[omega4179]

Obama’s economy.

[LottieDah]

WTF? Killed the dog with a hammer? What a sick bastard!

[americanophile]

Yuk.

[netmilsmom]

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.

[fso301]

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?

[cydcharisse]

He could have found a better way to put the dog down.
Either stupid or lazy.

[henry_reardon]

all he had to do was call the ATF, they’d have come over and shot it for him

[Leo58]

I didn’t realize the movie, “Old Yeller” was actually about animal cruelty.

[Popman]

........the animal had been sick for weeks and had lost a lot of weight. It had swollen legs and had trouble walking............Berube says he did not want the animal to suffer and could not afford a veterinarian. He said he did not want to burden a shelter with the animal. It was killed last July.

I can't believe some of the comments on this thread.

The man was taking responsibility for his animal. The poor beast was suffering and he did what he had to do. A clean hammer stroke on his skull would have been quick and merciful