Puppies mistakenly Euthanized
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the video didn't say much about what happened...but it's pretty self explanatory without it. 
why in the world did this shelter kill 6 puppies that were just brought in that day? isn't there a specific time frame of X amount of days/weeks before they can legally do that? you know, time for a possible owner to come forward and claim their puppies/dogs before they are put down. and whatever happened to shelters trying to find dogs/puppies homes BEFORE putting them down? this place should be sued for pain/suffering and personal losses. they killed 6 puppies for God's sake!!! what were they thinking???
why in the world did this shelter kill 6 puppies that were just brought in that day? isn't there a specific time frame of X amount of days/weeks before they can legally do that? you know, time for a possible owner to come forward and claim their puppies/dogs before they are put down. and whatever happened to shelters trying to find dogs/puppies homes BEFORE putting them down? this place should be sued for pain/suffering and personal losses. they killed 6 puppies for God's sake!!!
what were they thinking???Not really a whole lot of details in the article, they said that they escaped out of there home and were found a few streets over and that someone brought them to the shelter. So I'm assuming that the owners were looking for them and found that they were PTS . Either way what a sad story and they looked like pitbull mixes, maybe that was the reason they were PTS. Not that it is right because I love the bully breeds, just that we have one shelter in Boston that doesn't even give pitbull or pitbully mixes a chance even pups. It is sad. Poor babies
. Either way what a sad story and they looked like pitbull mixes, maybe that was the reason they were PTS. Not that it is right because I love the bully breeds, just that we have one shelter in Boston that doesn't even give pitbull or pitbully mixes a chance even pups. It is sad. Poor babies
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the owner was looking for them, from what i gather from the story, but the pups were pts before he knew where they were.
it looked to me like the mother was a lab or lab mix, but she was standing sideways and facing away from the camera so i may be wrong. still, just because the shelter "thought" the pups MIGHT be pit or pit mix doesn't mean they shouldn't have given at least a couple days for the owner to find them. it's just wrong to put pups to sleep just because they were brought into a shelter and may, or may not, have been pits (we really don't know).
it looked to me like the mother was a lab or lab mix, but she was standing sideways and facing away from the camera so i may be wrong. still, just because the shelter "thought" the pups MIGHT be pit or pit mix doesn't mean they shouldn't have given at least a couple days for the owner to find them. it's just wrong to put pups to sleep just because they were brought into a shelter and may, or may not, have been pits (we really don't know).
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the owner was looking for them, from what i gather from the story, but the pups were pts before he knew where they were.
it looked to me like the mother was a lab or lab mix, but she was standing sideways and facing away from the camera so i may be wrong. still, just because the shelter "thought" the pups MIGHT be pit or pit mix doesn't mean they shouldn't have given at least a couple days for the owner to find them. it's just wrong to put pups to sleep just because they were brought into a shelter and may, or may not, have been pits (we really don't know).
it looked to me like the mother was a lab or lab mix, but she was standing sideways and facing away from the camera so i may be wrong. still, just because the shelter "thought" the pups MIGHT be pit or pit mix doesn't mean they shouldn't have given at least a couple days for the owner to find them. it's just wrong to put pups to sleep just because they were brought into a shelter and may, or may not, have been pits (we really don't know).
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Ack...not this again! Yes, the pups where put to sleep. They where suppose to be held for 3 days minimum (usually 4 days though). It's not like that is common practice! Don't ask me why they where put to sleep that early, it wasn't suppose to happen. Someone made a really bad mistake, but I don't know who. I already had some lady give me some hell about this even when I told her I had nothing to do with it, but no she still gives me hell. I hate that the pups where put to sleep. It's really horrible. It's also not like the person who made the mistake is some heart-less person who just wanted to kill some pit puppies. All the kennel staff/vets who work theree care very much about these dogs. Then again what owner/"breeder" leaves their new born pups in the backyard?
no need to get so defensive.
yes, it is a really bad mistake and nobody said its common practice.
nobody here blamed you for it. so just because its a mistake and not done on purpose means that we are not allowed to talk about it????
just because it was a mistake doesnt make the puppies less dead either. and what kind of shelter kills PUPPIES anyway? and of course the person who did it is heartless IMO: it takes a special kind of character to be able to do that. i couldnt kill even if somebody would give me millions for it. not everybody is able to kill, most people couldnt do it.
i agree that the owner/ breeder whatever should not have let the puppies unsupervised. how can puppies run away??? but its pretty obvious that the owner is not the most responsable, who breeds pit-mix puppies in the first place..........
yes, it is a really bad mistake and nobody said its common practice.
nobody here blamed you for it. so just because its a mistake and not done on purpose means that we are not allowed to talk about it????
just because it was a mistake doesnt make the puppies less dead either. and what kind of shelter kills PUPPIES anyway? and of course the person who did it is heartless IMO: it takes a special kind of character to be able to do that. i couldnt kill even if somebody would give me millions for it. not everybody is able to kill, most people couldnt do it.
i agree that the owner/ breeder whatever should not have let the puppies unsupervised. how can puppies run away??? but its pretty obvious that the owner is not the most responsable, who breeds pit-mix puppies in the first place..........
Thats so sad i could never put a dog to sleep, no matter how much some1 payed me. Especially puppies, DONT U THINK IT WOULDVE BEEN SMART FOR THE PERSON TO ASK AROUND BEFORE PUTTING ALL THOSE PUPS TO SLEEP?
didnt he see something strange with that? whats done is done, but its still not fair to all those pups, even if only 1 found a loving home, it wouldve been worth it.
i could never put a dog to sleep, no matter how much some1 payed me. Especially puppies, DONT U THINK IT WOULDVE BEEN SMART FOR THE PERSON TO ASK AROUND BEFORE PUTTING ALL THOSE PUPS TO SLEEP? didnt he see something strange with that? whats done is done, but its still not fair to all those pups, even if only 1 found a loving home, it wouldve been worth it.
