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Title: Williamsburg Animal Control (Wayne Perkins) Kills Dog It Was Called To Help
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WKYT TV
URL Source: http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/101132879.html
Published: Aug 20, 2010
Author: Reporter: Gabriel Roxas
Post Date: 2010-08-20 12:36:50 by Murron
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Views: 18057
Comments: 24
Bugsy Williamsburg Animal Control (Wayne Perkins) Kills Dog It Was Called To Help Reporter: Gabriel Roxas, Email Address: Gabriel.Roxas@wkyt.com When a stray dog befriended workers at some Williamsburg businesses, the animal lovers thought they were doing the dog a favor by calling animal control. They never thought their new friend would be gunned down with a shotgun by the man they called to help, but they say that's exactly what happened. Bugsy needed a home. For days workers at the Whitley Pharmacy and surrounding businesses gave him food, but they decided the county's animal control officer could get Bugsy the help he needed. "In my mind, I'm thinking, he needs a home," Rhonda Rains, one of the workers who befriended Bugsy said, "They'll rescue him, take him to the shelter, clean him up, adopt him out. That's what I had envisioned happening." But workers say when the animal control officer arrived, it was clear that wasn't going to be Bugsy's fate. That's when Breanna Rhoades says she pleaded with a police officer to let her have the dog. "He was like, well if you do that, you have to pay the fine because in city limits you have to have it on a chain or in a cage," Rhoades said, "I was like, well that's fine, whatever I need to do. Just don't kill the dog. Well when he's over here talking to me, the animal control guy was pulled here and shot the dog." Wayne Perkins Williamsburg Police say they were concerned about potential danger after receiving calls that Bugsy had almost caused car crashes. "That dog was not going to hurt anybody. It was gentle, sweet as it could be. It was just scared to death," Rhoades said. "I would never call our animal control ever again," Rains said, "Honest to God I wouldn't because I would be afraid this would happen, and I'm afraid that it's happened many times before that nobody knows about." Rains and others who cared for Bugsy say since the his death, many have told them they would have adopted the dog if they had known he was in danger. Now some hope Bugsy's death will encourage more adoptions and animal control reforms. "I'd like to see an animal control that would actually rescue the dog, take it to the shelter. Let's try to get these dogs adopted out. Don't kill them in cold blood. That's not even humane. If you have to euthanize them because they're overpopulated, that's sad, and I hate that, but at least it's a humane way. I understand they may not can adopt every dog out, but at least give it a chance," Rains said NEWSFIRST tried to contact the animal control officer involved in Bugsy's death, but he did not return our calls.
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#3. To: Murron (#0)
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You know, this dog’s death isn’t as heinous as a terrorist attack or raising the price of beer, but it is important because it shows how inhuman we humans can be. This was a little dog; probably somebody’s pet. If you can’t show some humanity on this level, how you can show humanity on a larger scale?
Exactly. Its also worth pointing out most human 'serial killers' begin doing this sort of thing to animals first.
Yeah, I remember G.W. Bush did something similar as a child. It may have had something to do with frogs and firecrackers, but my memory isn't what it used to be. Good point badeye!
I used to target practice using frogs. It worked exceedingly well. If you can hit a frog with a handgun at 20 yards, you can hit a human at fifty. Every time, exactly where you want.
ABBA? Would you like to see your home displayed here in the forum? And a few other pertinent details about your pathetic life? With links to the relevant public records? I'm willing to play this game if you wish. I'm better at it than you.
This is my home. The view out the back of my hut, anyway.
Good choice, kid.
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