I can, even out of prison.
There are evil people in this world, and you will see the best in people and the worst in people looking through the prism of dogs.
They pay a very high price sometimes in being our best friend.
Poor Evie.
“I can’t imagine the evil person who would do this to a dog, even in a prison.”
The perp is in prison, so the chances he is prone to violence is a given.
It was bound to happen sooner or later. A murderer is a murderer.
Hmmm, what kind of people who hate dogs would be in prison?
If it was a goat.....
Lots of Muslim converts in prison. Muslims hate dogs. I would question that.
God DAMN them.
They will seek justice for the dog? OK, so you will seek a charge of cruelty to animals for the perpetrator who is likely in that prison already for a felony conviction of rape, murder, or aggravated assault. Do you really think that will solve anything?
They put a helpless animal into an environment which would greatly increase it’s chances of being abused. The people who need to be charged with a crime are the ones who placed the animal there. Texas tried this once, and also learned the same hard lesson. Of course, the people who operate the criminal justice system don’t seem to be any smarter than the dogs.
Good case for an eye for an eye.
Have you seen some of the comments in the anti-Pit Bull threads that spam FR? Oh yeah; FR has plenty of these kind of dog killers.
Muslims would pay other inmates to kill dogs in prison if they didn't have access.
I personally think the punishment for this crime should be loss of genitals and solitary confinement on bread and water for 6 months then one regular meal a day with another 6 months of solitary confinement. Why the loss of genitals? So he has nothing to play with of course.
Lead a very sheltered life haven’t you.
I am very sorry to hear this. I am not against programs like this.
I have seen in the past past a number of stories regarding dogs (and in some cases, cats) being allowed into some prisons by various programs and organizations - some to foster the animals, some to train - and all were supposed to have had the inmates either highly checked out or used as good behavior or therapy for both. A reward system for good behavior for inmates, as well.
This is the first news story I have seen about an animal’s death, apparently by inmate. I very much doubt that it is the first time it has happened.
This is a prison. It is a high-risk area, and a prisoner is a high-risk caretaker. The dog here was a high-maintenance dog. Human beings are far from perfect, and inmates are well-known for having poor impulse control. This is one reason they are there in the first place. Given the items listed, the outcome is not particularly surprising.
I find it ironic that someone would now think to demand “justice” for a dog, when the responsibility should be shouldered by the persons and system which placed such a “Houdini” dog in this particular program.
This actually is collateral damage - for the program of placing animals with inmate caretakers. Risk is always there, for both animal and inmate caretaker. Did this organization believe that the death of an animal by inmate would never happen? I find that an unrealistic expectation, and an event such as this should have been anticipated and a procedure prepared for by the organization and prison from the beginning.
Nothing is one hundred percent.