Posted on 01/13/2017 3:08:27 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
WATCH Authorities Investigating Video of Dog Chained to Crate on Florida Highway (video)
Authorities in Florida have launched an investigation after a video emerged on Facebook of a dog chained to the top of a crate being towed by an SUV driving at least 70 mph.
Palm Coast resident Brenna Cronin, 24, shot the video Wednesday afternoon in Flagler County as she and her boyfriend were driving southbound on I-95 toward Daytona Beach. In the video, a dog is seen standing on top of the crate, which contained at least one other animal, while a Chevrolet Tahoe pulls the trailer at high speeds. -snip-
Once the driver realized Cronin was filming him, he "gave me the finger," she said. Cronin said she is "happy" that the video she took led to an investigation of the owner....
The dog seen in the video is a Blue American Pitbull Terrier named Zeus, who does not like to ride in the crate, Ritter said. So his owner, who said he uses the dog for hunting, allows him to ride outside, Ritter said.
A Flagler County ordinance allows people to travel with a dog in that manner as long as the animal is tethered twice to the vehicle. .
Zeus was only tethered to the trailer once, Ritter said.
"The driver didn't have any bad intentions," he said. "...He honestly didn't know any better."
Zeus' owner is cooperating with the investigation and has agreed to allow animal services to conduct wellness checks, Ritter said.
...the Humane Society "would not recommend it at all" and stressed the "importance of having any pet secured when driving."
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Some dogs love wind on their face but they can easily lose an eye or worse from riding unprotected on the highway.
https://www.tripswithpets.com/twp-blog/dogs-head-out-the-car-window-a-dangerous-habit
Yea right dog was scared shitless.
The dog didn’t look scared to me. He looked uncomfortable.
I have seen lots of unsecured dogs riding in the backs of pickup trucks, that looked like they loved it.
This dog had no protection from an effective 70 mph wind. That was probably why he was uncomfortable.
Can’t get it to play, but from the first still it looks like Zeuss is chillin’ like a villain.
There was a story about a woman named La Queesha that was driving drunk back from the swimming pool with 3-5 kids. Since they were dripping wet, she put the kids on the hood and roof to dry off. She sped away and whipped a turn tossing all the kids onto the pavement..
One kid was airlifted to the hospital with brain injury, another broke an arm.
“Poor little guy, probably kept up for about a quarter mile or so.......”
“riding in the backs of pickup trucks”
Duhhhh.....Big dif between riding in the back of a pick up and tied to the top of a cage going 70 MPH.
“riding in the backs of pickup trucks”
Duhhhh.....Big dif between riding in the back of a pick up and tied to the top of a cage going 70 MPH.
I can just hear the woman who did that yelling at the kids “I told you little %$#&s to hold on!”
I hope so. We love our babies and we don’t make them do anything that they don’t like (in other words, they rule the roost) but this is one time they wouldn’t get their way when it’s detrimental to their well-being. Rip, Princess, Bugsy, Pudgie......get in the crate!......;)
persecute
or
prosecute?
Don’t believe your story..... Why waste Alka-Seltzer just to kill some birds?
BS!
Mitt Romney spotted?
Some people are just cruel, I suppose. I’ve no reason to doubt my friend.
Kisha Young, 39, has been charged with intoxication assault after making six children ride on trunk and hood
Four of the six were thrown from the car at corner - injuring them
Young’s own daughter suffered a severe head injury and is in critical condition in hospital in Fort Worth, Texas
A Texas woman who didn’t want six children to ride inside her car with wet bathing suits is facing charges of intoxication assault after four of them were injured - one seriously.
Witnesses who saw the unusual sight said that the children were flung from the car at a tight corner and Young kept on driving - apparently unaware that her passengers had come off the vehicle
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2663225/Mom-jailed-four-children-fall-roof-car-driving-drunk-didnt-want-seats-wet.html#ixzz4VgtoljOi
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I have heard of it. The version that I heard is that the alka-seltser bits were interspersed with bread crumbs.
A bird’s food does not go directly to the stomach. Birds do not have a stomach as such. The food would go to the crop, which is relatively thin walled and would likely burst with expanding gases.
Not all bird have crops, but gulls certainly do.
Both. They got him arrested for animal cruelty. For killing rats. They are dangerous loonies. Now they want to make animal cruelty a felony. They will use this to go after people for the most minor acts. The animal lovers are truly insane. More worried about a dog on a freeway than the hundreds of child sex slaves hauled down the freeway the same day.
Urban legend per this article - http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/01/seagulls-will-blow-eat-alka-seltzer/
> Don’t believe your story..... Why waste Alka-Seltzer just to kill some birds? BS!
I’ve witnessed this very thing on Revere beach in MA where I grew up. Seagulls go boom when fed that stuff. Cruel people doing cruel things to animals isn’t new.
Dunno, I’ve witnessed it. But it is true I did not have a video camera in 1980.
whats this got to do with the original post
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