Posted on 02/01/2011 7:19:42 PM PST by MplsSteve
A Minneapolis woman has been cited for animal cruelty after postal workers say they discovered a puppy in a box she was mailing to Georgia.
Police say the box was taped shut and had no air holes. And, had it been sent for delivery, the box would have been put in an airplane's unheated and non-pressurized cargo hold. Sgt. William Palmer says the Postal Service told police the dog would have died.
Postal Service spokesman Pete Nowacki says post office employees became suspicious when the box fell off the counter after the woman left last Tuesday. Postal inspectors were summoned, the box was opened and the 4-month-old poodle mix was found inside, panting hard, but unharmed.
Nowacki said it was the first time he heard of something like this in his 25 years on the job.
"I'm dumbfounded," said Nowacki. " I can't see a way you look at this and think it's a good idea."
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I said maybe not MEANT to be cruel.
I don’t think it was intentional, i.e.
So this wasn’t on the top page, but you had to dig for it?
What I saw top page wasn’t particularly unusual.
Although, I still don’t know what is “over the top” about this quote. Not too unusual from the low-lifes on the ‘net.
That depends as to whether she intended the recipient to receive a live dog or a dead dog.
Indeed, but I’ll assume the former since she said so, and there’s no other evidence here.
They’re in that pinko bastion of Minnesota. I guarantee you they do
Why was she just ticketed?
She should have been dragged away to jail in irons and shackles.
Idiot alert is right.
Thank you Joe. I’ve been gone a lot but appreciate your pings.
I'd bet the person is too stupid to vote anything.
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