Senseless Tragedy

“My assumption is that that harness had to be cut off from her, it didn’t just come off because it had grown into her neck so far,” Mark Plyter of the Humane Society of Wayne County said.

“I can’t go to the grocery store without being recognized, pointed at, laughed at,” Dooley whined. “Can't pay my water bill without hearing my name, saying ‘There’s the sorry cop that killed the dog.’”

“I am a dog lover and I am deeply saddened by this incident,” Chief Coats said. “I realize there is nothing I can say that would take away the hurt this incident has caused Mr. Brandon Carpenter. The actions of Officer Thierbach did not represent what I expect from the officers.”

On Tuesday, in San Antonio, Texas near a high school, a stray dog that had been shot crawled his way to help. Now, with time running out in the school year to raise funds to save him, the students of Voices for Animals are asking the public for help, or Roland will be put to sleep.

According to authorities in the Western New York area, they’ve hit “the biggest dogfighting ring in Buffalo.” Twenty dogs were seized, and one unfortunately had to be put down. They also make six arrests.

“Instead of opening up his door and saying, ‘Okay, I’m gonna wait for these boys to get back up here, I’ll just wait in my truck here,’ he just gets out and Quick Draw McGraws my dog and shoots her!” Cole Middleton exclaimed.