a lot. They not only care for the animal, but also work on basic commands to get them ready for homes.Lynda <lurine wrote:

I am beyond speechless and so mad that postal doesn't begin to describe it!Lynda> This just makes me mad. Dogs are living creatures, this is cruel and theslap on the wrist is plain wrong.>> Texas Municipal Worker Ordered Stray Dogs Drowned> http://www.click2houston.com/news/4791300/detail.html> *JOURDANTON, Texas -- *Some city officials in Jourdanton, Texas, areoutraged that a public works supervisor ordered employees to drown six straydogs at the city sewer plant, rather than having the animals properlyeuthanized.>> For punishment, the supervisor was ordered to attend classes with animalcontrol officers.>> City councilman Darrell Richter said the workers took the dogs from thepound to the sewer plant and dropped

their cages into the water.>> A child saw the drownings and told his mother, who complained.>> Richter told the San Antonio Express-News that he's disgusted by theincident and upset with the supervisor getting "a little slap on the hand."He said a crime has been committed and should be dealt with in a moreserious manner.>> A Jourdanton city councilman wants an outside agency to investigate thedrownings.>> *Charges possible in Jourdanton dog drownings*>http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA073105.5B.jourdanton_folo.2d10429.html>> Several dogs were drowned at the city sewer plant July 11. It becamepublic after a child performing community service at the plant witnessed thedrownings and told his mother.>> Lawson said the dogs had been kept in the pound

for days and that when itcame time to dispose of them, the employees found out the veterinarian wason vacation and then drowned them.>> Lawson said two or three dogs were drowned, but others said there were asmany as six.>> City Manager Dan Nick said he disciplined a city employee and that heconsidered the case closed.>> <snip>>> "I thought about it, and if I had to put a dog down that was injured, Iwould have a problem taking its life if I had to shoot it," Richter said."But drowning it, that is sick. I don't know what they were thinking whenthey did this."Jonnie