Here's another way to look at this one. The dog is alive today. That's the good. Who saved the dog? The woman who now has the dog and wishes to keep it. She saved the dog.
Why did she save it? Maybe it was a big aggravation for her to do so. Maybe she only agreed to take on the aggravation -- that is to save the dog's life -- if she was given non-revokable ownership. What do you think?
If she did, and he agreed, what then?
The dog lives.
The dog lives only because that was the agreement!
I'm for all such agreements. Better the dog live than die.
You think she went down to the animal shelter just to be put upon by somebody she obviously looks down at (see her claim that he lied about being a hurricane victim) and in search of an aggravation?
If she wasn't looking for a dog, what the hell was she doing at the shelter?
In dispute. And sounds slimey.
Wyrick met with an unidentified woman visiting the shelter, said Amy Wells, shelter manager.
What is known is Independence resident Lynn Nevills eventually ended up with the dog.
City of Independence spokesperson Irene Baltrusaitis said the shelter believes Nevills is not the woman who spoke with Wyrick because she differs in body type and description.
And of course what matters most is this woman has the dog now and not that the man was helpless after a natural disaster and not a situation of his own making. Goodness she's had it all of 2 weeks and we KNOW that trumps 14 years of care and love. WHAT a SAINT she is! Helping a Katrina victim! By victimizing him again.
But the choices now aren't she keeps the dog or the dog dies. The choice is she keeps the dog or she returns the dog to its owner of fourteen years, who (it would appear) gave up the dog, if at all, under extreme circumstances. I agree with you that we don't know the legal subtleties of the situation, but I think most of us know right and wrong. I think your theory that she would only keep the dog if she was given irrevocable ownership is a stretch, at best. Yes, she did a good thing if she saved the life of the dog during the evacuation period, but I don't see much good in what she is doing now. A deal's a deal, but right is right and wrong is wrong. I continue to hope that she and her family are given a good old shaming in their community. She ought to be ashamed, and I think she should be shunned by her neighbors. That might work where legal maneuvers don't.
FYI, she's recently been posting on Golden Retriever rescue boards looking for breeding stock.
Does that sound especially noble or altruistic to you?
A deal may be a deal *technically* but we're not talking about a car or a Pez dispenser eBay auction here.
"Better the dog live than die."
Agreed.
Better that Ms. Nevill act like a caring human being too.
"Who saved the dog? The woman who now has the dog and wishes to keep it."
Are you sure about that? From the article above:
"City of Independence spokesperson Irene Baltrusaitis said the shelter believes Nevills is not the woman who spoke with Wyrick because she differs in body type and description."