Posted on 06/19/2009 1:28:49 PM PDT by Chet 99
METHUEN, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man facing animal cruelty charges for allegedly killing his bulldog with a hammer told police the dog was sick and he could not afford to pay a veterinarian to put it down.
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WTF? Killed the dog with a hammer? What a sick bastard!
Yuk.
This is just wrong.
Walk your dog into any Humane Society and tell them that you can’t afford to keep it.
Walk out. They humanely euthanize any dog too sick to adopt back out.
This poor pup.
This is how Obamacare will deal with terminally ill Americans. To reduce costs, you know.
I’ve heard of the redneck way to put your dog down with a bullet, but a hammer? There’s no mercy in that.
Lot’s of pet owners put down their pets. Seems like there’s more to the story. Was the guy drunk and botched the job?
It was a comparitavely non-cruel way to kill the dog. In case you don’t know it, the beef you eat was probably killed with the equivalent of a sledge hammer between the eyes. Its pretty much standard procedure in the packing houses.
The dog most likely never knew what hit it.
I would have great sympathy with the guy to have had the guts to put the sick animal out of its misery.
It's called a clean kill. And the man took responsibility for his own animal.
Obviously you've never had to put an animal down.
He could have found a better way to put the dog down.
Either stupid or lazy.
Yes there is mercy in that. And he's in Mass. He probably didn't have a gun due to stupid gun laws up there.
All you animal lovers that are screaming he is cruel; just how the hell do you think dogs were put down before reliable firearms? A hammer to the skull is HUMANE.
There is NOTHING wrong with taking personal responsibility for your pets and putting them down if you must.
Had he just duct taped a knife to the poor thing's paw and called the police, they would have shot it for him.
“Berube told investigators that on July 13, about 4 p.m., he killed Spot by striking him in the head with the claw end of a hammer, and may have hit the dog two or three times.”
http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_170005522.html
There are many that cringe at the thought and they should be welcome to pay their vet to do it. However some of us have and will in the future when time renders it necessary. What's wrong is that the squeamish are going to force their view to the point that I will be a criminal for a clean, close up shot, even though I will be bawling my eyes out as I dig a hole next to where kitty, gizmo, christie or chia are already buried.
...or spent time on a REAL farm where the realities of that type of life are very harsh. Where the kids will help their dad with the chore of putting down a choice head of cattle they helped raise since it was a day old calf, then hauled into the barn to be gutted then processed for the freezer. Or the choice hog they raised since it was a piglet and destined for the pig roast the following weekend........
You’ve must have never seen a captive bolt gun in use.
Now that on the other hand is gruesome.
Amen to that.
Before we got all modernized there was an old saying that “Every man gotta kill his own dog and iron his own apron.” It was usually done with a buttet to the head or heart...That was back in the old farm days...But a man did not sluff off the hard stuff to someone else..
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