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They where pit mixes. I saw the newscast also. I never actually saw the pups though, I wasn't there that day. They where not put to sleep because they where pit mixes, at least not that soon. They where suppose to be held for 3 days minimum. I don't know how they messed up or who but they did and I'm sure they feel horrible about it. If they had stayed there three business days and weren't claimed by there owner after the 3rd business day and they where labled as pit mixes then yes, they would've been put to sleep.
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ok, so the mom or dad was a pit or pit mix then. still, i don't think a dog should be put down just because he's a specific breed or mix of that breed. that would be like killing all muslims or muslim americans cause some of them are terrorists. (just an example, no need to bash or make it a topic)
everything deserves a chance to be raised with love and taught what's right and wrong before being condemned to death because of what it is.
everything deserves a chance to be raised with love and taught what's right and wrong before being condemned to death because of what it is.
This reminds me of the time a guy took his retriever in to be neutered and they mixed up the kennels (his dog was in 6 and a dog that was supposed to be euthanized, old age was in 9) They put down his perfectly healthy dog!! How said would that phone call be "Ahh, this is the vet's office, I know your dog was supposed to be neutered today but we actually put him down."
OMG I WOULD KILL THEM!!!
OMG I WOULD KILL THEM!!!
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i would have sued the pants off of that vet!!
there is no excuse for stupidity, especially when you work in a hospital. it's your job to keep records straight...not screw it all up and kill a perfectly healthy animal. i worked in a vets office as a vet tech when we lived in s.c. you made d*mn sure you had everything filled out and the papers put where they were supposed to be before you did ANYTHING. if you even had a shadow of a doubt as to what was going on you didn't do anything til you asked and made sure...twice!
i would have had that vet shut down. i'm sorry, but i don't think anybody should have to suffer like that. if the vet did it once, he'd do it again (or the person that messed it up would). i also don't think a dog deserves to be cut down in the prime of life by some idiot.
there is no excuse for stupidity, especially when you work in a hospital. it's your job to keep records straight...not screw it all up and kill a perfectly healthy animal. i worked in a vets office as a vet tech when we lived in s.c. you made d*mn sure you had everything filled out and the papers put where they were supposed to be before you did ANYTHING. if you even had a shadow of a doubt as to what was going on you didn't do anything til you asked and made sure...twice!
i would have had that vet shut down. i'm sorry, but i don't think anybody should have to suffer like that. if the vet did it once, he'd do it again (or the person that messed it up would). i also don't think a dog deserves to be cut down in the prime of life by some idiot.
^ I think he did try to sue them I don't know the outcome though. It was in Alberta, CA. I just couldn't imagine it. You trust your vet. When you leave your animal there you expect them to come back unless it's major surgery and they've warned you etc. But I remember when I got my little guy fixed, my normal vet had just had surgery and they had a "filler in vet there". I was calling them every hour, is he ok? He's getting neutered right you didn't forget!?!?!
(I would've waited until she came back but she had cancer surgery and wouldn't have been back for 3 months, and the pitt ban is on where I live so he had to be fixed at 6 months, no later)
(I would've waited until she came back but she had cancer surgery and wouldn't have been back for 3 months, and the pitt ban is on where I live so he had to be fixed at 6 months, no later)
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I didn't see this until just now so forgive me for not replying to this earlier this morning.
Ok, I'm not getting defensive. So don't worry about that. I never said you couldn't talk about this, but I was saying don't automatically crucify the shelter/people for doing this. They do really care about the animals and almost all the people who work there believe putting pits to sleep just for their breed is not right.
What kind of shelter kills puppies? Well.......have you visited a kill shelter latley? More dogs (including puppies) are killed then you would probably like to believe. Just because the puppies are cute and cuddly doesn't mean they always get adopted.
No they aren't heartless. Just because you don't have a strong enough stomach to stand it doesn't mean those who do are heart-less. They don't like it, they may even despise it, but they are far from heart-less.
Everyone has the ability to kill. If it came down to it everyone (yes including you) would have the ability to kill. (Main word being "ability" meaning "able to") Just because you are so sheltered from the sight of death doesn't mean it isn't there and doesn't mean all those who kill are heart-less. I guess you say the same thing about all the soldiers then?
The news said that the owner left them outside and, I'm not totally clear on if they where inside or outside their year, but someone thought the pups where abandoned and took them to THS.
Ok, I'm not getting defensive. So don't worry about that. I never said you couldn't talk about this, but I was saying don't automatically crucify the shelter/people for doing this. They do really care about the animals and almost all the people who work there believe putting pits to sleep just for their breed is not right.
What kind of shelter kills puppies? Well.......have you visited a kill shelter latley? More dogs (including puppies) are killed then you would probably like to believe. Just because the puppies are cute and cuddly doesn't mean they always get adopted.
No they aren't heartless. Just because you don't have a strong enough stomach to stand it doesn't mean those who do are heart-less. They don't like it, they may even despise it, but they are far from heart-less.
Everyone has the ability to kill. If it came down to it everyone (yes including you) would have the ability to kill. (Main word being "ability" meaning "able to") Just because you are so sheltered from the sight of death doesn't mean it isn't there and doesn't mean all those who kill are heart-less. I guess you say the same thing about all the soldiers then?
The news said that the owner left them outside and, I'm not totally clear on if they where inside or outside their year, but someone thought the pups where abandoned and took them to THS.