The law is for LEOs to take mortally injured wildlife like deer and feral pigs and put them down. In addition one of our volunteers contacted the Merced PD and spoke to a police lt. He responded that they do not take injured pets to the range.
“Merced PD and spoke to a police”
And you really believe them?
The PPMs I rescued came from the Merced shelter.
Their kill rate is so high that an IHCUS member drove 8 hours on her own dime to spring them.
They KNOW the Portuguese huntrs are dumping the dogs after hours but refuse to even install a hidden camera on their property for fear that would “discourage” the dumping.
They could stop them for good but choose not to.
Merced is apparently one messed up place.
If wildlife is mortally injured, it is inhumane to drive said wildlife to another location for the purpose of dispatching of it.
Either the wildlife is *not* mortally injured, as claimed, or police officers are being trained to become indifferent to the suffering of “mere” beasts by taking mortally wounded animals to a firing range.