I am a dog lover. I also believe in property rights. This should be a property dispute. No cruelty charge, it was his dog.
Yes, it was his dog and he abandoned it and left it to die, for whatever reason. As far as he is concerned his dog is dead. The people who went back for the dog did what he would not do so with regard to the property issue after 8 days he had abandoned "the property" in question. The dog (property) should go to the ones who found her and saved her. He was stupid beyond belief to place her in that situation in the first place.
It’s not like he left his iPod up there. The dog may be property but he willfully abandoned it and made no attempt to get it back when he could.
That sounds like a donation to me. You don’t get that back.
If you were really a dog lover, you would be outraged at the actions of the owner.
Give him a year or two. I’m sure that, eventually, he’ll find another loving companion he can hurt and betray as just as much.
So are you saying that an owner cannot be guilty of cruelty because he owns the dog?
Not a property dispute at all. He voluntarily discarded his property.
the welfare of ANY living creature trumps property rights.