This Week in Puppycide #36

Here’s a roundup of recent headlines of police shootings involving pets and other animals.

• Possibly Justified | Saskatoon, SK, CA (04/05/18): Police respond to a call about an aggressive dog, find a brown mastiff allegedly attacking several people inside a home, and unsuccessfully try to stop the dog with a taser before shooting it dead. No further information is available.
  (via Dogs Shot by Canadian Police | Facebook)

• Unjustified | Heavener, OK (04/07/18): Police responding to a report about loose aggressive dogs find two pit bulls and shoot both, injuring one and killing the other. The latter dog is left to bleed for half an hour before an officer finally execute it. Witness reports are conflicting; one says the dogs killed her cat and were dangerous, whilst others, along with the owners, say the dogs weren’t aggressive. The cops didn’t attempt to use nonlethal means.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• Possibly Justified | Carbondale, PA (04/09/18): Police respond to call about a loose pit bull that mauled another dog, use bean bag rounds and a stun gun until it flees. Same dog is later found allegedly charging a group of children, at which point the cops shoot it dead.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• Possibly Justified | Boston, MA (04/11/18): Police at a crime scene shoot a loose “pit bull ‘type’” dog that bit someone and allegedly attacked them. The owner later has the dog euthanized when she cannot afford vet care.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• Unjustified | Plattsburgh, NY (04/12/18): Officer responds to call about a “dangerous stray dog” in someone’s yard, spends two hours trying to contact animal control groups (who aren’t available) and locate the owner (who can’t be found), then shoots the dog dead. Neighbors said the dog “seemed somewhat aggressive towards men”, but it was being petted by a woman the whole time. One witness says the dog was just “confused” and possibly thought the neighbor’s house was his home.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

• Attempted | Gulfport, MS (04/13/18): Man calls an ambulance for his unconscious mother. Police consider the call “suspicious” and rush into the home, ignoring “beware of dog” sign, and immediately shoot his pet several times in the head even as he was running after it to restrain it. Dog survives but may lose an eye. Police say it’s the owner’s fault and that he’ll pay the vet bill.
  (via Dogs Shot by Police | Facebook)

If you know of any similar stories I haven’t mentioned, you can leave them in the comments or send them in.

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