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I saw this on the news tonight and was shocked. I concur with what you've said.
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I honestly couldn't even finish watching that. What a horrific thing to do to any creature. I wouldn't do that to a worm.
The poor dog. And my heart goes out to its people. This is not the end-of-life scenario anyone wants for their dog.
The police in that vehicle should be prosecuted for animal cruelty -even if they DID believe it was a coyote.
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I agree totally. Even if he thought it was a coyote he acted contrary to police rules and showed cruelty in his actions. Disciplinary action and an animal cruelty prosecution seem to be appropriate.
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LPC, that isn't likely to happen, there are so many instances of police wrongdoing that go unpunished.
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Oh Catherine....that is very very sad and very corrupt.
Corruption exists in all countries. No-one should be above the Law but some think they are and have big boys backing them up!
Blessings to that poor dog who suffered so badly, poor Soul. And to his people.
And hopefully soon.....the people who pay their taxes -i.e. keep police officers in employment -will get their say, and bring about change where it is sorely needed.
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Well said! I was not aware that Canadian police had such a reputation. It is appalling that police officers are allowed to get away with such things. How did this sort of "police get away with it" activity ever get off the ground, I wonder? Tobi is right, it is basically corruption if crimes committed by police officers are ignored.
Poor Merrick, run free on the astral, restored and free of old age and pain!
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Canadian police are not bad and yet there is a problem. Too many incidents happen. They tasered an eighty year old woman with Alzheimer's who had slipped out of her nursing home and had a small knife. She was scared and running down the road. They screamed at her to drop the knife and then the tasered her and she broke her hip. She is dead now.
The wrong kind of people become police officers. I get the impression that they watch way too many police action movies.
There are good police officers, but there are way too many bad ones.
I sometimes think they are actually scared and react out of fear.
They were told the coyote had rabies(I doubt it, if there even was a coyote) and they were afraid. They need better training so they stop these fear reaction killings.
I feel for the dog and his person. They were together 18 years. The dog deserved to die peacefully with his family, not out on the street the victim of police cruelty.
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This is so sad. That poor old dog shouldn't have had to die that way. Some police are so thoughtless!!