[manolos mom]

Originally Posted by Woogie Man

Not meaning to hijack this thread, but since the question was asked, here's my opinion on the ASPCA.

I have been thoroughly NOT impressed with the ASPCA since finding out about Oreo. Oreo is a dog the ASPCA put down after nursing her back to health. This was due to her 'showing aggression' after temperament tests.

If you want to know more about this, here's the thread.... http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/ani...-new-york.html

Here's a little on Oreo's story from the thread

"In New York City, a one-year old dog named Oreo was intentionally thrown off a sixth floor Brooklyn roof top by her abuser. Oreo sustained two broken legs and a fractured rib. Oreo also appears to have been beaten in the past—several of the neighbors in the building where Oreo lived reported hearing the sounds of the dog being hit. The ASPCA nursed her back to health and arrested the perpetrator. They also dubbed her the “miracle dog.”

The miracle was short-lived. According to the ASPCA, when Oreo recovered from her injuries, she started to show aggression. After a series of temperament tests, the ASPCA made the decision to kill her. The New York Times reported the story the day before Oreo’s scheduled execution. A sanctuary in New York offered to take Oreo, explaining that they had experience rehabilitating dogs deemed aggressive and offering her lifetime care, including plenty of socialization and walks if the rehabilitation was not successful.

They were ignored, hung up on and lied to. And the ASPCA chose to kill the dog instead. That afternoon, Oreo laid dead, the victim not of her former abuser, but of an overdose of poison from a bottle marked “Fatal-Plus,” at the hands of a shelter bureaucrat."

here's some more on the story... The meaning of Oreo - San Francisco animal shelters | Examiner.com

ASPCA was right to euthanize Oreo, the pit bull that survived a six-story fall, says PETA | L.A. Unleashed | Los Angeles Times

Photo of Oreo minutes before being killed by ASPCA...vicious dog, huh .

This is just sick...