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Detroit, 9:40 AM
Sat Nov 14
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08/29/09
This lady's dog went through the following: First, it started panting heavily and tried to fall asleep as it's natural instinct to rest to lower body temperature. Then, it woke up and panicked. Probably clawed at the windows and ran around the car looking for some type of exit. If it could still bark (it was very old), it then howled for some kind of help. Finally, as it's internal organs started to fail, it lost control of all of it's bodily functions. finally it passed out and died.
I know it was old, but dammit, that is no way for any animal to die. Slow and extremely painful.
This animal depended on her for protection. She ignored it's needs and it died the worst death imaginable.
I'm normally a very light hearted person and love to post funny things on this site. However, this kind of abuse is not excusable.
/end rant
Back to the fun
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Her feelings are not her absolution. I'll bet she wasn't as forgiving of her opponents, therefore she deserves no forgiveness.
Tangentially, I wonder was Ms. Starr's role was in the Vick animal cruelty case in Virginia?
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This story is Michael Vick approved
08/28/09
/Dog lover, have a pure bred Basset.
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08/28/09
They are all guilty in my eyes.
You a Vegetarian?
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08/28/09
Ha, good one.
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08/28/09
Tomorrow she'll be back at work prosecuting another pet owner for a "mistake".
08/28/09
Or are you just angry?
08/29/09
Im sorry...
Ya dont leave a dog or a cat in a car for any length of time... not in the summer, fall, winter or spring.
And ya should know better... especially if ya work at the SPCA.
08/29/09
Read Carefully:
Her husband put the dog in the back of the station wagon without her knowing.
She didn't know the dog was in the car.
I'm sure I could plant something in the back of a station wagon and you wouldn't know about it, either.
I have no sympathy for people who leave their dogs in cars "while they just go in for a minute", but that's not the case here. And I'm disappointed in Jalopnik for portraying it as such.
08/29/09
If whatever you put in the wagon barked, I'd probably notice it on my way to work.
08/29/09
I have a Bassett, Fox Hound and 2 cats...
And neither one would ever ever be in a car without me.. PERIOD.
The Hounds are always going back and forth to her parents.. and the cats generally stay home.
*RANT starting*
But...
And I hate to sound like a evil, twisted, mean little fuck...
But she doesn't drive a "station wagon". C'mon this little fuck, drives around in some jacked, black german dirtbox, costing north of 50g with thick glass so if ya were to die.. people wouldnt hear ya..or see ya.
I have no sympathy for her.. and wish the harshest of a life on the damn cunt.
Id love to personally tell the little fuck.. that shes a fuckin hypocrit for leaving a dog in the car by itself.. for any length of time.
And Id love to introduce her.. to a little friend she might know...
Meet Michael VICK. Let that POS talk to her for a bit.
P.S
It doesnt even matter.. if he put the dog in her car or not..
It is solely HER responsibility to watch out for the livelyhood of a deaf and blind dog.
*Holds back some really.. evil comments... on that note.*
*RANT OVER*
08/29/09
Look, if before you headed out the door your significant other puts the dog in the back of the car without you knowing, how are you supposed to know?
Or would you argue that every time someone comes and goes from their car, they check the back or trunk just to make sure there's no dog there?
You need to chill with the anger and the class warfare.
08/30/09
Im sorry...
I think my wife is decent enough to tell me when she is putting a dog into my car... on a hot day.
This is like the airport.. when they ask you has anyone put anything into your bags and or has anyone ever touched your bags in the time you might have been away from them...
Umm.. no, not ever.
08/28/09
She's an attorney married to an attorney and has made public statements about "carelessness" is no excuse.
We don't know that she did not know the dog was in there; this is their story now. Maybe she did just forget.
I always hate these stories where it's said that the person who left the animal, child, etc. to die "is already being punished by their guilt and misery" -- really? So if I feel really, really, really terrible about something I did, I shouldn't also be punished? In fact there's a strong opinion that being punished makes inner guilt less, it helps one feel less guilty for doing some kind of atonement or contrition.
Not this lady--another rich and visible person who believes there are NO bad consequences for her.
08/28/09
I'm sure if you asked her to choose between the two, she'd rather receive the legal punishment than lose the dog. That suggests to me lumping "punishment" on top of losing the dog is a moot point.
Head of the local SPCA almost certainly does not equal "rich".
08/28/09
08/29/09
If you carry your dog in your car regularly, the car's interior will smell more than the dog itself.
08/29/09
Its one of those "what is the world coming to" type of things.
08/28/09
I know this because I have done it before. Owner of the vehicle was pissed at me, go figure even though I potentially saved her dogs life.
What a cow she was too.
08/28/09
I thought you said it was a dog?
08/28/09
2. It's just a dog. Not like she left her 100 year old grandmother (locked in the car? lol)
3. It sucks, yea and it makes her look bad, but an accident is an accident. Time for everyone to stop being overly righteous victims of every day life. Shit happens, doesn't mean you have to ruin peoples' lives over it.
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08/28/09
Several years ago my family had a boxer and she was the best dog I have ever owned. She was a fun loving dog that was absolutely full of life; she had incredible strength, agility and intelligence. I was out of town at the time and my wife took the kids on a small trip to see some friends and left the boxer with my mother-in-law (it was in the summer, about this time of year). When my wife got back, she picked up the boxer and came home. Everyone got out of the car, and over several minutes unloaded the car. My wife looked out the window and noticed the van was still opened and told my little girl to shut door and so my girl did. Several hours later they had to go somewhere, and my son went out the door first to carry something to the van. When he opened the door, our boxer was in there barely alive. My wife rushed the dog to the vet, but it was too late, she went into death convulsions at the clinic and died. We were heart broken. My wife figured at some point our boxer noticed the van door was opened and thought she might get to go for another ride and got in, and then my little girl closed the door on her.
Sometimes accidents happen.
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08/28/09
That's a fairly big deal with the strength of the midday sun here in Hawai'i. I called 911 and gave 'em the car's plate and location.
On the side of the car was one of those magnet things that small businesses tend to use for their name and phone number, etc. during the day. The name of the business?
Doggy daycare (or similar).
08/28/09
However, I am going to take a page out of Mr. Jones's book and 'keep it classy'...the sheer irony is bad enough.
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