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Two Dogs Accidentally Euthanized In Florida, Vet Releases Demeaning Response
Opposing Views ^
| 08/23/2013
| By Jonathan Wolfe
Posted on 08/23/2013 2:09:56 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Florida resident Shawntae Rosetta and her family owned two dogs – sisters Hershey and Roxy.
When the Rosetta family decided they were going to move, they realized they wouldn’t be able to bring the dogs with them. The Rosetta’s tried to give the dogs away to friends, but when no one offered to take them in, the Rosetta’s did what hundreds of people do every day – they donated them to the local animal shelter to be adopted.
Their plan seemed like it was going to work. After a few days in the shelter, Hershey was scheduled to be adopted by a new family. But one day Shawntae’s mother called and said she saw Hershey featured in a news story.
“My mom called and she said, 'Hershey was on the news.' I was like, 'Oh did someone adopt him?' and she was like, dead (silent) for a moment," Rosetta said.
Rosetta then learned that Hershey had been euthanized at the Orange County Animal Services (OCAS) shelter.
She rushed to the shelter to pick up Roxy to prevent her from being euthanized as well, but she was too late. Roxy had been put down as well.
The shelter called the euthanasias a procedural error.
As if the killing of the dogs wasn’t bad enough, veterinarian Dr. Ridgeway from OCAS responded to questions about the killings in an email that was less than apologetic, to say the least.
"It was not until I got your email that I realized why I came back to OCAS. Besides being stupid, I wanted to get dumb emails from people like you that make my day," Ridgway wrote. "Emails like yours are so stimulating it makes hard working people want to butter up to you to make you happy -- believe me they will.
“I suggest that you attempt to go to veterinary college and when you graduate, if you can, you come take my job.”
Click here to see the full email from Dr. Ridgeway.
Dil Luther, a division manager from OCAS, released a more empathetic statement on the euthanasias.
“We are terribly sorry for this mistake and our hearts go out to the adopting family," Luther said. “An occurrence such as this is extremely rare. However, it happened and it's an error we do not take lightly. We have already reinforced our procedures to ensure this does not happen again."
Sources: WFTV, WESH
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: peteuthanisia
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To: svcw
Pets that ran away or got picked up. If it was someone’s pet they’ll send them across the street to the humane society. They’re in the same parking lot. I was on the board there.
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
08/23/2013 2:43:11 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
To: Sherman Logan
The veterinarian could use some grammar lessons.
To: Responsibility2nd
There’s something missing from this story.
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posted on
08/23/2013 2:47:38 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: Responsibility2nd
The shelter called the euthanasias a The shelter called the euthanasias a procedural error..
As obamacare becomes an active part of life we will see more of these procedural error but on humans.
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posted on
08/23/2013 2:56:41 PM PDT
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS... We are DOOMED for several generations. . Who cares? The Dems care!)
To: spacejunkie2001
Oh, ok. The facility I worked for was one and the same.
I was an operations manager for awhile, it was very sad to see all the animals that came through, abandoned, abuse and some just because they couldn’t be taken care of any longer.
The last category were more likely to be adopted than the others. (And those where the owners that wept when they dropped the animals off, heart retching)
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posted on
08/23/2013 3:00:10 PM PDT
by
svcw
(Stand or die)
To: Responsibility2nd
Hey, Ridgeway; I read your email and I have a suggestion for you. If your hands are so sore from working so hard why don’t you just EUTHANIZE YOUR SELF.
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posted on
08/23/2013 3:12:50 PM PDT
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: Responsibility2nd
“So. Irresponsible pet owner gives dogs away. Then gets upset when dogs are put down.”
I have relatives and acquaintances that I'll give away before my dogs. Come for my dogs or my guns and be prepared to bleed - a lot.
To: svcw
heartbreaking indeed. one of the things I tried to get rolling here, which I’m sure applies nationally, is the fact that almost all apartments and condos have very restrictive rules on pets so our shelters fill up. If they would just draft the bylaws to be based on personal pet responsibility as opposed to blanket weight/size restrictions, we could go a long way resolving the issue.
To: Responsibility2nd
You’re right, there really are not any no kill shelters. The ones that claim to be actually fudge their numbers by euthanizing before they ‘count’.
To: Mamzelle
“Ticks me off when I am regularly scolded for getting a pure bred dog ... “
I was discussing cats with an animal Nazi (as I call them) once ... the conversation went well until I mentioned that I am “probably” going to get a Maine Coon from a breeder once I get over the loss of my cat (another Maine Coon though not certified ... I love that crazy bastard and miss him to this day).
She said that I’d have blood on my hands should I buy from a breeder and called me a lower form of human for even considering that. I thought it was a joke at first ... the idiot wouldn’t shut up about it.
I should have asked her about abortion. I’m sure *that* would have been OK so long as it wasn’t kitten abortion.
Anyway, I’m very familiar with the scoldings you mentioned ... it makes me frigging sick to see people react like that. I can see being passionate about something, but obsessive and rude isn’t going to win people over.
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posted on
08/23/2013 3:28:53 PM PDT
by
edh
(I need a better tagline)
To: Responsibility2nd
Animal shelters are sometimes so busy they have no choice but to put animals down the minute they come in.
It's not a free boarding house.
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posted on
08/23/2013 3:37:00 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
To: Responsibility2nd
What can anyone expect from someone named Shawntae.
Totally unwilling to accept responsibility for her dogs.
Send her a bill for the drugs used to put the dogs down.
To: Responsibility2nd
I wouldn’t move to a place where I couldn’t also take my dog. Period.
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posted on
08/23/2013 3:43:34 PM PDT
by
Aria
( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coup d'etats.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Animals have unconditional trust in their caretakers, The owners broke that trust when they put their whims above their commitment. Then they want to blame someone else for what they did? It’s like blaming the abortionist afterward when the guilt sets in.
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posted on
08/23/2013 3:59:22 PM PDT
by
swamprebel
(a Constitution once changed from Freedom, can never be restored.)
To: Future Snake Eater; Mamzelle; skinkinthegrass; svcw; All
There is a link at number 4 to the e-mail to which the vet responded. It was not an e-mail from the original owners, but rather a person who was invested in area dog rescue, and IMHO was not deserving of such a response by the vet.
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posted on
08/23/2013 5:55:24 PM PDT
by
green pastures
(Cynicism-- it's not just for breakfast anymore...)
To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; afraidfortherepublic; ...
WOOOF!
The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.
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posted on
08/23/2013 5:57:32 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: swamprebel
Yup.
I feel misery for the dogs but the ‘owners’, not so much.
I’d sleep beneath an overpass if that’s it what it took to keep my dogs.
I’ve had to choose between feeding my dogs and myself, in the distant past.
I discovered that I look better thin.
:)
The vet, however, was a pr*ck.
No call for that attitude.
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posted on
08/23/2013 6:24:31 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep...the clowns will eat me.)
To: Responsibility2nd
My daughter left behind two dogs when she moved away from home. We couldn’t handle two, but I refused to place one at a shelter. It took awhile but we found a home with children in the country for her. The owners should have known better.
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posted on
08/23/2013 6:29:23 PM PDT
by
tioga
To: Salamander
the vet, however, was a pr*ck Some days the ability to handle the idiots and irresponsible animal owners overcomes the sensibilities to not say what one really thinks. The vet did as he was told as the decision to euthanize the animals comes from the directors or dictates of the charter rules. Its easy to pass judgment without looking at the entire situation. The owners were moreso culpable for the killing of the dogs than was the vet.
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