I don't know how you all feel about this, but one specific story caught my heart this weekend on the news.
It was concerning the policeman, rescued last week from the WTC, who had to leave his partner (a yellow Lab) behind in the debris. If you heard the story, you also know that the dog was fine, wagging his tale even as his person got pulled to safety, sensing that he would not be taken with him.
In the coverage of the story, the policeman commented that the reason they could not take his partner with him was because "Humans are first priority". Now I FULLY understand this 100%! It makes sense to me when there are others out there to be rescued!
But.. (and this is a strong BUT).. the fact of the matter is, they are NOT pulling hardly anyone out ALIVE at all!! It sucks, but that's the reality!! It's been since, what? Wednesday that they've pulled someone out alive? I just don't understand how they could have left this healthy dog behind to be found "hopefully later" when he could have been taken then. I mean, granted I don't know how long it would have taken to get the dog out, but I still believe, and it hurts me so much that they didn't rescue him then!
Why I'm thinking this way is for a few reasons, first because (like I said) they are not really finding any people alive, although I know there may be some left. Second, (like I said) how long could it possibly take to have gotten the dog. Third, the dog has been trained to work as a human, and it's had thousands of dollars invested in it to do it's work in search and rescue! So they leave the dog there when it could probably be put back to work to helpsave others!
It just doesn't make sense... it gets trained to serve almost as a human, but because it's not a human, it gets left behind! I just want you all to know how much I am hurt and saddened by this scenario and I hope that the little dog goes warmly into his Heavenly Father's arms to know how much he is loved for his strength and valor during this catastrophe! I just can't stop thinking about him still wagging his tail as his partner leaves him behind! Sorry I'm so emotional about this one.
It was concerning the policeman, rescued last week from the WTC, who had to leave his partner (a yellow Lab) behind in the debris. If you heard the story, you also know that the dog was fine, wagging his tale even as his person got pulled to safety, sensing that he would not be taken with him.
In the coverage of the story, the policeman commented that the reason they could not take his partner with him was because "Humans are first priority". Now I FULLY understand this 100%! It makes sense to me when there are others out there to be rescued!
But.. (and this is a strong BUT).. the fact of the matter is, they are NOT pulling hardly anyone out ALIVE at all!! It sucks, but that's the reality!! It's been since, what? Wednesday that they've pulled someone out alive? I just don't understand how they could have left this healthy dog behind to be found "hopefully later" when he could have been taken then. I mean, granted I don't know how long it would have taken to get the dog out, but I still believe, and it hurts me so much that they didn't rescue him then!
Why I'm thinking this way is for a few reasons, first because (like I said) they are not really finding any people alive, although I know there may be some left. Second, (like I said) how long could it possibly take to have gotten the dog. Third, the dog has been trained to work as a human, and it's had thousands of dollars invested in it to do it's work in search and rescue! So they leave the dog there when it could probably be put back to work to helpsave others!
It just doesn't make sense... it gets trained to serve almost as a human, but because it's not a human, it gets left behind! I just want you all to know how much I am hurt and saddened by this scenario and I hope that the little dog goes warmly into his Heavenly Father's arms to know how much he is loved for his strength and valor during this catastrophe! I just can't stop thinking about him still wagging his tail as his partner leaves him behind! Sorry I'm so emotional about this one.
