Moira asked:


Here’s a partial list of stories I found this evening while researching this question. Most I’ve given the website and summarized. I put in a couple of articles that referenced several others. Be sure to read the post by a retired police officer that he never had to draw his gun on a dog, even though dogs were not fenced when he was a cop. At the end, I put in what most observers seem to agree is the cause of all this excess police force.

windypundit.com/archives/2008/11/a_puppycide_in_park_forest.html
A PUPPYCIDE IN PARK FOREST
Dog let out to pee and shot by police

worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=44687
‘I’M HERE TO KILL HIM’
Family stunned by deputy shooting dog in front yard
without paperwork or hearing, deputy came to house and shot dog.

worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=25356
COP WHO SHOT DOG FIRED FOR ‘SHOOTING BIRD’
Officer booted for extending middle finger to TV cameras
Reporters were covering a canine-aggression class Forister was ordered to attend following his shooting of a golden retriever during a burglary investigation earlier this month.
So it’s okay to kill a golden retriever who is tied up, but you get fired for making obscene gestures.

worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33194
POLICE OFFICER PROBED FOR KILLING DOG
Owner calls for criminal investigation of front-yard shooting
This dog was a cocker spaniel whose owner was trying to talk a neighbor out of committing suicide.

worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=16635
COP TOOK JUST 3 SECONDS TO SHOOT DOG
Video of controversial traffic stop shows quick kill of family pet
Posted: January 09, 2003

zimbio.com/Cheye+Calvo/articles/4/Cheye+Calvo+Mayor+Berwyn+Heights+MD+Innocent
CHEYE CALVO, MAYOR OF BERWYN HEIGHTS, MD, INNOCENT VICTIM OF POLICE RAID WHICH KILLED HIS TWO DOGS
His dogs were Labrador Retrievers. The Police mistakenly raided his home. Neither dog was threatening.

cbs11tv.com/local/haltom.city.shooting.2.742569.html
HALTOM CITY COP SHOOTS AT PIT BULL, HITS TEEN JUN 6, 2008

wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl041308tpdoberman.640c45c2.html
POLICE SHOOT DOG AFTER RESPONDING TO FALSE ALARM
07:08 PM CDT on Monday, April 14, 2008
WWLTV.com
New Orleans police responding to a tripped burglar alarm shot and killed a man’s Doberman dog in Lakeview early Monday.
There’s a Video at the website: Watch the Story
A police spokesman said Dr. Patrick Coleman’s two dogs charged at the officers when they responded to the alarm and that they shot the four-year-old black Doberman named Jax to halt the threat. The officers were in Coleman’s back yard when the incident occurred. Eight shell casings were found near the scene.
Coleman said the dead dog was ‘sweet and cuddly,’ but that he also was recovering from recent surgery and unlikely to be a threat as he could barely walk and had an eight-inch incision down his neck.

dogblog.dogster.com/2008/12/02/police-kill-innocent-pit-bull/
12/02/08
POLICE KILL INNOCENT PIT BULL by Horst Hoefinger
In West Toledo, Ohio a SWAT team showed up at the home of Sean Gillespie. They were there to arrest a friend who was renting a room in his house.
When the police were entering Gillespie’s property his dog Jozie, a pit bull, ran out into the yard. The police shot the pit bull, firing five times. According to neighbors who watched the incident the pit bull was not on the attack, she was wagging her tail.

findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_/ai_n15822265
POLICE KILLING OF DOG LEADS TO COMPLAINT
Oakland Tribune > Apr 22, 2005

toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080425/OPINION02/804250320
TRIGGER-HAPPY IN NORTH TOLEDO
Article published Friday, April, 2008 in the Toledo blade

glasscityjungle.com/wordpress/?p=3277
TOLEDO POLICE KILL ANOTHER DOG…
28 Jun 2008

stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2008/sep/24/police_kill_really_small_dog_cla?print
POLICE KILL REALLY SMALL DOG, CLAIM IT THREATENED THEM
Posted in Chronicle Blog by Scott Morgan on Wed, 09/24/2008

wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=9390456&ClientType=Printable
FAMILY ANGRY AFTER POLICE SHOOT DOG
Indianapolis Police ignore beware of dog sign on closed gate, man police were looking for hadn’t lived there for years. Police shot dog 9x but refused to put him out of his misery and dog suffered for an hour before animal control showed up.

newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/09/21/mount_olive_police_shoot_vicious_dog/
MOUNT OLIVE POLICE SHOOT ‘VICIOUS’ DOG
Goldsboro, North Carolina News-Argus, 09/21/08 —Friendly Labrador shot by police

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Simply Beautiful asked:


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adam asked:


how could i find a list of free animal clinics, we are trying to find a clinic that will do a surgery on a sliding scale. if you guys have websites or if you know of some places in chicago or the northwest indiana area (even indianapolis).

Catherine S asked:


i don’t have a job right now til next week and my puppy just got sick..he’s a 4 month old puggle and has worms and i can’t afford a vet…what can i give him? he won’t drink, eat nothing …yesterday i used a syringe to give him liquids because he won’t drink.

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