Death penalty for animal abuse, anyone?
Really depressing day at work.
1-1/2 year old lab named Pepper has been on chemo for a month. Her dad, who also just had cancer, comes in every day. She wags her tail every day, but today, she didn't. Her mom and their son came in today, as well. She's not doing well and everyone knows the end is near.
A 3 year old german shepard came in. She had her third set of pups near two weeks ago (of which 3 are alive of 6). They found her two days later with what looks like a bullet wound in her leg which was all infected. They kept her in their kitchen in a horse trough. They poured in food every day and just left her there. A week ago someone from out office went to look at her per request of their son's girlfriend. The vet's offered to euthanize the animal for free. At that time, the animal (her name was Smiley) was sitting in feces with maggots and rotted milk and food (they were feeding her milk and baby cereal). A week later, she came in. She reeked of ammonia to an extent I can't begin to tell you. She was sitting in leftover dog food drenched in bloody diarrhea. She was sopping wet with old urine. She had bed sores and no pain response in any of her legs and she was spewing diarrhea, no bodily control. A volunteer and I pet her and her breathing became normal a little bit and she just had this look of peace. Apparently they walked right by her and paid no attention. The woman was more concerned about finding a gas station than shedding a tear for the dog. The husband refused to euthanize her nor pay the $1,000 up front cost to begin the healing process. Eventually they agreed to euthanize. I talked to the vet to see if they would sign her over to me to give her a fighting shot. Unfortunately, she was too far gone- had she come in a few days earlier, I could have had her signed over and she might have lived. She would have been at the vet's for months and the healing process would have taken over a year. I'm not going to go too far into it. This is just the worst case of neglect I've ever seen. The people refused to even fucking pay a $102 bill for an exam and euthanasia. They have 5 more dogs and her puppies. No charges can be filed because they at least brought her in. I sat with her while she stopped breathing and her heart slowed. I had to go help someone and her heartbeat was gone when I got back. I am pissed off, more than pissed off. She was the sweetest dog- you could just tell, even though she was so weak she couldn't lift her head. I felt like killing this woman. I don't know how anyone can get away with murder- this dog died one of the worst deaths I can imagine. At least they cleaned off the maggots before bringing her in, but a fly still flew from the bag we put her in after she died.
I feel helpless. I wish I had been able to help her, she deserved to live.
1-1/2 year old lab named Pepper has been on chemo for a month. Her dad, who also just had cancer, comes in every day. She wags her tail every day, but today, she didn't. Her mom and their son came in today, as well. She's not doing well and everyone knows the end is near.
A 3 year old german shepard came in. She had her third set of pups near two weeks ago (of which 3 are alive of 6). They found her two days later with what looks like a bullet wound in her leg which was all infected. They kept her in their kitchen in a horse trough. They poured in food every day and just left her there. A week ago someone from out office went to look at her per request of their son's girlfriend. The vet's offered to euthanize the animal for free. At that time, the animal (her name was Smiley) was sitting in feces with maggots and rotted milk and food (they were feeding her milk and baby cereal). A week later, she came in. She reeked of ammonia to an extent I can't begin to tell you. She was sitting in leftover dog food drenched in bloody diarrhea. She was sopping wet with old urine. She had bed sores and no pain response in any of her legs and she was spewing diarrhea, no bodily control. A volunteer and I pet her and her breathing became normal a little bit and she just had this look of peace. Apparently they walked right by her and paid no attention. The woman was more concerned about finding a gas station than shedding a tear for the dog. The husband refused to euthanize her nor pay the $1,000 up front cost to begin the healing process. Eventually they agreed to euthanize. I talked to the vet to see if they would sign her over to me to give her a fighting shot. Unfortunately, she was too far gone- had she come in a few days earlier, I could have had her signed over and she might have lived. She would have been at the vet's for months and the healing process would have taken over a year. I'm not going to go too far into it. This is just the worst case of neglect I've ever seen. The people refused to even fucking pay a $102 bill for an exam and euthanasia. They have 5 more dogs and her puppies. No charges can be filed because they at least brought her in. I sat with her while she stopped breathing and her heart slowed. I had to go help someone and her heartbeat was gone when I got back. I am pissed off, more than pissed off. She was the sweetest dog- you could just tell, even though she was so weak she couldn't lift her head. I felt like killing this woman. I don't know how anyone can get away with murder- this dog died one of the worst deaths I can imagine. At least they cleaned off the maggots before bringing her in, but a fly still flew from the bag we put her in after she died.
I feel helpless. I wish I had been able to help her, she deserved to live.