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Bixby Family Questions The Police Shooting Of Their Dog
A Bixby family has questions as to why a police officer shot and killed their 6 year-old golden retriever.
John and Cathy Benzinger were not home when the police responded to an alarm at their house. They say their dog was tethered to the fence in the backyard. They say police told them, the dog approached Officer Cory Forister, barking loudly. They say Forister shot Fluppy three times.
One neighbor confronted the officer after she and her children heard the shots. Molly Hannigan: "I said, 'Did you just shoot their dog?' and he said, 'Yes. I didn't want to get bit."
Dog’s owner, Cathy Benzinger: "He's a big dog, he was 95 pounds but he's a golden retriever. He's not an attack dog."
The family put the dog to sleep because his injuries were too severe.
The News on 6 has made several attempts to contact Officer Forister. The Bixby Police Department's public information officer refused comment. Lieutenant Paul Tryon says he needs to review the case.
My wife and I have 4 Shih-Tzu's( two we planned on, adopted the other two as a pair) and they let us know when something
isn't "right", and defend it as such.
It sounds like this doggie was just protecting his yard (in
a tied-up position).IMHO , if the dog was "bad" enough to scare an "armed" LEO, it probably would have scared off
almost any person who had set off his owner's alarm.
....and the bad part is, the LEO's will probably get them
another "dog" to "replace" the one they killed, but the "replacement" will probably NEVER "replace" the one they "lost".
.....(I'd almost bet the shooter never owned a dog......
or IMHO, worse yet......is a CAT owner.....)
OK....asbestos suit firmly in place.....POST!!