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08-02-2010, 10:32 PM | #31 |
threadkillin' 6 pack Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: USA
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| You should note the place, date, time, vehicle description, license plate and go back to the subway and see if you can get anyone that witnessed your asking for an owner. Call the 911 center and get the name of the operator you spoke to. Lodge a complaint with the center and/or police department which may possibly be one and the same entity. Their argument may be that it involved an animal and not a human and therefore should have been on the non-emergency line and not 911. This can be fought on two fronts. 1. if true the operator should have stated so and provided the number. 2. 911 is for handling call involving the emergency and immediate threat to person and property. Currently dogs fall under the category of property and it was in imminent danger. When I get a 911 call about an animal in immediate distress I take it on 911, I do not shuffle them to the non-emergency line. I send an officer. The officer tries to find the owner and if he can't he takes the animal. We have a no kill shelter, we are animal control. In some major cities it take animal control forever to arrive. When I worked LV, no way a police officer would respond, you would have to wait for animal control, we didn't have enough police officers. Just depends on where you are. But in your situation, with what the 911 operator told you I would definitely lodge a complaint. Please, people, when complaining about a situation like this, do not exaggerate the situation, such as saying you were there longer than you were or the window was not rolled down at all etc... if there are ever charges brought against the perpetrator and he gets a decent lawyer or public defender, all it takes is one witness that says you lied on how long you were there or any other part of your story and the veracity of your entire complaint is in the toilet. If charges are dropped because you tried to make an already horrible crime even worse, than nobody wins and the animal loses completely. I've been doing this for over 20yrs.... I've seen it happen....ain't worth it.
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08-03-2010, 12:09 AM | #32 |
www.yorkierescue.com Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Las Vegas & Orange County
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| i saw this happen today! there is a chinese takeout restaurant right next to my shop, just across the parking lot. I was walking back to my shop when i heard a dog barking, shrieking, actually. i looked around and saw a medium-ish dog in a parked car, not under shade, with a tiny crack in the window. It was about 80 some degrees today, not sweltering, but in a parked car under the noontime sun? It's hot! i told bf and he said bring the dog some water and try to find the owner. When I went back outside I saw a young guy getting something out of the trunk, so I waved him down and asked if his dog wanted some cold water. The guy seemed thankful, and I told him it's probably really hot in the car, I heard him barking. The dog didn't want to drink any water, but I didn't want to see him put the dog back in the hot car, so I offered to watch his dog for him while he went inside the restaurant. I thought he was just going to get take out and come right back out, but he actually sat down and ate it there! I wonder if I hadn't offered to watch the dog if he would have still ate in! I waited about 15 mins maybe even more! It was long enough for bf to start complaining, that's for sure. I sat outside with him under my shade tent, i didn't want him inside with Uni, plus didn't know if he was potty trained. On top of it all, the dog had a bad limp on his front leg. when he finally came back out, I asked him if he knew the dog had a limp, he said yes, he just got his cast taken off today. Hmm, I wonder why he broke his leg? This was not a tiny baby, he was about 25 pounds. Then when he left, I heard the father say, let's go to so and so now, and I'm sure they left the dog in the car there too.
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