Greg Sinclair
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10/25/2006 8:36:43 PM
A trail of blood led police to two suspects who allegedly beat a family dog - SO
October 2006
A trail of blood led police to two suspects who allegedly beat a family dog and dragged the animal behind a vehicle in Didsbury AB, Canada. The dog's injuries were so severe, a veterinarian called to the scene had to euthanize the animal on the spot. "This was definitely, in my 10 years of policing, the most horrendous act I've seen against an animal," said Cpl. Kevin Fischer of the RCMP in Didsbury, 90 kilometers north of Calgary. A couple found the female collie-Lab cross lying in the street near Ross Ford Elementary School in the northwest corner of town early Sunday. Their frantic phone call woke Dr. Andy Mencarelli, a veterinarian at the Krebs clinic in Didsbury, who went to thescene. The dog's legs were bound together with duct tape and there was a tow rope around its neck.>Its head was wrapped in a bag. "There was blood everywhere," said Mencarelli. The dog was able to lift its head, but in too much shock to make any sound, he said. When Mencarelli lifted the dog to the back of his truck to euthanize it, the true extent of the animal's injuries became apparent. "This dog was just broken," he said, adding its neck, pelvis, back and skull were fractured. Investigators believe the six- or seven-year-old dog endured a beating prior to being tied up and hitched to a vehicle. "Indications are the dog was dragged behind a vehicle," Fischer said. The dog had no tags, tattoos or obvious identification, but police officers followed a trail of blood to a local home. Police have laid charges against two teenagers, but Fischer said Wednesday they are no closer to learning a motive for the crime.>"There is nothing, at this point," he said. Daniel Charles Haskett, 19, of Didsbury has been charged under the Criminal Code with injuring/endangering an animal and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. He is also charged with obstructing police. A 17-year-old male, whose identity is protected by the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is charged with injuring/endangering an animal and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.>For adult offenders, each of the animal cruelty charges has a maximum penalty of a $2,000 fine or six months in jail -- or both.>The case is also being investigated by the Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A conviction under the province's Animal Protection Act can carry a maximum penalty of a $20,000 fine and a lifetime ban from owning animals, but an official said no further charges are being contemplated. "We have been notified of it and are having some follow up involvement," said Morris Airey, the Alberta SPCA's director of enforcement. The two suspects are scheduled to appear in Didsbury provincial court on Nov. 6 I would like to start a petition to show politicians' and mayor etc.. in Calgary ,that others have heard this story and would like to see something done to these two offenders, more than just a fine or 6 months in jail. The two boys should be made an example of, that cruelty to animals will not be tolerated.
They should all suffer the same fate but be left for dead and not escape one moment of the pain they inflicted on this animal- WIKKED
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Maria Daines
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10/26/2006 7:17:15 PM
What is happening to humanity when young people can inflict such pain onto an innocent family pet? Sadly this is not an isolated case, every day news such as this stacks up at petabuse.com, I have no idea what has gone wrong with our society, all I can say is that we'd better start trying to bring compassion back, today a dog, tomorrow a child, it's all the same in the end, where is the love?
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SqurlyMurly
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10/27/2006 10:40:55 AM
I couldn't agree more, Wikked. I think we've become victims of ourselves. We protest against the death sentence for brutal crimes and then when and if the death sentence is imposed then we cry out because the guilty party might suffer a needle stick or a tiny bit of pain compared to what he/she inflicted upon their victim. Our society, for all its progress, is getting nowhere.
We see it everyday; child molesters, rapists, murderers, abusers, given a slap on the wrist and many released to do it again.
I know it is not an easy task for a judge or jury, or for the legislators, but I pray we realize that anyone who would do this horrible thing to a poor defenseless animal has no regard for life, pain or suffering. 17 & 19...old enough to know right from wrong. Hey, let's give them a go with Saddam Hussein, or any of the known perpetrators of human torture. Let's see how they like suffering!
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