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Hero Train Engineer in California saves Terrified Pup Tied to Railroad Tracks
NY Daily News ^ | April 10, 2013 | Lee Moran

Posted on 04/10/2013 7:56:54 AM PDT by Bon of Babble

The Union Pacific railroad engineer brought his train to a screeching halt as the locomotive came roaring toward the 10-month old terrier mix Banjo. Authorities tracked down the 78-year-old owner who told agents his family 'didn't want the dog' and he 'didn't know what to do with him.'

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dogs
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Heard this on the radio this morning, almost drove off the road because of the tears. At least there is a happy ending.


1 posted on 04/10/2013 7:56:54 AM PDT by Bon of Babble
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To: Bon of Babble

Wonder if he’s a former or current PETA member.


2 posted on 04/10/2013 7:57:51 AM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Bon of Babble

Very pleased this had a happy ending, but damn... there are some evil “people” out there.


3 posted on 04/10/2013 7:58:45 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: Bon of Babble

Should have dropped him off at an abortion clinic. They’d kill him in a second . . . you know . . . snip his spine


4 posted on 04/10/2013 7:58:53 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: Bon of Babble
Authorities tracked down the 78-year-old owner who told agents his family 'didn't want the dog' and he 'didn't know what to do with him.'

So they tied him to the tracks in hopes he'd be killed. Good God...

5 posted on 04/10/2013 7:59:32 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: Bon of Babble
Union Pacific railroad engineer brought his train to a screeching halt as the locomotive came roaring toward the 10-month old terrier mix Banjo

? To do so he could not have been moving at more than 5 MPH.

"Screeching halt" and "roaring" indeed.

6 posted on 04/10/2013 8:00:12 AM PDT by grobdriver
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To: ScottinVA
Wow. Evil AND stupid.

Hard to think of a more high profile way of trying to get rid of your dog than tying it to the railroad tracks, a way in which you could cause numerous deaths and a lot of damage.

And then you ADMIT it when the authorities come calling?

Wow. Stupid AND evil.

7 posted on 04/10/2013 8:01:41 AM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: Bon of Babble
Didn't know what to do, hmmm. So they strapped the little guy to the train tracks. They don't by chance have any children?

Too bad there isn't some network where you could search for better solutions than strapping the dog to the train tracks, was it Snidely Whiplash?


8 posted on 04/10/2013 8:02:41 AM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: SkyDancer

Exactly how much did that bit of complete stupidity cost the RR and surrounding community?

When trains at speed have to stop it involves major repair expense.

I don’t think I would have stopped for a dog. A person yes.


9 posted on 04/10/2013 8:03:50 AM PDT by glyptol
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To: Joe 6-pack
ping worthy
10 posted on 04/10/2013 8:04:18 AM PDT by verga (A nation divided by Zero!)
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To: Bon of Babble

‘didn’t want the dog’ and he ‘didn’t know what to do with him.’

So the only thing this AHOLE could think of to do was this? I call BS.


11 posted on 04/10/2013 8:04:19 AM PDT by V_TWIN (obama=where there's smoke, there's mirrors)
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To: Bon of Babble

I’m not a big dog fan (see tagline), but this just goes beyond the pale...the language required to adequately describe this ‘person’ would get me banned post-haste. Craig’s List is free, for pity’s sake...or perhaps a ‘no-kill’ shelter? There is so much evil running loose in this country now we are going to have to come up with another word to replace ‘evil’, since it is getting watered down by repetition...


12 posted on 04/10/2013 8:04:20 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: allmendream

I just can’t wrap my mind around humanity anymore...


13 posted on 04/10/2013 8:04:39 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: V_TWIN

So how many other animals has this sicko tortured and killed that we dont know about? Chances are this is not the first time, just the first time he’s been caught.


14 posted on 04/10/2013 8:05:55 AM PDT by V_TWIN (obama=where there's smoke, there's mirrors)
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To: glyptol
I don’t think I would have stopped for a dog. A person yes.

In this case; you have that backwards...

15 posted on 04/10/2013 8:05:56 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Bon of Babble

Psychotic people who do these kinds of things to innocent animals are about one step away from doing them to humans too if they haven’t already crossed that line long ago.


16 posted on 04/10/2013 8:06:25 AM PDT by RC one (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: ScottinVA

You are humanity.


17 posted on 04/10/2013 8:06:43 AM PDT by RedHeeler
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To: Bon of Babble
Being old & living longer does not make you smarter, unfortunately!!

What a cute little one Banjo is. Someone will want him & love him.

18 posted on 04/10/2013 8:07:11 AM PDT by LADY J (You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. - Author Unknown)
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To: Lx

We murder children by the millions. People yawn. So what does having or not having any children have to do with this? People’s attitude toward children is totally utilitarian: if I want the kid, it’s sweet and innocent. If I don’t want the kid, I can suck his brains out and no one can tell me any different.

Sorry, but I find it hard to listen to MSMers who get all worked up over the poor little dog but who can’t be bothered about the Molech industry.


19 posted on 04/10/2013 8:07:16 AM PDT by Houghton M.
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To: glyptol
I don’t think I would have stopped for a dog. A person yes.

Good to know.

/befuddled headshake

20 posted on 04/10/2013 8:08:13 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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