Posted on 08/27/2014 11:08:45 PM PDT by lowbridge
A multimillionaire CEO has been caught on newly-released surveillance video repeatedly kicking a puppy.
Des Hague was seen in an elevator in a Vancouver apartment building repeatedly booting the doberman pup in the stomach as it flinches against the wall.
He is the head of Centerplate, a $6 billion-dollar company which provides snacks at sports and entertainment arenas across the U.S., with more than 30,000 employees and clients including the Superdome in New Orleans, the Javits Center in New York City and college sports arenas like Notre Dame.
Centerplate released a statement on Tuesday which read: 'In no way do we condone the mistreatment of animals. This is a personal matter involving our CEO that we are currently investigating.'
The company said Mr Hague had agreed to attend counselling for anger management.
No criminal charges have been filed against him.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Check social media.
They want his head on a stick.
If somebody did that to my dogs, I would make them wish they had never been born.
His head on a stick would be a good idea. As I said, how many
puppies did he kill before he got caught torturing this little girl?
It’s nice to know that Odin is friendly and gentle. It would be
nice to meet him one day, but that will probably be a while.
He’d be friendly and gentle to you.
Strangers, not so much.
I don’t want to think about others he has hurt without being caught.
I just want him crushed.
And deservedly so, what I meant was the “authorities”...this POS gets to go to anger management.
Yet the teen idiot, if and when they find him, will probably have his life ruined instead of “counseling”.
It was essentially a reference to the 2 “justice” systems...
Ah, I see.
But it may not be over, yet.
It may get to the point where public outcry [and company financial loss] becomes so great that the law may move on him.
After all, it is clear that this was abuse and the laws cover abuse, regardless of what ‘donations’ are given.
People are making the exact points you are.
“Regular” people would have been pilloried for this yet he is tossing, what to him, is a mere pittance, to a charity and doing some kind of nebulous “service”.
But the law says indict him.
We’ll see.
Reading it again, I was kinda ham fisted in how I wrote that, sorry for any confusion.
It will be interesting to see if he is held to account for his actions...
No worries.
Sometimes I need a ham upside the head to see context.
:)
No, the article said he attended an anger management problem in response to being caught on video kicking a puppy........
In the corporate world, that's legalese for saying "there's nothing more to see here, we took care of it..."
Give him a few grown Dobies in a small room to kick around.
Nope, this is a job for a few Rottweilers. Or, perhaps pit bulls.
(our Rottweiler is sleeping on the couch with the cat)
I might be off base but I doubt it.......I suspect the “friend” who owns the dog is his homosexual lover and this guy does indeed have “issues” which he is taking out on the poor puppy........
Whether he actually has a history of anger management issues or not, we can't be sure. Only his word that ...a minor frustration with a friend's pet caused me to lose control of my emotional response.
My thinking is if a "minor frustration" prompted him to be so violent, I'd hate to see what he is capable of if/when he is majorly frustrated!
I do believe his lawyers and the Company are in damage control mode.
Also noted the content of the article in the Daily Mail was "updated" or rather condensed after original publication - PUBLISHED: 22:41 AEST, 27 August 2014 | UPDATED: 03:06 AEST, 28 August 2014. I read the original publication which had this bit of info: When two B.C. SPCA officers entered the 39th-floor condo of a downtown Vancouver building Wednesday night they found a Doberman pinscher puppy in its crate, surrounded by the stench of its own urine with its food and water bowls out of reach, according to court documents.
More information including the bits taken out in the updated version of the Daily Mail still appear in the Vancouver Sun.
I sent his company an email saying he was not leadership material
“Money might protect you from criminal court, but not justice of the messes.” — Yes. See my more recent comment here & link.
More info in the link in #73
Holy crap. It’s obvious as the video starts that the dog was already afraid of him and wanted only to not be noticed. How horribly it was treated beforehand can only be guessed. But if that were my dog, I’d kick the ver-living snot out of him.
Was just thinking the same thing...he should be made to stay in a very large warehouse with 10 well trained Dobies. HOLD!
I miss my Gal Kyra. She died in my arms two years ago. Worst day of my life cept for when Mom died. Rescued her from 9 months old till 10 years. My wifes first dog was a DOBE. They became two peas in a pod. Most intelligent obedient dog you ever saw. I spent the time to take her to obedience school and I guarantee you she would make this guy wet himself.
I’ll back up your alibi....
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