Well I signed the petition. And I'm pretty picky about what I sign. I'd advise the cats owners to go straight for the throat if possible and find out if they can sue their police dept. Even if the cat had escaped it was not a threat to the public. I also see little likelihood of the OFFICER shooting a dog if it was wounded. It would have had a gofundme for vet bills before the day was over and 10,000 people wanting to give it a forever home. The cat hissed so he shot it.
And yet my local AC officer has refused to pick up the dogs that run loose next door , I had to pepper spray the one three times. They stand in the middle of traffic, bark all night. But a cop sees fit to shoot a cat that is doing nothing but sitting in someone's yard and had the miasma to hiss at him. If Sugar had been a dog and he shot it would have broke the internet.
Let's throw in an armed body guard, too.
Apparently the words "10 day quarantine" meant nothing to that cop? Seriously, where did they get their criminal justice degrees from if they missed the rabies quarantine protocol?
A badge or the letters DVM seem to give special privilege to someone to dispose of or injure a pet and walk away without criminal prosecution.
I doubt the cop who did this will retain his job. Stop and think why pet owners have taken to petitions to drive the point across. We aren't going to take it anymore. I don't want to take weapons away from law enforcement. I want to advance sane laws that protect our pets and give them reasonable rights and value under the law. Professionals that injure or kill through intent or negligence need to be held up for inspection under the law and the owners of those pets need to have reasonable recourse at the very least a civil court. I intend for my fight to far beyond my personal hell.
